All Episodes
iLikeBatteries — 256 episodes
256: More Iron in Your Battery Diet on Earth Day
255: Just Some Non-Sense
254: iLikeSolar! Jeff's Panels are Up and Running!
253: Even F1 Has a Hard Time Getting It Right
252: NOT Shaken NOR Stirred
251: R2 or 3PO?
250: That's A LOT of Episodes...
249: Three Qi's For 2026!
248: Increasing Levers of Performance with Jill Pestana
247: Getting Super-Hyper-Local with Jill Pestana
246: Capital G, Captial P, little A
245: Has the venerable 18650 met its match?
244: You Spin Me Right Round...
243: It's a different kind of hybrid
242: Hindsight is 2025
241: That's, like, 1 kilowatt per ton
240: Batteries from the Salt of the Earth
239: Get Moving with the Ford eTransit!
238: Out Back By the Batteries with Todd Perry
237: Every Little Bit Helps
236: Apparently Ice Cream is OK
235: Wow, OK, So that's a Big Ferry!
234: A Plug for Taking a Journey on a Battery Powered Train?
233: Modeling Digital Battery Twins with the About:Energy Team
232: Unpacking How You Pack for Your Next Flight
231: Planes, Trains & Go-Karts (and Ships)
230: The Stretch Armstrong of Batteries?
229: We Asked AI About Our Podcast, and Then We Talked About Batteries Some More
228: Can you dig it (with batteries)?
227: More Battery & EV Fun with ASE Certified Master Technician Matt Lamontagne
226: It's (Potentially) Bad for Your Wallet...with Matt Lamontagne
225: How Fast is Fast? Jingyi Chen of Breathe Battery Technologies
224: The Episode that went Sideways
223: There's Always Something Going On in Las Vegas
222: A River Runs Dry?
221: Charging into 2025!
220: The Misadventures of Jeff's Ionic 5 Rental
219: We're Being a Little Salty
218: When the WORX Doesn't Work!
217: Blown Away by Battery-Powered Lawn Equipment
216: Hello Hampton Academy (with a Chery on top)
215: In a State of Flux
214: Refuge at Daybreak
213: How To Have a Magical Battery Day
212: Mike Rides the WAVE (2)
211: Are Solid State Batteries coming to Portable Power Stations?
210: You might get fined, but you won't get charged
209: Uphill, Both Ways, In the Snow?!!
208: Going Back to the Future with Seagulls, Coffee and Pie
207: 207, 603, 802 and a foreign Yoyo
206: We're Not Getting Any Jungner
205: What on Earth do Ducks have to do with a Solar Eclipse?
204: Self-healing Batteries Could Be Marvel-ous!
203: St. Patrick's Day Tribute: Ireland, Massachusetts, Finland, Curaçao
202: Sharpen Your Pencils
201: Test It Before You Toss It!
200: A Couple of 3%-ers Host a Podcast
199: What's cooler than being cool? ICE COLD!
198: Happy New Year...and an EV vs ICE race!
197: We're Not Retiring Anytime Soon
196: 10 Central Parks?
195: Happy Little Rivian Face
194: Battery Saving Time
193: What's New at Pale Blue?
192: The Green Behind the Green of EV Batteries
191: Once You Go EV, You Never Go Back with Jesse Lore, founder of Green Wave EV
190: Jeff Buys a 747
189: Watch Out for Hilary
188: A Canoo That Doesn't Float
187: How Cool Are You?
186: 75 to 90 Watt-Hour Power Stations for Under $100
185: Jeff's Alaska Adventure & Model Y Rental Experience
184: Remembering John B. Goodenough
183: Ample Room for Battery Swapping?
182: Indigenous Phosphate in Montreal?
181: What's Up with that Funky Shifter?
180: Car Talk for Batteries?
179: Don't Mix Your Water with your Battery
178: Your Food and Beverage Choices Are Up To You
177: Starting to Believe: NIO EVs with Swappable Batteries?
