from chemistry to pack
CATL and Quibo’s Mobile Power Plant Ultra 2.0 packs up to 2,036 kWh, a converter, EV chargers and a solar inverter into a 20-foot container. What the IAA 2026 placard discloses, what it leaves out, and how it compares.
“What are the benefits of a Magnesium battery pack enclosure?” arrived in my inbox with a link to the Estes Energy website. That got me looking at this particular design as a benchmark and also more generally about the use of magnesium as a structural material within the pack design. This post has been built … Read more
An update on the Rivian R2 battery pack, now we have more information and more hard data. Trouble is the 2024 Investor Day R2 data left out a lot of the detail and the CEO updates in 2025 (Rivian R2 Pack – 2025 Update) were a little bit confusing. Time to again see if we … Read more
The 2026 Mercedes-AMG GT 4 door Coupe battery pack details have been released, well, quite a few of them. We know the cell is 26mm in diameter and 105mm high. We also know the volumetric energy density is 732 Wh/litre. That then gives us: Cell nominal energy = 40.81 Wh We know that there are … Read more
The fourth generation of Formula e has made some significant changes to the specifications. Maximum power increases to 600kW and regen up to 700kW. We should note though [1]: The minimum weight has also increased significantly over the last generation. But what do we know about the battery: This post has been built based on … Read more
More images are now available of the 2026 Tesla Semi Battery and hence we thought we should create an update from the original 2022 Tesla Semi Specifications. Spec Standard Range Long Range Range ~325 mi ~500 mi Energy Consumption 1.7 kWh/mi 1.7 kWh/mi Fast Charging Up to 60% in 30m Up to 60% in 30m … Read more
The 2025 Porsche Cayenne EV Battery is an interesting design that uses LG Chem pouch cells and as such sticks with a modular based design. The power electronics are arranged in an enclosure that is fixed to the top rear of the pack, a very traditional approach. Metrics This post has been built based on … Read more
Boston Dynamics are very frugal with the data they release about their products and especially about the battery packs. However, we thought it would be good to see what we can find. This will also give us another reference point for the sizing of battery packs for industrial robots. The specification sheet [1] has a … Read more
Number 2 in the article 10 things about SSBs that you are often not told is 2. Pressure – a commonly hidden problem. The image of the battery pack itself was not included in the original press article, but it is available within the images released to the press. The battery pack/module is very uniform … Read more
We do a lot of calculations behind the benchmarks, filling in values that have not explicitly been declared. In the latest benchmark we looked at the Ferrari Elettrica battery pack and we thought it would be good to go through the estimations and how we calculated/estimated other values. What was declared by Ferrari [1, 2]: … Read more