SUNBEAMsystem Smart Lithium DRIVE yacht propulsion, 10kWh with cylindrical cells and active balancing

World Premiere! Smart Lithium DRIVE yacht propulsion gets a new top-of-the-line 10kWh sized battery with cylindrical cells and advanced active balancing.

The most advanced available battery pack for electrical yachts. SUNBEAMsystem DRIVE batteries are engineered for the best possible performance and lifetime.

For this size of batteries the marine industry conventionally uses prismatic cells for simplicity and cost savings. In the era of electric cars, one wouldn’t find any car with prismatic cells as it offers a shorter life expectancy when used in the upper regions of the performance envelope. This is why we launch the very unique 10kWh DRIVE battery with cylindrical cells and active balancing.

As with our high-performance Plug & Play batteries, we use our advanced tab less 3270 cells. No tabs, no welding or soldering that causes resistance. The bolting ensures heavy-duty usage without affecting the life expectancy or limiting the battery. We are proud of our cells and for example, you may read a lot about how Tesla is struggling in their transition from 2170 cells into the newer tab less 4680. We already took the step from the smaller cells into our 3270 (tab less) cells many years ago.

The ever-working active balancing is needed to control and maintain all the cells in this battery pack. Using state-of-the-art technology from the EV industry.

The safety level is unrivaled – in 2023 you may not find safer energy storage for your boat. This is thanks to the three independent safety aspects of a Smart Lithium battery. Firstly, the chemistry is inert which means no run-aways can take place in other types of lithium chemistry batteries. You may punch holes, crush or put it in a fire and despite this nothing will happen. Secondly, the cell casing which is made of metal and could potentially act badly if there was a sudden heat up (for example throwing it in a bonfire) – but thanks to the security valves which will open in such case this potential problem is not existent any longer. Thirdly the computer-guided control system offers a plethora of protections keeping the battery out of harm’s way.

The Smart Lithium batteries are a part of our Smart Mobile Home with never-ending free upgrades. Put the tablet on the instrument panel and boast it with a modern overlook of your batteries and other devices. Simply put the tablet on the wall of our free App, SUNBEAMsystem Multi Connect. You may also instantly view the same information on every crew member’s mobile phone.