176: Big Batteries Down Under
175: Bye, Bye, Bolt
174: Sometimes the Zero is Significant
173: The Other Battery Bus
172: Swapping and Shedding and Heating
171: Batteries on Mars?
170: Who's Down with VPP?
169: Let's Do Some Math
168: Electric Bill Breakdown
167: You Should Refine Your Lithium Closer to Home (with Saad Dara of Mangrove Lithium, Part 2)
166: Battery Grade Lithium Refining, Part 1 with Saad Dara of Mangrove Lithium
165: Batteries Can Be Out of This World!
164: Tools of the Trade with Matt Lamontagne
163: Living the Degraded Battery Lifestyle with Matt Lamontagne
162: I Like Cooking with Batteries
161: Don't Boil Your Batteries
160: Extra Motors Aren't Free
159: Two Wind Turbines on a Stick?
158: All battery power, everywhere, all the time (CES 2023)
157: Are You More Night Rider or Battlestar Galactica?
156: You Mean to Tell Me There's a Flame in There?
155: The Polestar 2 Test Drive
154: Jeff's SnowJoe Arrives!
153: Don't Be So Harsh
152: Two-Stage Snow Throwers
151: Credit where Credit is Due
150: Looking Back, Looking Forward
149: LFP-based Power Stations for under $250?
148: It's Going to Have to Be Goodenough
147: Taming Thermal Runaway
146: BOTH of Jeff's Ego's on Display
145: Inverted AC/DC
144: Storm Surge
143: Going With the Flow on the River
142: Be Prepared for Under $100
141: You Should Know About the Battery Ingestion Hotline
140: High Fives with Tom Bishop of Paleblue (Part 2 of 2)
139: I USB-C What You Did There with Tom Bishop of Paleblue (Part 1 of 2)
138: Sig, Sig, Segway
137: Celebrating Battery Birthdays
136: It's Your Responsibility as a Rivian Owner
135: What's Older than Vintage?
134: The Case for Single Use Batteries
133: The Batteries of Our Lives
132: We're Big (on) Fans
131: Hubble-ing Along on Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries
130: What if you just need to run out for some milk?
129: Sunny Day, Sweepin' the clouds away
128: Say Goodbye to Range Anxiety?
127: A Matter of Voltage
126: Well Charged Ego's and Ryobi Skateboards?
125: Breaking Bad (Batteries)
124: Little House of Batteries
123: Making Sense of Your Energy Usage
122: Powering Your Power Station
121: FIRST, Off the Shelf; THEN, Out of the Box
120: Some Batteries Are Misbehaving
119: Eat the Elephant One Bite at a Time
118: Why Are My Electrons More Expensive Now?
117: Printing on the Go?
116: It Can't Work Just Once; What's Next with Sergrio Mendoza (Part 3 of 3)
115: Digging Deeper into Battery Longevity with Sergio Mendoza (Part 2 of 3)
114: Torturing Cells Until They Talk with Sergio Mendoza (Part 1 of 3)
113: A Long, Casual Drive with Lots of Charging in the Middle
112: Ask Questions Later - Scott Case of Recurrent Auto (2 of 2)
111: Wanderings in the Tropical Rain Forest - Scott Case of Recurrent Auto (1 of 2)
110: Some Don't Like It Hot
109: Where Did My Lithium Go?
108: Big Batteries On Campus: Ian Jones of Sunbolt, Part 2 of 2
107: Not That Bolt - Ian Jones of Sunbolt, Part 1
106: Don't buy a Leaf, Eventually We'll Tell You Why...
105: Shock the Battery
104: Up In Flames with Will Lenharth
103: Another Cycle Around the Sun
102: Jim Gregory and the PedalPC (Part 2 of 2)
101: Jim Gregory and the PedalPC (Part 1 of 2)
100: Finally Charged to 100
099: How Do You Get Fully Charged?
