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Officials at a startup based in Carlsbad, California, expect a battery technology<\/a> they have engineered will transform the way e-bikes and electric-powered hand-held tools are charged. And once it’s scaled up, they believe the technology will reshape even more sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n

“We unleash batteries here,” said Daniel Glenn, president of ZapBatt, a company headquartered in a 4,000-square-foot office not far from McClellan\u2013Palomar Airport.<\/p>\n

ZapBatt engineers have designed a battery operating system that acts as a universal adapter for devices that run on electricity.<\/p>\n

At his lab bench, company co-founder and Chief Technical Officer David Felzer takes a 12-volt battery and, through a process using ZapBatt’s software and hardware technology, increases the effective voltage level to 25 volts\u2014enough to power a cordless vacuum cleaner\u2014within a matter of seconds.<\/p>\n

“Traditionally, you can’t just plug in a 12-volt or 18-volt battery to the vacuum; it just won’t work,” Felzer said. “But we’re manipulating the voltage so that it gets whatever it needs.”<\/p>\n

ZapBatt’s technology uses trademarked SCiB Toshiba lithium titanium oxide (LTO) battery cells during the process.<\/p>\n

And ZapBatt officials say their battery operating system opens the door for different battery chemistries to easily integrate into all kinds of consumer products\u2014from electric power tools and app<\/a>liances to e-bikes to industrial robotics.<\/p>\n

“This is really the starting gun for us,” said Glenn, who is also ZapBatt’s chief operating officer. “We’re ready for the market, and we are accepting anyone who’s interested in this technology, and we’re talking to some major players.”<\/p>\n

Already in partnership with Toshiba, ZapBatt and the Japanese electronics giant recently announced an expansion of their collaboration efforts.<\/p>\n

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“Breaking through technological and cost barriers to enter markets previously out of reach, our technology can now be applied across a wider spectrum of markets,” Toshiba Vice President and General<\/a> Manager Greg Mack said in a statement.<\/p>\n

One of the selling points of Toshiba’s SCiB technology is its safety.<\/p>\n

Most electronic devices use lithium-ion battery chemistries, which have resulted in instances of fires breaking out. While relatively rare, excessive heat or circuit malfunction inside a battery can lead to a chemical reaction that spreads in a chain reaction in what’s called a “thermal runaway.”<\/p>\n

But Glenn said LTO batteries that ZapBatt concentrates on have zero documented cases of thermal runaway.<\/p>\n

“This is a major, major point of advantage,” Glenn said\u2014especially after a string of deadly fires in New York City connected to overheated e-bikes. The New York Fire Department in 2023 reported 267 fires that led to 18 deaths and 150 injuries.<\/p>\n

In addition, LTO batteries boast of operating at temperatures as low as minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit.<\/p>\n

ZapBatt’s battery operating system also touts:<\/p>\n