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Ziga's van runs on solar panels, three lawn mower motors and 8,000 laptop and power tool batteries (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 8 months ago by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/technology
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Thought of you fine folks when I came across this article on aussie.zone

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[–] perestroika 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If the approximate weight of an 18650 cell is 50 grams, 8000 of them would indeed be 400 kg. Probably more, since they must be packaged somehow. But the pack can be split into modules which a one person can haul around somehow.