Everything You Need to Know About EV Batteries

Over the past few years, it has become exceedingly clear that the carbon-based energy that propelled humanity to its greatest heights is quite harmful to the environment. Governments have therefore started turning to solar and wind-generated energy as well as electric vehicles to reduce their countries’ overall carbon footprint. In fact, plenty of developed countries have plans to phase out internal combustion-engine vehicles in exchange for electric vehicles, which thanks to the battery packs that power them, run on clean energy, and have zero emissions.

EV batteries can power an EV for thousands of miles followed by a secondary use before finally giving out. In fact, some battery and automakers are working on developing a million-mile battery that would be able to power two EVs followed by a secondary use. If you were to look into a conventional EV battery pack, you would see hundreds of individual battery cells packaged into modules or pockets.

The battery pack is usually several meters in length to accommodate all the individual cells and it is housed along the chassis of the car, often in a skateboard configuration. According to former Tesla and now Lucid CEO Peter, it’s important to differentiate. “The small, individual elements are the cells, the finished unit is the battery.” Housed at the bottom of the EV, the battery pack is designed to maintain a temperature optimum for the cells inside despite the current weather or climate.

Most EV makers like Tesla and Jaguar use lithium-ion batteries while hybrids like Toyota use nickel-metal hydride batteries.  EV batteries have to be able to store a lot of energy, recharge quickly, and retain their energy density over thousands of charging cycles. To power EVs over thousands of miles, EV battery packs are quite large, with the largest ranging up to 100kWh  (KiloWatt hours) and the smallest being around 30 something kWh.

A 100kWh battery will deliver a maximum of 100 kilowatts for an hour straight. However, typical day to day use will not require that much energy, so a 100kWh battery pack can power an EV for several hours on a single charge. Your specific set of needs will thus determine the kind of EV you purchase.

If you’re looking for something to drive to work in and run errands around town, an EV with a smaller battery pack would be ideal, giving you around 100-130 kWh of range. However, if you want to travel longer distances, a larger 100kWh battery with 200+ miles of range would be the best choice.

It wouldn’t be surprising if entities like Net Element (NASDAQ: NETE) devised ways to help EV owners keep their batteries charged on the go so that range isn’t an issue anymore.

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