Li-Ion BMS - History

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	Home about history History Elithion's milestones. 2023 Feb 9th Hired a local accounting firm to provide accounting services Jan 30th Last day for Lori Hewitt Aug 8th 15 years in business Oct 1st Ahmed's services end Nov 13th Build the last assemblies Nov 15th Moved manufacturing out of QSC, into storage Dec 1st Completed order to Polish customer by shipping the last shipment 2022 Dec 31st Ended year with highest profit marging in company's history Nov 1st Shipped the 5000th system Oct 17th Moved out of R&D location on Mountain View Jul 22nd Reached $ 1 M in sales with a Polish customer 2021 Dec 31st Ended year with revenues back to normal Dec 10th Customer in Germany restarts ordering, albeit in small quantities 2020 Dec 31st Ended year with lowest revenue since 2011 Mid-year stopped accepting new customers due to supply chain issues Jul 2nd Customer in Germany cancels large standing order due to pandemic May 20th Artech House publishes Davide's 2-volume book "Lithium-Ion Batteries and Applications" 2019 Dec 31st Ended year with highest profit marging in company's history Oct 10th Brought Jim back to work on manufacturing Jan 31st Last day for Greg Jan 24th Eva resigns Jan 23rd Moved manufacturing to new location Jan 20th Signed lease for convenient location for R&D on Mountain View Jan 3rd Customer IE states it is no longer pursuing legal action 2018 Dec 31st Ended the year with highest net income in company's history Nov 29th Presented new book at Royal America, in Santiago Chile Oct 22th Large order for company in Poland Apr 4th Jim starts working with IRA Sep 26th Presented Volume 1 of new book to a group of 50 engineers and sales people from multiple companies in Mumbai Sep 24th Visited GPS / Rocket batteries in Mumbai Aug 26th 10 year anniversary Aug 08th Large order for company in Poland Jun 27th Customer IE states it is pursuing legal action against Elithion Apr 4th Large shipment to company in California Mar 7th First shipment of a large order to company in Germany Feb 13th Very large order from company in Germany 2017 Nov 11th Large order from company in Catalonia Oct 24th Large order from company in Germany Oct 19th Company hike and picnic Oct 12th Open house for vendors, customers, consultants, neighbors and friends Oct 2nd Large order from company in Hawai'i Sep 28th Move to new, larger headquarters in Longmont Sep 15th Lithiumate TouchScreen released Aug 26th Elithion celebrates its 9th anniversary Jul 7th Large order from company in Germany Jun 31st Zach T. start working for a partner company Jun 1st increased the warranty to 2 years Mar 6th relased the configurable SoC display Feb 31st Hired Eva A. as Lead Assembler Jan 12th Signed a cooperation MoU with Iron Edison Jan 12th Large order from company in Germany 2016 Oct 31st Hired Zach T. for Operations, Application Engineering Oct 10th Started installing an array of batteries using the Vinci LV at a test location in Boulder Oct 7th Received first batch of Vinci LV assemblies from assembly house Aug 26th - Elithion celebrates its 8th anniversary Aug 10th Last bit of consulting work from Jeff Cl. Aug 9th Jeff Co. resigns, leaves Elithion Jul 13th Emplyoee Manual released and signed by all employees Feb 4th Started working with Jeff Cl., on a consulting basis, on Operations 2015 Aug 26th - Elithion celebrates its 7th anniversary Apr 30th Steve M.'s Development Director position ends, replaced by a consulting arrangement Apr 1st Released the Linux version of the Lithiumate GUI Mar 3rd Hired Jeff Co. as Software Developer Jan 16th Discontinued the Lithiumate Lite Jan 8th - Greg Ko. facilitates a seminar on strategy, financing and staffing Jan 1st - Steve M. promoted to Business Development Director; Ann C. ends her long stint as Operations Manager; she will continue to monitor finances. James C. steps in as interim Operations Manager Management Team formed: Steve M., James C., Davide Andrea 2014 Sep 23rd - Nancy B. starts in Operations Sep 1st - Finished hardware for new BMS family Aug 26th - Elithion celebrates its 6th anniversary Jul 22nd - Patent 8,786,261 issued, all