When they sell their battery division it will be difficult to make new cells.
But the buyer will probably continue the development and probably with the same people.
Now also nkon.nl sells them , but they ara a little expensive (9.35€) . I hope shops like banggood/gearbest get them soon .
I do not disagree and in fact it is quite logical, because the company has announced some time ago, that would deal more with the construction and development of lipo batteries.
But I’ve read about some new technology from the company, which will come to market in 2020 from Sony and is far superior to the current batteries.
It is not new in fact.
Launched in 2008, but now has reached the final stage and will see it on the market as Sony since 2020.
The goal of the company is the vehicle electrification ……… of course ….
There are other companies that have already such batteries by 2015 and earlier.
Some of them have implemented up aeronautical structures.
Sony has however stated that it will take the form that we know all of us, as 18650 ………….
This is the main reason that leads me to believe that it will not stop to produce batteries with its own name.
But …………… you never know of course what makes a company this size ……….
It is one of the leading companies in this industry.
So I find that hard to stop construction of the Li-Ion 18650.
Bought 4 from nkon.nl for 6.5eur piece, cant wait to see if they are worth buying instead of 30Q because 30Q has very good price/performance ratio.
6.5 eur ?
I see they sell them for 8.45 Eur …
That price is for EU countries i guess with VAT calculated, 6.5 eur on ru.nkon.nl without VAT for non-EU countries.
Thanks for the info .
4x VTC6 shipped to the US is €31 or $34… Not bad at all! Probably a good idea to order them now before they go out of stock or counterfeit versions shows up.
It's $35.59 US on PayPal for qty 4, least for me. 
They are on Alibaba now: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Factory-price-of-battery-rechargeable-for_60470551627.html?spm=a2700.7724857.0.0.ns0xzD, so just a matter of time for US and China retailers to get them, I'd think.
Wow! Now I see why I disregarded these at first because of the broken curves: the 80ºC cutoff. :FACEPALM:
They indeed deliver more power than VTC5's. 
Cheers ^:)
My precious…
Now let the VTC5A vs VTC6 test begin
What the sheesh?
Do you own a battery cellar Mitko? 
Cheers ^:)
Lets just say i am well prepared for the upcomming alocalypse m8 
Anyway, VTC5A seems to be the leader .
i tested VTC6, VTC5A,VTC5, 30Q, HG2 , HE2 and 25r with several of my FET DD drivers and results are:
VTC5A>VTC6>VTC5>HE2>25R>30Q>HG2
The difference between VTC6 and VTC5A is like 80-100ma, while between VTC5A and 30q like 400-450ma
yet overal its the best FET DD battery so far, i will swap batteries in all my throwers asap
Do your tests look at amps immediately or after a delay, or over a period? What about the charge level? All equal and to what level?
Imrbatteries has them us domestic for $10 @ piece. If ordered today could probably get them by Sat. Imma wait for the price to come down. 30q and hg2 more then fill my needs. If my light makes 30 more lumens I wouldnt be able to notice it anyway. I see its w great battery, but not $10 to me. When I could have 2 30q or ga
One local dealer put a blog up as to why he is NOT selling any SONY 18650’s……20 minutes later I get an email from IMR batteries saying they are selling them.!
Dang, just got am email from IMRBatteries too. They probably bought qty 1,000 (714 in stock showing) from an Alibaba wholesaler - figured can make a nice profit while they're fresh and hot. They usually FedEX them, but even DHL is super fast.
Get this - I ordered a SKYRC MC3000 charger yesterday (Tuesday) from GB with a coupon code, so paid $88 and they offered free DHL. The package is expected to arrive at my house tomorrow!
I just bought Two,do not really need them as I have several VTC5 and several LG HG2!
Funny, guess not so bad for $9 each shipped from the Netherlands - got an email today they are finally going to ship them today, not "shipped" but gonna ship.... Weird.
Wow!! 2 days from China?!! Down to 702 VTC6 [From IMR] batteries left!