What is Battery Balancing?

It doesn't matter if you want to build your own electric car, if you work with grid battery storage or even if you work for a power supplier in finance for the energy sector:

Understanding key engineering concepts will pay off in the long run, so I made this video to break down a complex concepts with simple animations for you.

A Battery Management System is crucial for maintaining the safety, efficiency, and longevity of lithium-ion batteries. I've been building electric cars since 2018, and in this post, I’ll provide a high-level overview of battery balancing, and why it is important.

After watching you will know

  • What active battery balancing is.
  • What passive balancing is
  • What happens if you have a weak cell in your battery pack
  • How battery balancing is done in practice by auto manufacturers and e-bike manufacturers.

Watch the video