Battery with serial cell modules, and vehicle equipped with the same

A battery comprising:

• a pack of a plurality of modules, each containing a multiplicity of rechargeable cells in series, the battery further including a measuring unit operably measuring at least one of:
• (a) the voltage of at least one cell and (b) the temperature of at least one module,
• a computer operably computing, based on the voltage and/or temperature measured by the measuring unit and on a recorded characteristic of at least one of:
• (a) the discharge current and (b) regeneration current of the battery, a maximum of at least one of:
• (a) discharge and (b) regeneration current limit of the pack;
• and
• a transmitter operably transmitting outside the information on the maximum of at least one of:
• (a) the discharge and (b) regeneration current limit of the pack.