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Electric vehicle battery pack

Lithium-ion battery pack in an Nissan Leaf electric vehicle.

This cutaway shows the location of the lithium-ion battery pack in an electric vehicle.

Rights: Norsk Elbilforening, CC BY 2.0

Published: 27 September 2019,Updated: 27 September 2019Size: 3.12 MB

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