Why do battery packs catch fire? How do you design a battery pack to minimize incidents? We catch up with Shreyas Seethapathy, who leads the powertrain team at Ather, to understand how battery packs work, and what Ather Energy does to ensure safe and reliable battery packs.
In this Episode:
Shreyas Seethapathy: Lead, Battery and Powertrain
Abhishek Balaji: Community Manager
Tune in today at 6:30 PM to know all about building robust battery packs for Indian conditions.
Did he just say there are the 4th iterations of the battery pack in development now?
soon we will be in for the new-gen battery pack and longer-range model
Shreyas Seethapathy,
He is the Tom Holland of Ather.
@shreyas.seethapathy was there any development to Liquid cool the pack passively or the motor with combination cooling you could have gone decreasing the spacing to .5mm to.8mm
After snoozing to “Watch later” multiple times, finally I watched this today morning. What better time than when doing household chores
This is the best episode in the series so far. Usually I liked Tarun’s interviews and this is no less engaging.
What I liked?
Content was interesting and Shreyas made it very engaging to watch. No shameless boasting or unnecessary attacks on competitors. Largely focused on topic itself.
Didn’t go too much into detail to make it boring and not too high level which would have lost the purpose of “Declassified” itself.
Learnt few things without needing focus like a subject. Hearing the effort gone in, respect for Ather as a team.
Good hosts usually talks less, doesn’t interferes, but ask right questions and gives scope for guest to speak freely. Abhishek was excellent in that regard. You have a good career even outside EVs
@shreyas.seethapathy has been getting a lot of popularity and love since the ad and now this. I’ve not seen the video yet but have heard him during one Ather Vantage sessions and he does speak well.
And yes, @abhishek.balaji is doing this really neatly. I think he generally speaks less.
Loving the Declassified podcast.
Loved this podcast too. Knowing what goes behind the scooter gives more confidence now to ride the Ather. And looking forward to the future of batteries. The best part would be what @shreyas.seethapathy has observed from the data, till whatever part he’s observed , especially the last thing.
And I guess being funny is one of the qualities you need to work at Ather
Ather battery capacity decreased to 50% in 20months of purchase and i hardly fast charged 10-12 times as I am far from cities.
Ather claims these batteries loose 2-3% for aging every year and Ather never claims the number of cycles. In average case I charged around 500 cycles and battery is done and Ather changed to new one.
I am worried if new battery is same like this after warranty what is the situation for me.
The battery will cost hell. And there is no warranty for the battery. Help us Ather for the buyers who bought to support you.
Loving the Declassified podcast.
, especially the last thing.
And I guess being funny is one of the qualities you need to work at Ather