Introduction to Electric Vehicle Battery Systems
Hybrid vehicles: 0.5 to 2 kWh; Plug-in hybrid vehicles: 4 to 20 kWh; Electric vehicles: 30 to 100 kWh or more. Safety in EV Batteries: Contactors (and Pyro Fuses) The battery represents multiple challenges for safety when it comes to design, as well as regarding the high voltages permanently present within them.