claims accepted without question Jul - More big orders Jun - Multiple big orders May - Well deserved time off: Davide and Ann gone for 2 weeks, then Steve M. gone for 1 week Feb 28th - e-Transportation in Luxenbourg becomes a reseller Feb 8th - Major Management meeting to discuss future Jan 24th - Delivered an Enerdel BD3 battery to Sustainable Power 2013 Dec 14th - Ordered PCBs for new product family Dec 4th - Visit from Vantage Power, UK Dec 3rd - Delivered a battery to a solar company Nov 13th - Two representatives from Boston Power visit us Nov 1st - Started taking direct orders for the Lithiumate Lite (instead of forwarding to Evolve) Oct 12th - Updated website Oct 11th - Steve M. gives go ahead to start development of new product family Oct 10th - 3XE in Poland becomes reseller Sep 23rd - Electric Car Custom, in Moscow, Russia joins Elithion's reseller network Sep 11th~13th - Company closed due to Boulder flood; despite extensive damage in Boulder County, all Elithion employees are safe, company is unaffected, and damage to employees' property is limited Sep 9th - Shipped a 10 kWh BD3 pack with a Lithiumate BMS to Enerdel Sep 9th - Electric Autosport, in Canada, becomes a reseller Aug 26th - Elithion celebrates its 5th anniversary Jul 29th - Nancy B. starts working in production Jul 25th - Completed move to new office Jul 19th - Switched Elithion.com to a Virtual Private Server, for greater reliability Jul 17th - Began moving to the new office, completed moving out of the battery lab on Sterling Jul 10th - Signed a lease for a 2700 sqare feet office at 5303 Spine road, in the Gunbarrel industrial area Jun 28th~Jul 11th - Steve M. travels out of the US Jun 27th - Meeting of the Board of Advisers, conducted by our new GM< Steve M., and our strategy / marketing person, Joan Marwitz Jun 21st - Stopped offering the Enerdel modules Jun 3rd - Changed the pricing of the Lite May 14th - 1st meeting to steer future product development May 12th - Began search for new building May 2nd - Dartmouth College wins the electrics division using a Lithiumate Lite BMS May 8th - Shipped first samples of the WiFi hotspot May 5th~7th - Steve M. attends Battcon 2013 Apr 30th - Hired Steve M., formerly of EEtrex, to work in management, development and mechanical engineering; Were now up to 6 employees and 3 consultants on retainer Apr 25th - Visit from 2 high level people from cell manufacturer Enerdel Apr 19th - Received first report from Joan Marwitz, of Espy, formerly of Market Advisory Partners, agreed to hire Joan on a retainer basis Apr 19th - Hired Lori Hewitt to work in operations and accounting Apr 17th - First order for an Enerdel module with integral BMS cell board (to Canada) Apr 15th - Hired the consulting services of Arthur Fowler, formerly of EEtrex, to develop demo units Apr 8th - Announced the WiFi hotspot Apr 3rd - Massive layoffs at EEtrex, including N.B., who was a founder of Hybrids Plus and the last remaining person from the original team. Apr 2nd - EV Propulsion becomes a reseller of Elithion products Mar 27th - Turned down a reseller's request to have exclusive rights to sell Elithion products; contacted many distributors to gauge interest in reselling Elithion Mar 20th - Hired the services of Joan Marwitz of Market Advisory Partners to help with shaping Elithion's strategy Mar 20th - Reached an agreement with Enerdel, started offering Enerdel battery blocks with BMS Mar 6th - Electric Car Company's account passed to EVolve Electrics Mar 6th - Launched changes to the website: new home page, technology section Feb 6th - Ammon Balaster takes the position of CEO of Elithion Jan 30th - Interview on The Guardian Jan 21st - Article on the Boeing Dreamilner battery fire published by EEWEB Jan 15th - Article on Short Discharge Time published by Batteries International magazine, issue 86 Jan 13th - Mavizen becomes a reseller of Elithion products 2012 Dec 31st - Article on Short Discharge Time published by EEWEB Dec 19th - Hired Greg L. as Technical Operations Manager Dec 17th - BeVault (at one point tried to buy Elithion) shuts down Nov 30th - Shipped 110 BMSs to a Russian auto manufacturer Nov 30th - Tim Moore