our Vectrix VX-1 Batteries Are Getting A Makeover!

The Vectrix VX-1 project is edging ever-closer to the day we can actually put our new battery pack in and start riding - but in today's update, Nikki explains in a little more detail what she's been doing to charge the battery packs up, how she plans on compressing the battery pack - and we get a virtual unboxing of the new charger components that have arrived! Next up? Wiring the loom, and making sure everything can work as planned! --- 00:00 - Introduction 00:24 - About those gloves... 01:54 - Virtual unboxing 04:00 - Why no DC fast charging? 04:49 - About the cells 05:36 - How much? 06:09 - The origin of our cells 10:37 - Safety first! 11:41 - Compressing the packs 16:33 - Putting things together 17:46 - The fancy boards make it easier 19:24 - Measuring the voltage 20:11 - Charging things up 22:48 - Designing our own battery caps 24:06 - Itterative design 27:59 - To do: custom loom 34:40 - A notice on fuses 35:56 - One more thing we can't talk about (yet) 37:22 - Thanks, and Goodbye! ---- Links: @BenjaminNelsonX 's YouTube channel - complete with his own Vectrix VX-1 work. @janjoukeDIY - who recently did his own lithium upgrade using MEB-based cells. See Nikki's design "BattCap" at Makerworld: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1245684-batt-cap#profileId-1267069 Vectrix VX-1 luggage rack - stage 2 - http://vectrixpro.wordpress.com ---- PLEASE help support the channel (if you are going to use Amazon) by using our Affiliate link: https://amzn.to/40xOyjm As amazon affiliates, we will earn money from qualifying purchases made using this code. ----- Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC675NhQ4EU5TzwCMwYp5XCw/join This video was made possible thanks to the kind donations of our supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi. Join them in supporting us. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved Buy the team a coffee -- or a meal! https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved Donate using bitcoin: BC1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH Support us by buying some merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/shop Follow our 'second' channel - Transport Evolved Take Two, at https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2 Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/U3tnkGNfCA Follow the show on Mastodon: https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/ Follow the show on PeerTube: transport_evolved_main@peertube.tv Use the TE Aptera referral code - i.refs.cc/zz56EbIi - but watch our explainer video FIRST: https://youtu.be/mwzwEssgqNI Sign up for EnergySage at https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-101290941-16952262