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Understanding Lithium Batteries for Electric Vehicle Applications -- a new EWI guide Lithium-ion batteries are costly, but they dominate in electric vehicle applications because they can achieve high operating voltages and very high energy efficiency while also maintaining a small size and footprint. With so much interest in Li batteries comes more R&D geared to...

Why do so many new products fail in the marketplace?How can you make sure that doesn’t happen to yours? There are many reasons for new product failure. However, mistakes made early on at the design stage are preventable. Understanding the interdependencies between materials, processes, and costs before you go to production can help you make...

With automation, machine vision, and other manufacturing technologies, mass-produced consumer products are now more consistent and economical than ever.  Why, then, do most new products fail in the marketplace? There are many reasons -- overpricing, development delays, product flaws -- all of which are foreseeable.  As engineers and scientists, we at EWI have seen plenty...