leaves Nov 29th - Presented at the Colorado Cleantech Symposium, in Golden, CO Oct 3rd - Started working with Charlie T., who is working with Ammon on development. Sep 25th - Hired Tim Moore as tech support person, let Zachary H. go Sep 18th - Davide Andrea gives a presentation titled "Connecting batteries in parallel: unexpected effects and solutions" at the Battery Power Conference 2012. Sep 6th - Received a substantial order for 110 BMSs to be used in EVs from a major European auto manufacturer. Aug 30th - A major cell manufacturer gives Elithion an order for 4 Lithiumods, modified to use this company's high quality pouch cells Aug 30th - Electric Car Company becomes a reseller of the Lithiumate Lite. Aug 23th - Carl Clark of Electric Car Company visits Elithion Aug 22th - Zachary H. starts as tech support person Aug 16th - Shipped a $ 15 K order to Russia Aug 14th - Started serious discussions with a major cell manufacturers for a BMS for its large production battery modules Aug 7th - We regret that Steven V. B. has given notice: he has received a job offer in a field that is a better match to his intended career Jul 31st - Hired the services of Ammon Balaster, formerly of Eetrex, to help with sales and marketing, on a trial basis Jul 19th - Interested buyer of Elithion unable to raise needed funds by deadline: offer expired Jul 13th, 14th - Steven visits EDI to help them with Elithion's traction pack Jul 9th - Received metal parts for Lithiumod Jul 9th - Second patent application filed: "Limiting excessive current during connection of a battery or cell in parallel with other batteries, cells or capacitive loads" Jun 25th - Subcontracted Roberta to help James in the final assembly department Jun 9th - Created the concept of "Short Discharge Current" as a tool to evaluate and compare battery and cell technologies for power applications Jun 6th, 7th - Commissioned first traction battery at EDI's testing lab Jun 4th - Released rev 2.00 of the Lithiumate Pro software, and the Pro GUI application May 15th, 16th - Visited vision Motors to help solve EMI issues on the CAN bus; the Lithiumate BMS was performing flawlessly May 5th - Elithion website reorganized, integrating the Products site into the main site May 5th - Off to signing LOI for sale of Elithion Apr 30th - Received stock Apr 27th - Accepted terms of sale for Elithion Apr 19th - Shipped our first battery pack, a PHEV traction battery pack for a demonstration truck Apr 17th - Last day for our tech support engineer, Robert D. H., who will receive his master in EE this May and then move onto a new field Apr 13th - Received a document delineating the offer for the purchase of Elithion Apr 4th - Reached an understanding with the partner company on the terms under which Elithion would be purchased Apr 4th - Steven V. B. joins our customer support team Mar 26th - A partner company shows serious interest in aquiring Elithion and making it a fully owned subsidiary Mar 21th - Hired mechanical engineer Todd Baxendale, to design and build battery packs Mar 20th - Received 1800 lb worth of cells from Enerdel, for use in the PHEV traction battery packs Mar 15th - Rented a bay in an industrial building a mile from our office, to build battery packs Mar 15th - Scott Balaban completes his project Mar 1st - BeVault's site goes live Feb 24th - Started working with engineer Scott Balaban on a contract basis to design a PHEV traction battery pack Feb 9th - Started working with mechanical designer Derek Westmoreland on a contract basis Feb 6th - Received an order for 2 complete PHEV traction packs Jan 28th - BeVault founded, to offer battery modules for grid storage, using Elithion's technology Jan 19th - The Latvia rally team, driving a vehicle using an Elithion Lithiumate BMS, becomes the first EV ever to complete the Dakar rally. Jan 18th - Started development of a battery module for grid storage, based on the Lithiumotive technology Jan 13th - Lithiumate Lite succesfully tested to FCC Part 15 Class A Jan 2nd - Released cell boards for the GBS 200 Ah cells, with end-to-end terminals 2011 Dec 5th - Started a partnership with a new start-up, to provide battery modules for