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Recent advancement in battery and charging technologies has allowed the Electric Vehicle (EV) to be considered as the new generation of automotive transportation. However, the physical dimensions, packaging environment and charging of EV batteries continues to be the main challenge and the focus of attention in the development of EVs. Battery technology selection continues to be the primary challenge in order to achieve the proper balance in the EV design as illustrated in Figure 1 and described below.