This was the best explanation of batteries that I have seen. It helped to see the insides. Tabs and no tabs.

@mattwill63

4 ай бұрын

batteries are more complex than engines therefore ev are more prone to issues.

@sillystuff6247

4 ай бұрын

Agreed. It's outstanding.

@judo-rob5197

4 ай бұрын

Definitely worth the watch.

@banderson8444

3 ай бұрын

​@@mattwill63Matt You seem to be forgetting that there is much more to an ICE car than the engine (alternator, belts, transmission, axel, U-joints, etc)

@user-nm6qq9jq6n

25 күн бұрын

​Many EV's have u-joints

Wow, what a great lecture on battery packs, thanx! ❤

@MunroLive

4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

I think this is the best battery video I’ve ever seen and I think I’ve seen them all. It clear, concise and detailed. Your presentation was way above the best. Please do more.

@MunroLive

3 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@rchender

3 ай бұрын

Really nice, detailed and informative explanation of several different energy dense designs. Thank you.

Hey Tom, what an intellectual feast of a presentation for non engineer lay people to gain a deeper understanding of the various EV battery configurations and how they work. For someone like myself who has recently purchased a first EV vehicle and wishes to gain a deeper understanding of EV engineering architecture, this was absolutely fabulous. Thank you so much for taking the time to produce this. I would love to see more presentations like this on other general aspects of EV vehicles, maybe you could do one on the various types and configurations of the motors?

Missed this channels uploads.

Fantastic video. Best Monroe vid I've watched in a couple years. Love this guy and you can tell he loves his craft

@MunroLive

4 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

That was amazing. Best battery video I have seen and loved the examples of different OEM approaches.

Super explanation and we'll articulated to boot! More of this for other topics please!

Thank you very much for the clear and competent exposé of a complex issue.

@MunroLive

4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Excellent video! I’ve worked on battery separators for four years and this is a great and understandable summary of many different aspects. Also good to leave power draw to a different video as it depends on a lot of aspects of cell design (not just the raw values) as well as the pack design, especially thermal management. So it deserves its own video.

What a cool spreadsheet, thank you for explaining it.

Amazing video thanks for sharing this video, a lot of information and knowledge. hope we can get more and similar videos

@MunroLive

4 ай бұрын

More to come!

Thanks for sharing the knowledge about this critical technology.

Excellent descriptive video - so well explained, thank you.

Great detailed explanation of the various battery/cell packs and their construction.

Great video Tom! Can’t wait to see the next more in depth video on deeper understanding of BMS.

This is an excellent overview of battery designs and function. Thank you so much.

Fantastic explanation of current battery technology used in the field today!

I love the details, you can always count on Munro for quality videos.

Good afternoon! The table is wonderful. Thank you for your work.

Awesome video! Best explanation of EV batteries on a low level that I can understand. Thank you!

Great video! Particularly loved the beginning to end flow and the spreadsheet! One thing that's worth mentioning is the BMS will balance each of the series individually and that over time, the individual cells in parallel for each of these series can diverge in ampacity and voltage. This is because balancing happens at the series level, not cell level, and cells vary in resistance (degrade) over time. As such, having all cells in series, like in the case of the Tesla LFP prismatic, creates the added benefit of individual cell-level monitoring since there are no parallel groups. Additionally, the lower voltages of LFP, while seemingly a drawback, allow for charging to 100% and significantly reduce unwanted reactions that would otherwise occur over 80% state of charge (>4v per cell of 4.2v max) in NMC chemistries. Other benefits for LFP include higher cycle life, lower cost, higher safety, and environmentally friendly (no cobalt). Of course, nothing is perfect and the primary drawbacks to LFP include lower volumetric and gravimetric energy density as well as poor cold weather performance. I just wish the US M3 RWD, which uses quality CATL LFP cells, wasn't de-contented with fewer speakers, only 170kw max DC fast charging (vs 250kw for LR), and 32 amp home charging (vs 48a for LR). Tesla should offer a premium upgrade option to the M3 RWD for those who are looking for LFP and not have reduced functionality to hit a price target. Perhaps this is due to the C rating on the LFP prismatic cells (would be great deep-dive material!). Last but not least, it will be interesting to see if Tesla moves to LMFP chemistry in the future for slightly better cold weather performance and volumetric/gravimetric energy density to the detriment of cycle life.