grid storage Nov 23th - Shipped first production level Lithiumate Lite Nov 18th - Added a tech support ticketing system Nov 11th - Hired to analyze a burned Li-ion pack in a vessel in Curaçao, Dutch Antilles Oct 24th - Completed our project with consultant Eben J. Oct 8th - Completed a new business plan, detailing Elithion's expansion path Sep 17th - First request for angel investment: accepted, in principle, on the spot. Sep 16th - Hired electrical engineer Robert D. H. to do tech support, collaborate on design effort Sep 15th - Meeting of the board of advisers; Eben J. presented our path to the future Sep 13th - Hired techician James C. to do QA, final assembly, testing Aug 23rd - Technician Lisa M. leaves us (for a gig closer to her home), having brought us invaluable help on the QA front Jul 27th - EV components distributor EV Source becomes an authorized reseller of Elithion products. Jul 23rd - Added support for the Current Ways and Eltek chargers to the Lithiumate Jul 16th - Recorded a first video tutorial, uploaded to YouTube Jul 1st - Started working with technician and assembly person Lisa M. Jun 13th - Turned on a virtual phone system, at 720-466-7006 Jun 9th - Presented at the HEAA (Houston Electric Auto Association), via Skype Jun 1st - Started working with Eben J., sales and marketing, on a consulting basis Apr 12th - Patent application for key technologies used in the Lithiumotive Mar 8th - Met with the CEO of a company manufacturing Li-Ion traction packs for a large-production EV in Europe Feb 20th - Relaunched the LiIonBMS.com website (resources to the community), relinking Elithion information to the Elithion.com website Feb 17th - Launched the Elithion.com website (business), split from the LiIonBMS.com website (resources to the community) Feb 16th - Full meeting of the board of advisers; Perry W. presented his findings; Perry leaves Elithion for a job with Johnson Controls Feb 1st - Partial meeting of the board of advisers Jan 24th - Started working with Perry W. on a consulting basis, for a fixed period ending Feb 16th Jan 22nd - Launched new Elithion website (for business), split from the LiIonBMS website (providing resources to the community) Jan 20th - Hired the firm of Cochranm Freund and Young to prepare the first Elithion patent Jan 1st - Elithion becomes a corporation 2010 Dec 2010 31 - Ended the year with $ 512 K in revenues 28 - Bought a 2010 Prius for the company 2 - Second advisers' meeting brings much appreciated guidance Nov 2010 29th Expanded our office suite by adding two offices next door. Oct 2010 19th Presented at the Battery Power Conference in Dallas TX, on the topic: "Li-Ion myth-buster". Sep 2010 30th Davide's book Battery Management Systems for Large Lithium-Ion Battery Packs is published by Artech House. 26th Centric Automotive becomes an Elithion reseller 1st Joined an ongoing lawsuit against EV Components, which owes $ 12848 to Elithion. Aug 2010 26th Джеймс Моррисон , owner of ЕВ Компоненты , threatens to sue Davide for a blog entry talking about that company's bankruptcy hearing, unless the blog is removed within 1 day 26th Meeting to hash out a strategically significant alliance with another company 15th~20th Visited the North West: Seattle WA, Portland OR, to attend the bankruptcy hearing of EV Components which owes $ 12848 to Elithion, and to meet business partners. 6th Shipped a $ 32 K order within 24 hours of receipt of payment 4th Received a $ 66 K order from Europe July 2010 22nd Performed ESD testing on the entire product line 21st Finally received a large payment for an invoice that was 4 months old (now the only non-collectible amount is the $ 12848.00 from EV Components) 8th Started the design of the Lithiumotive product line June 2010 8th KTA Services becomes a reseller 6th Lightning Motors' EV motorcycle, using a Lithiumate BMS, wins the 2nd round of the TTXGP race. May 2010 18th Fastest order yet: 2 hours from order to shipping, for 10 systems. 