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The Best Bang for Your Battery Buck: LTOs
Longevity, reliability, cold temps.
Lithium batteries have been the most popular battery for mobile and stationary energy storage now for many years, and have largely replaced lead-acid batteries as the battery of choice for stationary and mobile energy storage. The most sought-after lithium technology for RVers and home-based renewable energy enthusiasts alike is now lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, but that may soon change with new technologies becoming cheaper and more available. One of these technologies is lithium titanate oxide (Li2O3Ti), commonly known as LTO batteries. LTOs are by far the toughest, longest lasting batteries you can get and have been used for over 20 years in buses around the world, and more recently for car audio and electric car applications. They are extremely long-lived (over 40,000 cycles or 6 times more than Lithium Iron Phosphate / LiFePO4 / LFP, or 40 times longer than lead-acid or AGMs). This seems unbelievable, but it’s no joke: this is tried and tested tech. Read More…
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