METHOD AND CHARGING DEVICE FOR CHARGING A HIGH-VOLTAGE BATTERY OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE

A method for charging a high-voltage battery of an electric vehicle, comprising: providing the high-voltage battery having a nominal battery voltage; providing a charging station outputting a DC charging voltage; selectively pre-charging a second charging terminal of the charging station to a predetermined pre-charge voltage using a controllably limited pre-charge current supplied by electric power from the high-voltage battery.