IMHO it’s because users of their loose cells, particularly vapers, keep blowing themselves up and suing LG (and everyone else in sight). This costs LG time and money but most importantly it affects their reputation if the public thinks their cells are defective. This they will not accept.
I’m hearing about accidents a lot less but that won’t lead to the big manufacturers stopping what they’re doing. Samsung has also been very actively trying to stop usage of their cells outside of battery packs and Murata has had warnings on their cells for years.
Only Molicel openly allows use of their cells outside of a fully protected battery pack. Though, if they get sued a few times that policy could change.
Do you think you could actually approach anywhere near that current stopping hard from full speed? Just curious if you logged the maximum attained regenerative current.
It won’t destroy the battery. The braking strength is always in line with the currents you allow to flow towards the battery. Advocating low setting is identical to advocating to skate with insufficient brakes. Riders do not use full brakes at full speed anyway, so the current is limited by your thumb, not the setting.
The feeling of surfing on a single drive with a locked up rear heelside wheel is a very good thing indeed. I love how the board cocks sideways while you’re sliding.
Single drive has a lot of benefits. Strong brakes isn’t one of them. I feel like my fleet would be compromised without at least a few single drives. In fact, I grab those most often to ride. They are light, fail less, easy to work on, cheaper, and can be smaller.
