| CPC B60L 58/10 (2019.02) [G01R 31/387 (2019.01); B60L 2260/52 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |

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1. An energy management device for an energy storage device, comprising
an energy storage device;
an energy storage management apparatus;
an energy estimation apparatus; and
a range estimation apparatus;
wherein the energy storage management apparatus is adapted to detect and provide a plurality of energy storage parameters present in the energy storage device;
wherein the energy estimation apparatus is adapted to receive the plurality of energy storage parameters and to provide an estimated energy value from the plurality of energy storage parameters;
wherein the energy estimation apparatus selects substantially only electric current parameters from the provided plurality of energy storage parameters;
wherein an electric current parameter is a parameter which has an influence on the electric current flow into and/or out of the energy storage device;
wherein the range estimation apparatus is adapted to convert the estimated energy value into an estimation range;
wherein the range estimation apparatus uses an energy-range curve for converting the estimated energy value into the range, which energy-range curve is represented in electric current parameters;
wherein the energy-range curve has a first and a second curve portion;
wherein the second curve portion of the energy-range curve, which lies in the range of a low energy present in the energy storage device, has been determined with a higher accuracy than the first curve portion of the energy-range curve, which lies in the range of a high energy present in the energy storage device; and
wherein the first curve portion is adapted to the second curve portion such that the energy- range curve forms a continuous curve.
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