Traction battery
3. Battery pack
3.1. Cell types
Pouch cells
- Simple sandwich construction

Cylindrical cells
- The electrodes are wound and placed in a cylindrical housing.
Prismatic cells
- The electrodes are wound into a coil, the coil compressed into an elliptical shape and inserted into a housing.

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