How Many Cells in an Electric Car Battery? A Guide to Battery Composition and Basics
A standard electric car battery contains about 3,000 to 8,200 cells. The Tesla Model S and Model X use over 8,200 cylindrical 18650 cells. Other electric vehicles may use larger prismatic or pouch cells, which require only a few hundred cells to achieve a similar battery capacity. These cells are arranged in modules, which group … Read more