Engineering company Bosch has started the production of new electric motors and inverters based on 800 V technology for fast recharging of EVs. The 800 V inverter uses silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductors, which deliver reduced heat loss and increased electrical conductivity, efficiency and EV range. The 800 V electric motor produces 830 Nm torque and… Read more »
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Bosch Engineering helps develop a new electric drive system for the X Shore 1 electric boat
Bosch Engineering and Swedish electric boat manufacturer X Shore will collaborate to improve the performance and efficiency of the electric drive system of the X Shore 1 sports boat. Since launch, the X Shore 1 has been fitted with Bosch’s largest motor on the market for leisure boat applications, as well as the Bosch inverter… Read more »
Heraeus Electronics and Bosch sign license agreement for inorganic potting
Heraeus Electronics and Robert Bosch have inked a patent and know-how license agreement to industrialize a ceramic potting compound technology for power electronics. Heraeus Electronics can use Bosch’s patent portfolio to create its inorganic potting compound, CemPack, for power module encapsulation. The encapsulating material has a thermal conductivity of 5 W/m-K and temperature resistance of… Read more »
Bosch begins motor production at Charleston plant, invests $260 million in expansion
Bosch has begun production of electric motors at its Charleston, South Carolina manufacturing facility. The company plans to invest an additional $260 million to further expand production of electrification products at the site. Bosch is producing rotors and stators, and assembling the motors, in a building where diesel powertrain components were once made. The company… Read more »
Bosch begins production of new electric drive unit for commercial vehicles
Bosch is beginning to produce a new electric drive unit designed for light commercial vehicles, including vans and medium-size trucks. The drive unit is composed of a permanent-magnet synchronous motor and an integrated inverter. The unit weighs about 80 kilograms, and has a maximum power of 129 kW, continuous power of 100 kW and a… Read more »
Bosch announces new Level 2 and DC chargers
Automotive supplier Bosch has released two new EV chargers, both fully UL and cUL compliant to ensure safety. The EV300 Level 2 charging station is “an affordable compact indoor/outdoor EV charger.” It has a short 16-foot cable to reduce clutter and the potential for tangling in areas with limited space, such as a garage. “The… Read more »
Universal Technical Institute selects Bosch to develop new EV training courseware
Demand for skilled EV technicians is soaring, and forward-looking technical schools are moving quickly to update their curricula. Universal Technical Institute (UTI), an automotive-focused technical school with locations in nine states, has selected Bosch to support the development of new courseware covering battery-electric vehicles for students enrolled in the school’s automotive technician training programs. UTI’s… Read more »
Bosch starts volume production of silicon carbide semiconductors
Bosch has started volume production of SiC semiconductors, and plans to expand its production capacity to a unit volume running into the hundreds of millions. The company is also working on a second generation of more efficient SiC chips. To meet steadily increasing demand for these semiconductors, Bosch added 1,000 square meters to the clean-room… Read more »
Bosch hopes to earn over a billion euros in sales this year from e-mobility
Tier 1 supplier Bosch offers a wide range of electromobility-related products, from e-bikes to construction machinery to silicon carbide chips to integrated e-axle modules. Now the company says it expects to generate more than 1 billion euros in sales from e-mobility this year. Bosch says it has invested some 5 billion euros in electromobility to… Read more »
Bosch’s new flexible charging cable does away with the “charging brick”
Bosch’s new smart charging cable, introduced at the recent IAA Mobility 2021 trade show, is designed to be flexible and compact. It includes the usual control and safety technology, but dispenses with the usual bulky in-cable control box, or “charging brick.” The new cable weighs less than three kg, and comes with adapters for Type… Read more »