Typically, the individual cells in a battery have somewhat different capacities and may be at different levels of state of charge (SOC). Without balancing, the cell of smallest capacity is a “weak ...
At the heart of the Chevrolet Volt, a sophisticated battery-stack management system ensures the safety and reliability of the multicell lithium-ion battery stack that delivers power on demand to the ...
Paul Rako takes a look back at the transformer-based prototype built by the legendary Jim Williams and his compatriot Mark Thoren, which relates well in today’s burgeoning EV environment. 1. This is ...