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Segment Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Segment Information [Abstract] |
Segment Information |
23. | Segment Information
The Company used to engage in one business segment, the manufacture, commercialization and distribution of a wide variety of standard and customized lithium ion rechargeable batteries for use in a wide array of applications. The Company manufactured five types of Li-ion rechargeable batteries: aluminum-case cell, battery pack, cylindrical cell, lithium polymer cell and high-power lithium battery cell. The Company's products are sold to packing plants operated by third parties primarily for use in mobile phones and other electronic devices. After the disposal of BAK International, the Company focused on producing high-power lithium battery cells. Net revenues from continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2018 were as follows: Net revenues by product:
|  | Year ended |  |  | Year ended |
|  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2018 |
High power lithium batteries used in: |  |  |  |  |  |
Electric vehicles |  | $ | 55,007,370 |  |  | $ | 8,169,195 |
Light electric vehicles |  |  | 495,769 |  |  |  | 64,140 |
Uninterruptable supplies |  |  | 2,872,260 |  |  |  | 16,199,969 |
Total |  | $ | 58,375,399 |  |  | $ | 24,433,304 |
Net revenues by geographic area:
|  | Year ended |  |  | Year ended |
|  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2018 |
Mainland China |  | $ | 57,425,420 |  |  |  | 21,292,111 |
Europe |  |  | 294,322 |  |  |  | 99,996 |
PRC Taiwan |  |  | 221,777 |  |  |  | 103,256 |
Israel |  |  | 363,845 |  |  |  | 990,953 |
USA |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1,833,837 |
Others |  |  | 70,035 |  |  |  | 113,151 |
Total |  | $ | 58,375,399 |  |  | $ | 24,433,304 |
Substantially all of the Company's long-lived assets are located in the PRC.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134510 + Details
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