A method for producing a traction battery of a motor vehicle. A battery housing of the traction battery has a receptacle for receiving a cell module. It is provided that support surfaces for supporting the cell module spaced apart from a bottom of the battery housing are formed on walls of the battery housing delimiting the receptacle compartment, and that a distance between the support surfaces and the base is measured, an amount of heat conducting calculated from the distance is applied to the bottom, and then the cell module is inserted into the receptacle compartment supported on the support surfaces.