E le e 'ngoe ea lisebelisoa tsa mantlha lefapheng la metering ea motlakase, nts'etsopele ea -metara ea motlakase oa mokhahlelo o le mong e hokahane haholo le phetoho ea ts'ebeliso ea sechaba ea motlakase. Ho tloha -ka tšebeliso e kholo ea motlakase bofelong ba lilemo tsa bo-1900, ho hlaha le ntlafatso ea limithara tsa motlakase ha lia ka tsa khothalletsa saense ea tsamaiso ea matla feela empa li bile le tšusumetso e matla mekhoa ea tšebeliso ea motlakase indastering ea sejoale-joale le bophelo ba bolulo.
Lilemong tsa bo-1880, ka nts'etsopele ea tsamaiso ea motlakase ea Edison ka ho toba, lisebelisoa tsa pele tsa ho lekanya motlakase li ile tsa e-ba teng. Ka 1889, moenjiniere oa Jeremane Hermann Aron o ile a qapa meter ea matla a motlakase e thehiloeng ho molao-motheo oa electrolytic, o neng o lekanya ka mokhoa o sa tobang tšebeliso ea matla ka ho lekanya ho falla ha li-ion tsa tšepe metsing. Leha ho le joalo, sesebelisoa sena se ne se e-na le ho nepahala ho fokolang le tlhokomelo e rarahaneng, e leng ho etsang hore ho be thata ho tsebahala. Lilemong tsa bo-1890, ho phahama ha litsamaiso tsa hona joale tse fapanyetsanang ho ile ha etsa hore ho be le mithara ea matla a motlakase e sebetsang haholoanyane. Ka 1896, rasaense oa Leamerika Elihu Thomson o ile a qapa mithara ea pele ea khoebo ea -mohato o le mong. Theknoloji ena, e sebelisang molao-motheo oa ho potoloha disk ea aluminium e tsamaisoang ke matla a khoheli a chenchana, e fihletse tekanyo e tobileng ea matla a motlakase. Ka lebaka la sebopeho sa eona se bonolo le ts'epahalo e phahameng, theknoloji ena e ile ea fetoha tharollo ea mantlha lefatšeng ka bophara halofong ea pele ea lekholo la bo20 la lilemo.
Bohareng ba-ho{1}}bofelong ba lekholo la bo20 la lilemo, tsoelo-pele ea theknoloji ea elektroniki e ile ea etsa hore ho be le mekhoa e mecha ea methara ea motlakase. Lilemong tsa bo-1970, ts'ebeliso ea li-circuits tse kopantsoeng li ile tsa nolofalletsa methara ea motlakase ea elektronike hore butle-butle e nke sebaka sa mechine e tloaelehileng, e fana ka tekanyo e nepahetseng ea tekanyo le tšireletso ea tšitiso. Qetellong ea lekholo la bo20 la lilemo, ho hlahisoa ha thekenoloji ea microprocessor ho ile ha matlafatsa le ho feta limithara tsa motlakase ka polokelo ea data le bokhoni ba puisano bo hole, ho rala motheo oa nts'etsopele ea marang-rang a bohlale. Ho tloha lekholong la bo21 la lilemo, -mohato o le mong limithara tsa motlakase li se li ntse li tsoela pele butle-butle ho ea ho digitalisation le networking, li tšehetsa methara ea bidirectional le{10}}ho hlahloba nako ea sebele, ho finyella litlhoko tsa phihlello ea motlakase le{11}}taolo ea lehlakore la basebelisi.
Ho tloha ho lisebelisoa tsa mochini ho isa ho li-chips tse bohlale, nalane ea -methara e le 'ngoe ea motlakase e bonts'a phehello ea batho ea ho sebetsa hantle ka matla. Kajeno, ha se sesebelisoa feela bakeng sa tefo ea litefiso tsa motlakase, empa hape ke sebaka sa bohlokoahali ho Marang-rang a matla, se tsoelang pele ho fana ka tšehetso ea tekheniki bakeng sa phetoho ea matla a lefats'e.
