Seeley
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I use antigravity batteries in my racebikes, because they are so light.
They are lighter than other lithium ion batteries because of the cell technology, somewhere on their website they explain it. Basically, the shape of the cells is how they do it.
The important thing to know about these, and other lithium batteries is how they react to cold weather. The Leaf doesn't use the 12V battery to try to turn over and start an ICE, like it does on the motorcycles, but on the bikes it won't start them immediately when the air temps fall below about 40F. It's not a big deal for us, you turn the bike ignition on, try and fail to start it, then let it sit for about 30 seconds while the battery warms itself. Then it will start.
They are lighter than other lithium ion batteries because of the cell technology, somewhere on their website they explain it. Basically, the shape of the cells is how they do it.
The important thing to know about these, and other lithium batteries is how they react to cold weather. The Leaf doesn't use the 12V battery to try to turn over and start an ICE, like it does on the motorcycles, but on the bikes it won't start them immediately when the air temps fall below about 40F. It's not a big deal for us, you turn the bike ignition on, try and fail to start it, then let it sit for about 30 seconds while the battery warms itself. Then it will start.