Chapter 108

Yet the battery level still hadn't dropped a single bar.

However, he did not know that the battery pack he had installed was a 60V, 144AH unit,

which allowed his electric scooter to easily travel 700 kilometers at maximum speed.

Thus, Zhang Le discovered that his electric vehicle seemed incapable of ever running out of power.

It was only after four days that his battery finally showed its last bar of charge.

By that time, his odometer had already reached 695 kilometers.

Yet the most miraculous part was that he merely connected it to a household power outlet for about an hour,

and the charging was complete.

With an ordinary battery, failing to charge for eight or nine hours overnight would never result in a full charge.

Consequently, he shared this incident in the Meituan group chat.

Instantly, this ignited the entire food delivery industry.

Numerous riders began scouring the entire city for the Chaoba 18650 lithium battery packs.

Regrettably, due to extremely limited production,

the first batch of 100,000 Chaoba 18650 lithium batteries supplied to the market

vanished without even causing a ripple.

Just as that boss had told the delivery rider Zhang Le,

"If you don't take it, you will definitely regret it."

The outcome proved him right, as many people indeed came to regret it.

Especially in the food delivery industry, where making money depends entirely on speed;

whoever delivers faster can accept more orders.

Watching others speedily deliver orders and earn money while one's own electric vehicle needs charging—

how depressing that must be.

Regrettably, searching high and low yielded no results for the Chaoba 18650 lithium battery packs.

Seeing this situation, several battery assembly companies claimed to be using Chaoba 18650 lithium batteries.

However, their actual performance fell far short of the genuine article,

and upon opening them up, it was clear they contained products from other manufacturers, having nothing whatsoever to do with Fengyi Technology.

Those who had purchased them could only cry out that they had been deceived.

Spurred by the fervor surrounding this incident, individuals on the internet began reviewing the Chaoba 18650 battery.

Wang Wang Xiaofeng was a professional reviewer from the ZOL Testing Lab.

After witnessing the frenzy surrounding the Chaoba 18650 battery in person, he decided to produce a test video for his platform.

It took tremendous effort, and he had to pay several times the market price, just to acquire a single battery pack.

"Before disassembling this lithium battery pack, let me state upfront that I won't even mention how popular this battery currently is on the market;

my team exerted considerable effort to obtain this unit, and I wish to express my gratitude to them here.

Furthermore, I reiterate that we are a non-profit testing team; our goal is to enable consumers to choose better products available on the market,

so I have neither accepted advertising fees from Fengyi Technology nor received any funds from other enterprises... our principle is fairness and impartiality.

Enough with the chatter; let us now disassemble this battery..."

Immediately, the reviewer Wang Wang Xiaofeng took his tools and opened up the battery.

Revealing the blue battery cells inside.

"This battery utilizes the newly released Chaoba 18650 cells from Fengyi Technology; the official voltage of this cell is 5V, which is significantly higher than the 3.7V of standard lithium batteries on the market,

and this pack is a 60V, 144AH battery group,

judging from the disassembly, it uses eight 18650 cells connected in parallel to form one group, with this group providing 5V and 144Ah.

Then, twelve such groups are connected in series, achieving a 60V, 144AH battery pack, totaling 96 cells!"

Upon saying this, Wang Wang Xiaofeng turned to the camera and stated:

"Based on Fengyi Technology's official price of 367, at 20 yuan per cell for 4000mAh, the cost price of this battery pack is 1,920 yuan;

considering labor costs at the assembly factory and other material expenses, the actual cost should not exceed 2,500 yuan,

meaning the remainder constitutes the distributor's profit."

Pausing briefly, he continued:

"Previously, I have also tested Chaoba mobile phone batteries from Fengyi Technology used in Huawei and other phones;

their performance is indeed the best among mobile phone batteries. Here, I must say to Apple: if you do not open your eyes soon,

you will gradually lose the Longguo market; arrogance is one of the seven deadly sins.

Well, returning to the main topic, what are the differences between Fengyi Technology's batteries and others? Let us conduct an experiment, and it will become crystal clear."

Saying this, he took out an imported Panasonic 18650 battery.

Externally, there was no difference between the Chaoba and Panasonic products; both featured uniform blue casing.

The only distinction lay in the markings on the batteries.

However, when the tester took an awl and pierced the Panasonic battery,

sparks immediately erupted from the Panasonic 1 battery, followed by a loud bang as it exploded.

Yet when he applied the same method to the Chaoba 18650, the battery merely emitted black smoke, showing no signs of combustion or explosion whatsoever.

"Because lithium is highly reactive, it undergoes violent reactions even upon contact with water;

when the awl destroys the internal separator of the battery, the positive and negative electrodes short-circuit, causing a violent explosion.

This is the safety issue inherent to ternary lithium batteries; however, Fengyi Technology's separator features a layer of solid-state electrolyte,

Once this solid-state electrolyte encounters high temperatures, it melts to form a fire-retardant substance that covers the short-circuited area,

preventing the battery from further combustion or explosion...."

Next, he tested the charge-discharge performance and capacity;

the Super Power batteries far surpassed the Panasonic products.

Indeed, the two were not even in the same league.

Whether in terms of safety, charge-discharge performance, or capacity, Super Power was far ahead.

As the video was uploaded, Wang Wang Xiaofeng from the ZOL Review Lab naturally gained immense popularity,

which simultaneously fueled even greater demand for Super Power batteries.

It could be said that, for a time, the batteries became nearly impossible to obtain.

On Taobao and Jingdong, electronics stores branding themselves with the Super Power battery logo sprang up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

It seemed as though, without this logo, customers simply would not buy their products.

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