BATTERY SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING AT LEAST ONE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND AT LEAST ONE LATENT HEAT ACCUMULATOR

A battery system for a motor vehicle is described having at least one electrochemical cell and at least one latent heat accumulator, in which the latent heat accumulator has a phase-change material as the storage medium. A crystallization initiation device is provided for triggering an exothermic phase transition of the phase-change material, the crystallization initiation device being triggered with the aid of a control unit.