Keeping everything cool (and warm)
Why thermal management decides both charging speed and battery life.
You'll learn
- Explain keeping everything cool (and warm) in plain language
- Recognise the key vocabulary
- Apply the idea to a real vehicle
Overview
Lithium cells like roughly the same temperatures people do. Too hot and they age fast; too cold and they cannot accept charge quickly.
In depth
The coolant loop
1
Battery
2
Pump
3
Radiator
4
Cabin
Key takeaways
Remember this
- Cells perform best between roughly 20 °C and 40 °C.
- Preconditioning dramatically improves cold-weather charging.
- Heat pumps protect winter range.
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