Acronyms List A Ampere AC Alternating Current AGM Absorbed Glass Mat Ah Ampere hour AIAG The Automotive Industry Action Group ALBAC Advanced Lead Acid Battery Council ARB Air Resource Board ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit ASQ American Society for Quality AUV Autonomous Underwater Vehicle BCI Battery Council International BDU Battery Disconnect Unit BEV Battery Electric Vehicle BMS Battery Management System BOL Beginning of Life CAD Computer-aided Design CAE Computer-aided Engineering CAEBAT Computer-aided Engineering for Electric-Drive Vehicle Batteries CAFE Corporate Average Fuel Economy CARB California Air Resource Board CATARC China Automotive Technology and Research Center CES Community Energy Storage CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics CID Current Interrupt Device CSC Cell Supervision Circuit DC Direct Current DEC Diethyl Carbonate DES Distributed Energy Storage DFMEA Design Failure Modes Effect Analysis DFR Design for Reliability DFS Design for Service xvii