The past year was a good one for sellers of battery monitoring solutions of all kinds, which isn’t terribly surprising. In the wake of broad telematics adoption, a sharper focus on batteries is the ...

Writer and occasional reluctant perpetrator of engine swaps, James O'Neil is a malaise era enthusiast and also fascinated by the many ways the auto industry has since recovered from those dark days.

This article is part of the TechXchange: EV Battery Management. Every electric vehicle (EV) is packed with as many lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cells as possible to boost the energy-storage capacity ...

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 ...

Earlier BMS lacked microcontrollers, advanced sensors, and data-processing capabilities, meaning they couldn't monitor each cell in detail, estimate State of Charge (SoC) or State of Health (SoH), or ...