NOVELTY - The module has a set of battery cells arranged in a housing. A solid state pre-charge control circuitry pre-charges a direct current (DC) bus coupled between the module and an electronic component of a vehicle. A printed circuit board (PCB) is arranged in the housing. The solid state pre-charge control circuitry is mounted on the PCB. The PCB comprises an override system for providing an override signal to the solid state pre-charge control circuitry, where the override signal disables the solid state pre-charge control circuitry.    USE - Battery module for use in a plug-in electric vehicle. Uses include but are not limited to electric or battery electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, electric vehicle conversion of hybrid electric vehicle and internal combustion engine vehicle.    ADVANTAGE - The module includes a battery assembly with features for facilitating relatively easy assembly of the module, so that a cost of assembling the module is lowered, thus ensuring a longer life of the module, and hence reducing a packaging of the module. The module utilizes a PCB-mounted electronics to reduce a size of the pre-charge components and wiring, thus reducing the cost of the components utilized on the PCB, and hence improving a reliability and response speed of a PCB through solid-state control. The module includes an integral battery terminal connector formed into a shape from a straight cylindrical post without coupling additional components through mechanical connections, so that an electrical communication from battery cells to battery terminals is improved by reducing or eliminating resistance due to mechanical connections between the battery terminals and the battery terminal connectors.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The solid state pre-charge control circuitry comprises a solid state electronic component and a passive electronic component. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for pre-charging the DC bus using solid-state and passive electronics mounted to a PCB inside a battery module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a circuit block diagram of a contactor relay control circuit that is implemented through hardware on a PCB of a battery module.    Ground (167)    Relay control circuit (186)    High-side diagnostic feedback output (198)    Reference buffer voltage source (203)    Resistors (204-207)