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Bird BMS: The Secret to Safe, Sustainable Scooter Batteries

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2022-01-20 15:00:07

There’s something you should know about the lithium-ion batteries powering your electric scooter: they’re not all protected in the same way.

Like other energy sources such as gasoline tanks or hydrogen cells, li-ion battery packs come with risk. It’s how we mitigate that risk that makes all the difference. To do this correctly, system design must be taken seriously.

That’s why Bird developed a state of the art Battery Management System, or BMS, to mitigate failure modes and help keep riders and communities safe. If you’ve got 2 minutes, we’d love to tell you all about it.

Bird has made the commitment to only use cells from tier 1 suppliers like LG and Panasonic. We do this because these are the same types of cells used in other industries that have the highest requirements for quality and safety. Think automotive and the like.

There are, of course, cheaper alternatives available, but like the weakest link in a chain, the underlying cell in your design is critical. It only takes one to spoil the fun. Failures that originate inside the cell itself as a result of manufacturing quality are the most difficult to prevent.