Electric vehicle battery
（重定向自Traction battery）
![A Mitsubishi i-MiEV having its batteries installed.](/Images/godic/202502/17/I_miev_netherlands32823.jpg")
![The Tesla Roadster, which began shipping to customers in 2008, uses Li-Ion batteries to achieve up to 244 miles (393 km) per charge while also capable of going from 0 to 60 miles per hour (0 to 97 km/h) in under 4 seconds.](/Images/godic/202502/17/TeslaRoadster-front2823.jpg")
![Old: Banks of conventional lead-acid car batteries are still commonly used for EV propulsion](/Images/godic/202502/17/Photo-CarBattery2823.jpg")
![Cylindrical cell (18650) prior to assembly. Several thousand of them (lithium ion) form the Tesla Model S battery (see Gigafactory).](/Images/godic/202502/17/Lithium-Ion_Cell_cylindric2823.JPG")
An electric vehicle battery (EVB) or traction battery is a battery used to power the propulsion of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Vehicle batteries are usually a secondary (rechargeable) battery. Traction batteries are used in forklifts, electric Golf carts, riding floor scrubbers, electric motorcycles, full-size electric cars, trucks, and vans, and other electric vehicles.