FAQ

 

Q:  Why is GAIA I Nimh Parallel better than conventional Lead Acid or LiIon battery system?

A:  Refer to the following tables for comparison of GAIA I, Lead Acid and LiIon and values added to EV manufacturers .  GAIA I has many advantages over the other two as shown.

 

Table 1: Comparison of Lead Acid, LiIon and GAIA I Nimh based on the same battery size (by volume).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                 Table 2: Values added to EV manufacturers

 

Q:  What are the advantages of having flex range?

A:  With flex range capability, range becomes an OPTION.  Customers only pay for what they need.  Range also becomes a CHOICE.  Customers are not locked into a fixed range by default with a high price tag.  Better yet, GAIA I is fully upgradeable.  When the need changes, customer can always upgrade the range any time they want.  In this process, there is no change in configuration needed, system voltage, controller and charger all maintain the same and thus it is a truly plug-and-play upgrade.

 

Q:  What is so superior about having flexible form factor?

A:  One of the biggest challenges of working with electric vehicles is to work around the tight space available on a car.  Other than batteries, there are motor, charger, controllers, etc. that occupy the limited space of a car.  AIR Lab's patented GAIA allows cells to be reconfigured to the needs of the design and thus fully utilize the available space in the car, in some cases, fit in the maximum number of modules to obtain desired range.

 

Q:  How does GAIA I protect itself from damage?

A:  GAIA I protects the batteries by counting coulombs, and by monitoring temperature, and voltage during recharge and discharge.  It has the ability turn off both its charging path and its output path. Protection is in place against:

 Q:  How does the redundancy system work on GAIA I?

 A:  If a fault ever happens to individual module, GAIA I's redundancy protection will kick in and isolate out the fault and divert the system to operate on the remaining good modules so that the vehicle operation is not interrupted.