The E-Ducato's battery consists of three or five large battery modules (respectively 47 kWh or 79 kWh total), which are connected in parallel. It's not a typical approach, as usually there are many ...

At some point, the 3.6 V of a single lithium ion battery just won’t do, and you’ll absolutely want to stack LiIon cells in series. When you need high power, you’ve either got to increase voltage or ...

For those willing to put some elbow grease into it, there is an almost unlimited supply of 18650 lithium ion batteries around for cheap (or free) just waiting to be put into a battery pack of some ...

Large, high-voltage rechargeable battery systems are now common sources of power in applications ranging from electric vehicles to power grid load leveling systems. These large battery stacks are ...

This is probably fairly straightforward for an EE to weigh in on so I thought I’d post this question here for posterity in the hopes that it’ll solve the issue for other designers. The challenge is ...

The biggest issues with automotive systems include performance, reliability and safety. No matter how sophisticated your battery management system (BMS) is, it is only as good as the critical cable ...