TRACTION BATTERY

The disclosure relates to a traction battery, comprising a plurality of battery cells which are wired to one another and which each have positive and negative electrode plates arranged alternately with one another in a cell housing, and having a plurality of battery troughs, which each accommodate a plurality of battery cells in series, each battery trough is designed to be electrolyte-resistant and electrolyte-tight, and having a battery box accommodating the battery troughs, wherein adjacent battery troughs are arranged at a distance from one another, leaving a gap space, and wherein, underneath the battery troughs, a volume space is provided, which is in fluidic connection with the gap spaces and is used as a distribution gap space for all the gap spaces, and having a forcible flow system for a cooling medium, which has a means for generating a forcible flow, which is connected to the distributor gap space, for which purpose the distributor gap space has at the inlet end thereof a connection for a cooling medium feed line.