The invention discloses a
lithium battery state-of-health (SOH) estimating and updating method comprising the following steps: S1, judging whether a
lithium battery is being charged, executing S2 if the
lithium battery is being charged, or, not updating the SOH; S2, executing S3 when judging that the battery state-of-charge (SOC) value of the
lithium battery is smaller than a preset initial battery SOC value, or, not updating the SOH; and S3, judging whether the
lithium battery is fully charged when charging ends, calculating the SOH of the
lithium battery according to a formula (SOH<Q>=Q / C0=
delta(Q) / (1-SOC0)*C0) and updating the SOH of the lithium battery under the condition that the lithium battery is fully charged, or, not updating the SOH under the condition that the lithium battery is not fully charged, wherein SOC0 is the initial battery SOC value, Q is the total capacity of charging of a
battery pack, C0 is the nominal capacity of the battery,
delta(Q) is the capacity change of the battery from the initial battery SOC to the fully-charged state, and SOH<Q> is the SOH of the lithium battery. Through the lithium battery SOH estimating and updating method, the SOH of a battery can be estimated accurately based on the initial SOC of the battery.