December 19, 2019 02:00 pm
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/19/21028859/battery-explode-stanley-black-decker-amionx-safecore-fire-licensing-deal
The power tool company behind DeWalt, Black & Decker and Craftsman is testing batteries that dont explode
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge
Here are two things you probably don’t know:
One, a whole bunch of the top power tool brands — including DeWalt, Black & Decker, Craftsman, Porter-Cable and more — are all owned by the same company, Stanley Black & Decker. Those 20-volt lithium-ion battery cartridges you stick into your drill, circular saw and weed whacker are all pretty much the same thing.
Two, a tiny startup called Amionx has figured out how to make lithium-ion batteries that don’t explode when they’re crushed, shot, or stabbed.
Which is why I’m pretty excited — if maybe prematurely — that Stanley Black & Decker has just announced it plans to put Amionx’s “SafeCore” battery technology into a actual product. I say prematurely, because neither Amionx nor Stanley...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/19/21028859/battery-explode-stanley-black-decker-amionx-safecore-fire-licensing-deal
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
The Verge
The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort founded in 2011More About this Source Visit The Verge