Fantastic, comprehensive and concise, best battery configuration explanation I have seen, well done,

@2:15 I saved this screenshot, thank you! From this moment forward I knew that this would be an informative video. It did not disappoint!

Great video, please include the LFP battery pack built by CATL. Used by Tesla and other manufacturers. Would be interesting to see differences.

wonderful overview and explanation from a very great person.

Great start, Tom. Next I'd like to see a discussion of how the pack organization affects the ability to draw/input (discharge/charge) massive power. This is probably a discussion of resistance in milliohms and how to minimize that to minimize heat generation and maximize the available power delivered as opposed to generating heat within the pack that has to be removed through cooling. A discussion of connector resistance vs busbar resistance (minimizing the number of modules) would be helpful. Example: Jaguar I-Pace has 34 modules with external wires & connectors compared to a Tesla Model 3 which has 4 modules with busbar interconnects.

This is a great video. Very good presentation. Love the amount of knowledge you get in Munro's videos.

@MunroLive

4 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

Great presentation and explanation of EV batteries! Thank you!

Great info he brings it all together! More on cell temperatures what is optimum for fast charging and power delivery and how the cooling system and heat scavenging works together.

Thank you. Very educational and can you please do a continuation?

🙋‍♂️TOM ,THANK YOU AND ALL YOUR PEOPLE FOR DOING THIS AND EXPLAINING IT CLEARLY FOR THE LAYPEOPLE 🤔💚💚💚

Awesome video! One of the best from Munro!

@MunroLive

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Wonderful and clear explanation. Thank you.

Very informative!! Thank you 🙏

Thank you. I looking forward to watching more of your videos.

Awesome work, thank you for your effort.

Very good explanation! Thanks!

*MORE* Professor Tom! *Terrific*

Great video. Would love this type of video on EV battery manufacturing.

This guy is explaining it realy well. No new information for me but still good to watch!

More of this please. That was embarrassingly brilliant.

@fluke196c

3 ай бұрын

why embarassing? didn't understand

Very very good show! Thank you. It will be interesting to watch you discuss the power delivery these packs can handle. Kw

Very well explained video. Keep up the great work. 👍

Awesome detailed presentation.

@MunroLive

4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

AWESOME VIDEO!! Kudos

Finest work yet from an associate of Munro.

Great lecture. Thanks.

Whoa this man knows his stuff . I learned everything about battery construction except for the actual chemistry . The issue of thermal runaway is pretty fascinating and there have been a few major events around the worlds.

Awesome... really informative!! 👏👏👏👏

Was waiting for a good EV battery pack/module video…. Very well done!

Good breakdown on packs. I like how they have evolved.

Fantastic information thank you 🔌

@MunroLive

4 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

Great battery technology knowledge sharing 🎉🎉🎉

@MunroLive

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Wonderful overview. A lot of connections made in my brain today. Also ... nice pun .... Ohm's Law will certainly ground your understanding of how it all works ;)

Very well done, explained. I appreciate this video! Hi Sandy!!

@MunroLive

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

What an awesome video. Please make the follow up to explain more!!

Awsome content!, Very complete for a 37 minutes video ! well explained, excellent explaination rate, We want more like that!

@MunroLive

4 ай бұрын

More to come!

Great vid Tom, congrats!

Thanks for an awesome video. So well explained

@MunroLive

4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it

This was great thanks.

Good explanation. Would you like to add to the excel the weight of the pack.

Good video, thanks!

🔥Always have me Learning 😊

Great Video! I love to see the differences, especially the changes and improvements made over time. I would love to see a tear down video of the Tesla LFP battery used in the Model 3 RWD. Do you have any videos or pictures of that battery (cells/module/pack)?

Excellent and very informative. I would be interested to hear more about C rate and voltage sag particularly between the various Tesla packs.

Excellent info. Wound have been nice to see an approximate cell weight for each cell type listed in the spreadsheet. While weights of 18650, 2170 cells are known, it would have been nice to see how a LFP cell, or pack compares in weight compared to it's energy density. Perhaps a topic for a future video?

Great lecture! Would love to see a deeper dive into BMS as well

@MunroLive

4 ай бұрын

Noted!

Excellent insight!

Great explanation Tom.

