A battery module, comprising: a first battery cell having a first housing and first and second electrical terminals, the first housing being substantially rectangular-shaped and extending longitudinally along a first axis and vertically along a second axis; the second axis being substantially perpendicular to the first axis, the first housing having first, second, third and fourth ends, the first and second ends extending substantially parallel to the first axis, the third and fourth ends extending substantially parallel to the second axis; a combined length of the first housing and the first and second electrical terminals in a direction parallel to the first axis being at least two times larger than a length of the first housing in a direction parallel to the second axis; the first electrical terminal extending outwardly from the third end of the first housing in a direction substantially parallel to the first axis, the first electrical terminal having first and second edges extending substantially parallel to the first axis, the first edge of the first electrical terminal being disposed closer to the first end of the first housing than the second edge of the first electrical terminal; a distance from the second end of the first housing to the second edge of the first electrical terminal is greater than a distance from the first end of the first housing to the first edge of the first electrical terminal; the second electrical terminal extending outwardly from the fourth end of the first housing in a direction substantially parallel to the first axis, the second electrical terminal having first and second edges extending substantially parallel to the first axis, the first edge of the second electrical terminal being disposed closer to the first end of the first housing than the second edge of the second electrical terminal; a distance from the second end of the first housing to the second edge of the second electrical terminal is greater than a distance from the first end of the first housing to the first edge of the second electrical terminal; a cooling fin having a first side disposed adjacent to and against the first housing of the first battery cell; and a cooling plate coupled to the cooling fin proximate to the first end of the first housing such that the cooling plate cools the cooling fin to reduce a temperature level of the first battery cell. a first battery cell having a first housing and first and second electrical terminals, the first housing being substantially rectangular-shaped and extending longitudinally along a first axis and vertically along a second axis; the second axis being substantially perpendicular to the first axis, the first housing having first, second, third and fourth ends, the first and second ends extending substantially parallel to the first axis, the third and fourth ends extending substantially parallel to the second axis; a combined length of the first housing and the first and second electrical terminals in a direction parallel to the first axis being at least two times larger than a length of the first housing in a direction parallel to the second axis; the first electrical terminal extending outwardly from the third end of the first housing in a direction substantially parallel to the first axis, the first electrical terminal having first and second edges extending substantially parallel to the first axis, the first edge of the first electrical terminal being disposed closer to the first end of the first housing than the second edge of the first electrical terminal; a distance from the second end of the first housing to the second edge of the first electrical terminal is greater than a distance from the first end of the first housing to the first edge of the first electrical terminal; the second electrical terminal extending outwardly from the fourth end of the first housing in a direction substantially parallel to the first axis, the second electrical terminal having first and second edges extending substantially parallel to the first axis, the first edge of the second electrical terminal being disposed closer to the first end of the first housing than the second edge of the second electrical terminal; a distance from the second end of the first housing to the second edge of the second electrical terminal is greater than a distance from the first end of the first housing to the first edge of the second electrical terminal; a cooling fin having a first side disposed adjacent to and against the first housing of the first battery cell; and a cooling plate coupled to the cooling fin proximate to the first end of the first housing such that the cooling plate cools the cooling fin to reduce a temperature level of the first battery cell.