BATTERY CELLS WITH EXHAUST VENTING

In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a battery cell includes an exhaust plate including first and second sides and a passageway therebetween, a plurality of energy units, each including a vent at an end, where the ends of a first subset of the energy units are affixed to the first side, the ends of a second subset of the energy units are affixed to the second side, and the vents of the energy units are configured to vent into the passageway, and a vent structure coupled to the passageway and configured to cause gas released from one or more of the energy units to vent out of the battery cell. In some embodiments, a first end of the vent structure is coupled to the exhaust plate and a second end of the vent structure has an opening vented outside of the battery cell.