Photo Credit:Fair Use [17 U.S.C. § 107] GM pouch-type lithium battery cells: analogy to lasagna is an insightful one.
Plugged In: A Lasagna-Lover's Guide to EV Battery Cell Anatomy
28 Jun 2025 | Abstracted from CleanTechnica
We "say food is fuel, which turns out to be a perfect metaphor for understanding how electric vehicle batteries work - they're built like lasagna."In our current battery design, each module holds 24 battery cells, technically called pouch form factor cells - our 24 servings of lasagna...The key to good lasagna is keeping the ricotta and sauce from mixing into a gooey mess...while in a battery cell, a thin polymer separator keeps the cathode and anode materials apart."
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