Best Tech of CES 2021
Mar 26, 2021
3 minutes
WORDS FRANK MARKUS
Wireless Battery Management Systems
BMS manages the charging and discharging of a battery pack by monitoring its current, voltage, temperature, and state of charge so it can safely be used for thousands of charge/discharge cycles. This monitoring has traditionally been done via copper wires connecting each cell, but switching to 2.4-GHz wireless communication can eliminate 75 to 200 pounds of wiring. This also eliminates time delays and makes it possible to time-synchronize measurements across the entire pack. GM’s Ultium battery packs
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