16th Lightning Motors EV motorcycle (with Lithiumate) takes 2nd spot in the TTXGP race 10th Started a blog 6th Politecnico di Torino race HEV (with Lithiumate) wins the Formula Hybrid Race 3-6th Attended the 2010 Formula Hybrid Race as a design judge. Apr 2010 8 - First client to sign a chip license 5 - Shipped 30 systems to X-Prize Mar 2010 31 - Ended the 1st quarter 2010 with $ 97 K in revenues 6 - Visited Global-E in NOLA to convert their X-Prize car 2 - LipoTech becomes 1st European reseller Feb 2010 26 - Increased the warranty to 1 year 24 - Received order for monitoring systems for most vehicles in the Automotive X-Prize contest Jan 2010 26 - First vacation since company stared: we all took a week off 23 - Released the pouch cell board 2009 Dec 2009 31 - Ended the year with $ 242 K in revenues 30 - Announced the Lithiumind 29 - first non-US reseller: eMotive in Canada 29 - largest single shipment to date: 42 systems to a European client 4 - 1st paid tech support call (to a non-client) and 1st credit card payment Nov 2009 20 - Shipped a big order (~$ 10K) within 24 hours of order receipt 15 - Now accepting credit cards 9 - Shipped the 100th BMS Oct 2009 31 - 5000 visitors to website for the month (3200 unique) 27 - Within 5 days, received orders for as many systems as we have shipped to date 20 - Presented at the Battery Power Conference to am overflow audience 13 - Polito's race HEV car wins EHI 2009 race (with Lithiumate BMS) 12 - Lightning Motors' EV motorcycle is world's 2nd fastest (with Lithiumate BMS) Aug 2009 25 - Visited a developer installing a Lithiumate BMS in very large vehicles 19 - Visited a manufacturer in Toronto, Canada, testing a Lithiumate BMS in a new product 5 - Visited a vehicle integrator in Southern California, to provide support on a Lithiumate installation Jul 2009 29 - Ann Colcord takes over Elithions' operations 7 - The manager of a major manufacturer of BMS chips pays a visit 3 - Had the pleasure of riding in a prototype EV step van, while monitoring the Lithiumate™ BMS, which worked flawlessly Jun 2009 22 - Shipped 2 systems (one early), and now we're all caught up: no backorders! 18 - Fastest turnaround: shipped an order to KillaCycle 6 days after order 10 - First shipment to Europe May 2009 28 - Hired by a cell manufacturer for one day of intense training and evaluation at their headquarters 23 - First shipment outside the US: Canada 16 - Installed a BMS in a development EV step van 4-6 - University of Vermont's AERO group races a hybrid car with an Elithion BMS Apr 2009 21 - Successfully converted a Ford Escape Hybrid to PHEV, using the Elithion BMS and a replacement pack 18 - First order from Austria 16 - First order from Canada 14 - First BMS shipped to a EV manufacturer 7-11 - Visit clients in the Bay Area to help them set-up their BMSs 6 - Shipped the BMS for a PHEV conversion: a Ford Escape for a cell manufacturer 6 - First large order for cell boards, placed with QSC Mar 2009 31 - First order for a BMS for a PHEV conversion: a Ford Escape (for a cell manufacturer) 31 - Shipped the BMS to the University of Vermont, AERO 23 - First set of 20 BMS controllers manufactured by QSC 17 - First shipment of standard Li-Ion BMS product for prismatic cells 16 - First shipment of standard Li-Ion BMS product for small cylindrical cells 13 - Having been a 1/3 owner of Hybrids Plus, Davide rertuned his stock to Hybrids Plus, in exchange for immediate repayment of outstanding loans; in so doing, the two parties signed a mutual release Feb 2009 26 - Completed 1st consulting job for a European company 25 - First set of cell boards manufactured by 2 assembly houses 2008 Dec 2008 31 - Ended the year with $ 25 K in revenues 19 - First order from Europe: Finland 12 - Completed a BMS controller for a Li-Ion pack for the Vectrix motorcycle Nov 2009 30 - 1000 visitors to website for the month (700 unique) Oct 2008 13 - Website re-launched 10 - Corporate design completed Sep 2008 30 - First order for a standard BMS: for BEV conversions 03 - First order to Elithion - BMS consulting job 01 - Moved into 3393 Iris Ave, Ste 110 Aug 2008 27 - Signed lease at 3393 Iris Ave, Ste 110 26 - Formation of an LLC 17 - Elithion company name selected, elithion.com domain registered 14 - First job completed 10 - LiIonBMS.com domain acquired, website launched 08 - First job started - BMS for an HEV battery