A battery pack having a plurality of electrically connected unit cells and
configured so that the cells degrade at similar rates is provided. The
battery pack may comprise a first unit cell and a second unit cell,
wherein a temperature of the second unit cell is lower than the first
unit cell. A condition of the first cell, such as states of charge or an
open circuit voltage is set so that the condition of the first unit cell
is less than a corresponding condition of the second unit cell. The unit
cells may be thin battery cells stacked in a thickness direction of the
thin battery cells, and the first unit cell may be located on an inner
side of the second unit cell as viewed in a stacked direction. A
temperature detecting unit may detect a temperature of each of the first
and second unit cells and a charge control unit may be configured to
control charging of the plurality of unit cells according to the
temperatures of the first and second unit cells. With this configuration,
even when the temperatures of the unit cells are not uniform, the rates
of deterioration of the unit cells are equalized as much as possible.