on a German esk8 Forum a discussion started about the battery used in an Evolve Carbon GT.
The Marketing team claims they use some sort of special cells (so special that they are apparently manufactured solely for them). Does anybody have information about this? I can’t seem to find anything and still believe they use standard 18650 cells.
exactly - but someone even said they are not even using 18650 but something else due to the weight. Can’t believe that and wanted something to back my opinion up.
Yeah it is super weird. Normally enthusiasts like us disassemble everything we can get our hands on and I am so used to finding this type of information on everything “technology” like phones, tablets, laptops etc.
But the evolve battery is a mystery. There are no pictures of the insides anywhere.
I had an evolve GT and although I didn’t open the battery it looked to be 18650 cells. I’m not sure why anyone would think otherwise due to its weight because it’s about 17 pounds and my other carbon fiber DIY board is 18 pounds with 63 millimeter motors so it seems to be right on point.
I think I read somewhere (forgot where now) that they were using 10 prismatic cells in series or something like that. Also read that someone tried to make a new battery pack out of 18650’s and it wouldn’t fit.
I was wondering if anyone found new info on this since it has been 2 months since the last post.
I can confirm it is 10 prismatic cells in series. It would break my heart if it means I can’t replace it with 18650s. But here is the picture to confirm it
That picture was from the Evolve forum and the user states that it is from the Carbon GT. Unless the cells are inside the packaging (which would make for 2 layers), I have no reason not to take his word for it being prismatic cells.
When we talk about liions we usually mean 18650 or 26500 cells. lipo is the synonym for bags or pouches. The actual chemistry does not matter in both cases.