Wow I wish this is true. Im imagining the idea of someone manufacturing a light with four of these in series. You can run 10k+ lumens for practically unlimited runtime!
Even the idea of a ROT66, D18, BLF LT1 with USB-C charge and powerbank would be real sweet
5 sets of double springs might handle that shock load, and amperage, but i dont think that there will be anyone building protection circuits for a 40mm cell. Honestly i am more interested in a 4x20700 lt1 max with 20ah of battery or some extra fat 4x20700 soda can lights. Most scenarios that would permit 40mm cells are going to require inbuilt charging, cars and flashlights and other. Also im genuinely curious as to if the maxwell aquisition will give many fruits of development due to ev drain chaeacteristics being the high amperage pulsing to energise motor windings
Seriously, what's the point? Used many search engines, and nothing but this.
In all honesty, if the point is to build up subtle (mental, emotional) energy around this to see if Tesla :-D gets the idea, why 40700? Most people here don't really care about a newer “40700” format, or don't know. I do know what I want, and I don't care.
Most people here would prefer and love to see improvements on current formats like 26650/26700 or 32650/32700. Concerning flashlights, a completely new cell format like 40700 means you have to build up everything around a new format, again, just for the vagary of someone else.
So then, how about spreading some other rumour like “new Power Long Battery 26650 cell, 6.5 Ah and 5C continuous discharge rate”. It could also be possible and very welcome. They seem to be quite focused on LiFePO4, though.
$50? LoL! No way. The actual price of cells is a lot lower than what you usually see, more than probably. You can get Lishen 21700 cells for less than $3 a piece in AliExpress. At ≈3.628 times their volume, that's just a bit above $10 for an ordinary 40700, and probably up to $30 - 35 for higher capacity and power output cells.
Not every light needs to be a hot rod. F.e. smaller and lighter LT1 with even more capacity would be a good thing.
I don’t think this is the case. With a cell this heavy you need very thick springs anyway. With seen double springs doing 25A. Now double thickness of each wire - that can do 100A. Is it not enough?
Personally I would also prefer improvements to the existing standards rather than new ones. Though 40700 seems like a nice size, larger than 32650 enough to create its own niche. And since I’m not fond of the multi-cell lights I’d be very glad to see improvements in this area.
Though I admit, the thought of spending $$$ to replace my largest (read: the most expensive) lights is not nice.
And I agree, the rumor is quite far fetched and I don’t look forward to seeing it implemented. If it shows up - it shows up. If it doesn’t - it doesn’t.