Well done, detailed enough explanation. 2020s BMS technology. Cant wait to see the next Evolution of it...🎉❤

Great video, thank you. C rates, and the consequences of designing for high voltage and low current, and vice versa, would be really interesting.

the batteries and production constantly being updated is the coolest ideas about these cars

Thank You for supporting Electric Vehicles and for All that you are doing for our Planet Earth.... Peace.. Shalom.. Salam.. Namaste 🙏🏻 😊 🌈 ✌ ☮ ❤

Great video. I was starting to think you all went away.

Outstanding content; love it Tom. “The tip of the iceberg” haha

Great job Tom! Automotive battery packs are simply tons of laptop batteries hooked up in series and parallel. BEV’s still need a battery cell breakthrough that is simple, safe, affordable and scalable. Now bring us the Cybertruck tear down!

Very nice presentation. I would like to see a discussion of failed cells, batteries, and associated hardware showing real-life examples.

Would love to see some of your suggestions about shape/size of cells & cooling pack designs to maximize efficiency, reduce casing cell material weight, and perhaps improve or reduce thermal runaway to smaller and smaller numbers of cells.

Brilliant, thanks for that

Great video, good explanation 👍🏼

@MunroLive

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! 👍

This excellent overview of EV battery pack design challenges and options shows how the critical elements determining the reliability and service life of vehicles are changing from the mechanical to the chemical. This video clearly showed that sealants, coolants, conducting/insulating/supporting foams and gels used in the pack are in a demanding environment, and all have a critical role in reliability. Let's hope all the goops last.

Wow Munro is back! I love this stuff keep up the great work. I have a 4680 Y if you’re looking for topics why is the charging so bad, and can it get better through software updates?? I know the cyber truck has a similar structure. Will that also be an ongoing issue or is that able to be fixed. Thanks!

This was fantastic!

Superb vid guys...💥💥💥

Hello Tom, it is a very useful video - thank you again. Would be nice to add next time at the bottom of your spread-sheet battery pack's total weight in "kg" and "kWh/kg" ratio. This will help us to see which OEM managed to pack them more efficiently. Thanks in advance.

Wonderful. Cheers.

Most interesting and enjoyable video. What's missing? Having a VW Buzz, I would like to know more about how VW batteries are organized. Then again, it would be interesting to know more about my daughter's BMW i3, and her inlaw's upcoming Volvo EX30. Undoubtedly, every owner would like to know more about their specific configuration. So I hope you will have some sort of overview of battery types and how the various OEMs make use of them.

Tom really knows his stuff!

Awesome battery explanation! Thank you for putting this together. This is the most neglected part of EV car reviews and in my eyes also the most important. Very cool how Tesla has essentially glued the cells together while still managing venting of the cells. Tesla's new cell fusing is also very cool. I would love to see a video on discharge rate comparisons with the various EV companies. Are pouch cells more powerful in this regard with higher c rates? From a longevity standpoint, would you consider the cylindrical cells better than the pouch cells or have they solved the pouch cell swelling and failures in the recent EV packs? From a safety standpoint are the pouch cells still more volatile than the cylindrical cells?

Very nice presentation. It would be nice to have more information on other battery packs instead of just Tesla. For example the VW, Audi, BYD and wireless control of the GM Ultium packs. It would be nice to add some energy density data to your spreadsheet by adding weight and volume data. Maybe even charge cycles to a certain efficiency loss? Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Great video🙂👍

It will be interesting to see an update of this video when you get a chance to take apart the Cybertruck cell packs, to see if they are doing anything different with those 4680 packs, regarding cooling, and the dynamic pack re-arrangement.

Дякую за розширену інформацію, дуже цікаво!

Loved this post. Looking forward to more on this topic. Lightning does not reduce regen power when battery is cold. How bad is this?

What a masterclass

Great explanation

@MunroLive

3 ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

So much information EV enthusiast would love know. I have a feeling it’s going to be my favorite sleep aid. lol

Nice presentation. Would also like to see some looks into the Tesla LFP packs (maybe compare and contrast the BYD Blade and the CATL LFP packs). Currently, these are very prominent in both China and Europe, and soon will be in the USA, I believe, due to lower cost. Especially when the LMFP chemistries are in vehicles.

@MunroLive

4 ай бұрын

We would love to get our hands on a BYD pack.

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