BMS for EV
Battery Management System (BMS) for Electric Vehicles: Ensuring Safety and Reliability of Electric Vehicles The automotive industry is serious about Electric Vehicles this time! Unlike the past escapades that fizzled out with the launch of a few EV models that were not received well. Governments, OEMs, tier-1 suppliers, and every other stakeholder are vying to make electric vehicles a worthy replacement to IC engine automobiles. While we often get totally caught up in the glitz, we ignore one of the most important components of an EV, the Battery Pack. Cost-wise, it constitutes almost 40% of the vehicle cost. Battery pack comprises the Lithium-ion cells that power the EV drivetrain and along with that, a smart solution called the EV Management system aka BMS . A BMS can be found in almost every high-end electronic device that runs on battery, for example, your smartphone. How do you think the phone shows the battery percentage or the overall battery health? It’s the BMS at pl...