Zero Noise, Zero Fumes, GREngine. Zero Engine?

• Zero Noise, Zero Fumes, GREngine. Zero Engine?
  Posted by mbest on 26 Oct, 2018 20:55
• Other than a fancy name, it's a portable lithium battery pack?
  
  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/grengine-an-evolution-in-portable-power
  
  
• #1 Reply
  Posted by SiliconWizard on 27 Oct, 2018 02:03
• Yes, with an integrated charger and an AC inverter.
  
  There are so many associated safety concerns that successfully taking this to market for a small team with limited means seems way optimistic.
  
• #2 Reply
  Posted by Cyberdragon on 27 Oct, 2018 04:17
• However, it is a very well established technology, so they probably just copied someone else.
  
  EDIT: Woah, wait, I notice some problems with that chart, the first being they both have the same discharge time, despite one being 3 times more capacity. Also, no balancing on the light model? Seriously?
• #3 Reply
  Posted by SiliconWizard on 27 Oct, 2018 18:29
• Quote from: Cyberdragon on 27 Oct, 2018 04:17

  However, it is a very well established technology, so they probably just copied someone else.
  

  
  No need to copy really. All the bits and pieces are readily available.
  Building a safe product is not a Lego game, though, so they might learn that the hard way. Unless they just disappear with the $80k+ they raised.