3. Degrees of vehicle electrification

3.7. Battery electric vehicle

  • Traction battery of high capacity (dominant Lithium technology)
    • Several tens of kWh
    • Voltage: hundreds of V
      • Typically 400 V (Li), DC-DC converter, 12 V battery (Pb)
  • Electric motor power: several tens (several hundreds) of kW
    • The only drive of the vehicle
    • Purely electric driving only
  • Driving range of several hundreds of km
  • Recuperation
  • Battery charging
    • from external power supply (dominant)
    • by recuperation


VW E-Golf (BEV)


VW E-Golf (BEV)

  • E-motor: PMSM, 100 kW, 290 Nm
  • Traction battery: 35,8 kWh






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