How to choose battery for your Electric Car: Things to Consider Cell selection is one of the most important tasks for an electric FSAE car as the battery pack essentially fuels the car. This decision, made very early in the design stage affects not only the tractive system but also the performance of the whole car. This selection process is not an easy one to make as cells come in many different chemistries and various packaging styles; each with their own advantages and disadvantages. Ideally, you’d want to build a tractive system with excellent safety, high specific energy and specific power, good temperature characteristics, long cycle life and at low cost[1] . Among those many different chemistries that are used to construct a cell, lithium ion is the most common one, thus widely regarded as lithium ion cell. A lithium ion cell is an electrochemical device that can store and release energy. Lithium is the lightest metal available in the world and it has become the repla
How to Select the Right Battery Cell for your Electric Car