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Design and Manufacturing of a High-Performance Battery Module for an Electric Racing Vehicle

Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Volume 75 (2025): Issue 2 (November 2025)
By: Martin Baťa,  Lazorík Alexander and  Mazúr Samuel  
Open Access
|Nov 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2025-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2450-5471 | Journal ISSN: 0039-2472
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Language: English
Page range: 1 - 20
Published on: Nov 28, 2025
Published by: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
electric racing vehicle,
battery module,
pouch cell,
laser welding,
3D printing,
Formula Student
Related subjects:
Engineering,
Mechanical engineering,
Fundamentals of mechanical engineering,
Mechanics

© 2025 Martin Baťa, Lazorík Alexander, Mazúr Samuel, published by Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
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