Is This The Ultimate “Universal” E-Bike Battery, Or Too Good To Be True?

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A French firm is providing what it calls “the world’s ultimate e-bike battery,” a common and user-repairable and serviceable battery mentioned to be appropriate with most e-bike manufacturers, which could possibly be a key sustainability innovation for additional lowering the environmental footprint of micromobility. It additionally claims to be each fireproof and waterproof, each of which may go a great distance in serving to to allay among the fears of potential e-bike consumers.

Gouach is the corporate behind the Infinite Batterywhich they describe as “the only battery you’ll ever need” to your e-bike, as it may be repaired and “easily serviced” as a substitute of being changed by shopping for an entire new unit. In line with the corporate, “When an e-bike battery fails, 90% of the time, its just 1 or 2 cells that are dead inside or a single electronic component.” By enabling the straightforward identification and substitute of particular person battery cells inside the unit by the person (in lower than 10 minutes, no much less), the Infinite could possibly be infinitely extra sustainable and DIY-friendly than another e-bike battery in the marketplace.

Trying on the claims made concerning the Infinite on the Indiegogo pageit appears virtually too good to be true. An final common e-bike battery with all of the bells and whistles, totally repairable, fireproof and waterproof, that may be repaired by the top person, all for simply $249? It definitely pays to be skeptical about claims like these when you’re contemplating sending a pair hundred bucks over the interwebs for a product that isn’t a completed production-ready mannequin.

Nevertheless, Gouache is correct up entrance concerning the standing of its product being a working demo, primarily a prototype, and the corporate has been growing it for concerning the final 5 years, so maybe it truly is the e-bike battery of the long run and the Infinite is solely the primary of its variety to hit the market.

Extra information concerning the batteries from Gouache is obtainable on the company website.

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