timsher

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GBatteries (YC W14) is hiring a Project Manager build fast charging battery tech(gbatteries.com)
1 points by timsher 6y ago
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by timsher 8y ago
You're correct - On a high level, our technology is based on pulses that are fully adaptive, and their parameters are adjusted by the AI controlling the charging.
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by timsher 8y ago
You're absolutely right; our business model is to license the technology to manufacturers (OEM, Tier 1, etc) - not B2C to anyone with an EV.
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by timsher 8y ago
Sounds like you know the struggle :) In the battery industry there's a saying; liar liar battery supplier. That definitely doesn't help things move fast! Automotive OEMs do move slowly, but once they see value things definitely sp
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by timsher 8y ago
Hi! I'm one of the founders at GBatteries - I’ve partially answered this in another comment, so will copy paste portions. We've demonstrated 5 min to 50% charge, 10 min to 100% charge - below is a demo that we’ve done at CES 201
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by timsher 8y ago
That's correct, we're not able to fast charge at these levels without approval from the OEM because of the limits they have built. We need to either be integrated inside of the vehicle, or on the charger but have the vehicles &quo
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by timsher 8y ago
Hi, I'm one of the founders at GBatteries - sorry, the article had a mistake on publishing; should be 5 minutes for that example.
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by timsher 8y ago
Hi! I'm one of the founders at GBatteries, please let me try to clear that up. We've demonstrated 5 min to 50% charge, 10 min to 100% - I’ll edit this to include a demo that we’ve done at CES 2019, and that we’re now exhibiting at
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Safari is more energy-efficient than Chrome and Firefox on OS X(blog.getbatterybox.com)
156 points by timsher 11y ago|108 comments
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by timsher 12y ago
That would be my oversight - we tested it but didn't post it. Will update today! With the test the 15" MacBook lasted for around 4 hours, BatteryBox on its own did about 2 hour 20min. It's the equivalent of 58% of the battery
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by timsher 12y ago
Our intention is definitely defensive rather than offensive.
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by timsher 12y ago
Hey - I'm one of the founders, maybe I can comment on this. You're completely right, first sale doctrine is something that would be applicable in a case like this (at least to my knowledge), but a users rights can be restricted by
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by timsher 12y ago
Animats, your idea is great and it's something we considered a lot when we were thinking about the connector. We almost went and did it. However there were a couple of problems with that patents (as a side note - my co-founder is actua
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Gbatteries (YC W14) Launches BatteryBox, A 50Whr Backup Battery For MacBooks(techcrunch.com)
264 points by timsher 12y ago|193 comments