Just a funny fact about the Mavic Mini Battery

[Michael Newark]

What does our Mavic Mini have in common with a Formula E race car?


...the source of power !!!!
Both are running on 18650 LI Battery cells ! The only difference: The Mini runs on 2 of them, and the Formula E race car has a pack of aprox. 6500 of them !! (the pack weights about 400 kg) ( no joke...I'm working for Lucid Motors and we build the batteries for Formula E !)

Have a good flight !

 

[dirkclod]

Interesting, welcome to the forum.

 

[old man mavic]

welcome to the forum, that info was electrifying

 

[mavicn00b]

Would be nice if you could just pop them out of your race car and into the Mini - Unfortunately DJI wants to profit from their batteries also (Think Inkjket cartridges of the Drone world, only the drone's dont cost $5 like the printers do).

 

[wjkrysak]

Thank you for the information. That is cool to know.

 

[shorttimer]

Interesting information - thank you for sharing.

 

[skyrex]

They are a very widely used battery cell form factor. 18mm (0.70in) diameter, 65mm (2.56in)length. (18mm65mm0)

A lot of power tool manufacturers also use the 18650 cells (Ryobi, DeWalt, Milwaukee, etc) for 18V+ power variants. Dyson also use them in their stick vac's, etc.

Tesla also use the 18650 form factor in their cars and power-walls..

Before the most recent generations of computers a heap of manufacturers used them in battery packs for laptops, Dell, HP, Toshiba, etc.. That's where I source 18650 cells from to be re-used/given a second life.

Also the infamous spontaneous combustion "Hoverboard" recreational toys used them also.. that's predominantly where Li-Ion cells got a bad rep, being used in conjunction with crappy battery management systems that would not properly protect the cells from over/under charging or limiting current draw during use.

 

[GreyFalcon]

What does our Mavic Mini have in common with a Formula E race car?


...the source of power !!!!
Both are running on 18650 LI Battery cells ! The only difference: The Mini runs on 2 of them, and the Formula E race car has a pack of aprox. 6500 of them !! (the pack weights about 400 kg) ( no joke...I'm working for Lucid Motors and we build the batteries for Formula E !)

Have a good flight !

Awesome! I use to build the cells for formula e cars, seasons 1 thru 4

 

[Kevin Tomkins]

Awesome! I use to build the cells for formula e cars, seasons 1 thru 4

It would also be nice if DJI had stock or could at least tell me when back in stock!!! Should have purchased the Combo, doh!

 

[Dmascot]

Would you sell me a couple? DJI’s stock of battery’s is 0. I wonder why Since so many companies are using them?

 

[Rockycat]

It would also be nice if DJI had stock or could at least tell me when back in stock!!! Should have purchased the Combo, doh!

They are busy making cells for race cars.

 

[kidroc]

Welcome!!!