Thermal Management – Jaguar I PACE Concept – Video

Like the motors, the battery pack also is designed in-house. Encased in an aluminum housing that does double duty as a part of the vehicle’s structure, the 90.0-kWh unit is composed of 36 modules, containing prismatic (pouch-type) cells. Claims made for the nickel-manganese-cobalt chemistry used here are superior energy density, lighter weight, and improved thermal-management characteristics versus other lithium-ion battery designs.

A thermal-management system maintains optimal battery operating temperatures. This system’s integral heat pump scavenges heat from the outside air to help warm the vehicle’s interior. This function can deliver a claimed double-digit increase in range, even in freezing ambient temperatures. Estimates peg the recharge cycle at 90 minutes to achieve 80 percent of capacity using a 50-kW DC fast charger.