098: Matt Lamontagne's Electric Ponies
097: Junk in the Frunk
096: Energizing Connections
095: A Date with Battery Dates, and Winter
094: Three Books and Some Soup
093: Don't Scarf My Solar Panel
092: Segway Segue Segway
091: Keep the Recycle Cycle Going
090: Enough Power To Go WAY BACK In Time
089: Are Batteries Jumping Ship?
088: Batteries and Hot Dogs
087: Controlled Thermal Events and the Future of Pyrotechnics
086: Hearts, Souls, and Checkbooks, with Shawn Murphy from Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
085: Like California on Steriods, with Shawn Murphy from Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
084: Better, Smarter, & Safer Batteries with Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
083: Batteries that Bounce
082: You Sank My SUB-marine!
081: Recycling Soapbox
080: Old Friends and Potatoes
079: Batteries and Water, Don't Mix!
078: Mini-UPS and New Eero Woes - We Know Jack
077: When Your Batteries Need to Rest
076: ICE, ICE, BEV-y
075: 80 is the New 100
074: Field Trip Follow-Up
073: Sometimes We're a Little Cooler
072: USB Plus!
071: The EV Crossover Show, Part 2
070: The EV Crossover Show, Part 1
069: Happy Little Batteries
068: Experts in Power
067: Avoiding Thermal Events with Matt Lamontagne
066: ICE cold truth of EV shopping
065: Why the Y, Brandon? - Part 2 of 2
064: Why the Y, Brandon? - Part 1 of 2
063: It is ok to be blue, maybe you'll find your sanctuary
062: Every Which Way But Loose
061: Mr. Wind and the Unexpected Test
060: Thank You for the Unplug
059: Those Battery Guys Will "Say Anything"
058: UPS Updates: Discovery of the Mini UPS
057: Jeff's UPS - The Traditional Approach
056: Jeff's UPS - In Which We Consider Power Stations
055: Pale Blue Earth (Part 2 of 2)
054: Pale Blue Earth (Part 1 of 2)
053: UPS and downs
052: Throwing Some Snow Around
051: Lion Energy - Part 2 of 2
050: The Gift
049: Lion Energy - Part 1 of 2
048: Fully Charged for the Holidays
047: Bottom's Up!
046: Make a Wish!
045: The Rabbit Hole
044: Beans and Leaves
043: Hot Dogs?
042: Jackets, Vests, and Base Layers, Oh My!
041: Putting some Soles into your Shoes
040: Pandora's Glove Box
039: Electric Winter
038: Battery Day Commentary
037: Chi-Chi-USB? (or is that Qi-Qi-USB?)
036: All Charged Up
035: Adventures in Battery Pack Building Land
034: Will You Be Our (Rock) Pals?
033: Go Big or Go Home
032: Jeff Goes Shopping
031: Dave Nanian Likes Battery-Powered Cars (Part 2 of 2)
030: Dave Nanian Likes Battery-Powered Cars (Part 1 of 2)
029: Portable Power Stations
028: Finding Your Qi
027: Battery Recovery Mode
026: Far Out Cool
025: It's Gonna Cost You
024: 18 x 65
023: High Voltage AC/DC
022: Best Light for Breakfast
021: Nature's Generator
020: Gravitricity
019: Socket to Me, Mike!
018: Deciwatt
017: Grass, Interrupted
016: Forced to Consider the Potential of a Gravity Battery
015: Can Batteries Be (in) Any Cooler?
014: The Only Winning Move Is Not To Play
013: Worst Alarm Clock Ever
012: Not Your Delivery Company
Episode 011: Not a Virus
Episode 010: Scratching the Surface
Episode 009: Leading the Charge
Episode 008: Goal Zero - Part Two
Episode 007: Goal Zero - Part One
Episode 006: Don't Be the One to Close the Loop
Episode 005: Jeff Goes Skiing
Episode 004: Jiggy Watts
Episode 003: Try to Contain Yourself
Episode 002: Set Your VCR
Episode 001: Thank You, Ben Franklin