MOLICEL P42A Upgrade —The Best Battery Cell for Esk8

The Molicel  P42A has a good reputation in the industry and is recognized as the best all around battery cells. It is for military and  aerospace usage as well as the high-end cars industry. We used twenty pieces of cells in Meepo motor skateboards. The battery cell has a 45A discharge continuously and  can handle insanely high discharge drone ability without making any compromise. Another feature is the ultra-stability, which has a wide operating temperature range, so you can use it in cold weather or high temperature conditions. It’s endurance, good shock and valuation are exactly what we need in electric skateboarding. 

Another important thing we want to make a notification is that when someone is  looking for a battery for his own electric skateboard, please don't look at the max discharge ability. Assuming your battery pack has a discharged capacity of 40A，you can expect that you only get half of it—20A, which is the only way to make sure your battery works normally without issue and can run for more than 2 years. If someone wants more than half or 60% of the rated discharge ability of what the battery cell can provide, they may confront a problem. It is just based on our own research and experience, and therefore many people didn’t follow this rule and used the cells with high discharge merely to meet the power needed, which caused many problems and a lot of waste. 

Apart from those famous brands such as Molicel and Samsung, Chinese brands play a more and more significant role in the battery industry, an example is Sunwoda, which is the battery cell supplier for Apple products such as iPhone and Mac and widely applied on other high-end products. There are also several Chinese battery cell brands suitable for DIY electric skateboards. The first one we want to introduce is called Changhong Sanjie, which has been a television giant company for decades and then developed a new business of building battery cells. The second one is Called Tianjin Lishen, a very big and important Chinese brand building 21700 battery cells and has a good reputation due to the good discharge capacity. Another Chinese brand you can consider is Jiangsu Tenpower, one of the largest market share in power tools lithium-ion battery cells shipped in China. Last but not least, EVE is also a good option, whose battery cells have been widely applied on electric scooters.