In the race to make the most efficient electric vehicle, the design of power electronics converters plays a vital role. Power losses, breakdown voltage, switching times, and thermal conductivity of semiconductor devices are critical factors when designing power electronics converter. Silicon power devices are widely used in power converters but suffer from major limitations such… Read more »
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Tesla to deliver 15 Semi electric trucks to PepsiCo this year
PepsiCo says it expects to take delivery of 15 Tesla Semi electric trucks by the end of this year. The soda and snack seller placed an order for 100 Tesla Semis shortly after the e-truck’s 2017 launch. Since then, Tesla seems to have put the Semi program on a back burner as it concentrated on… Read more »
Infineon’s 650 V CoolSiC Hybrid Discrete supports bidirectional charging
Infineon‘s new 650 V CoolSiC Hybrid Discrete for Automotive contains a 50 A TRENCHSTOP 5 fast-switching IGBT and a CoolSiC Schottky diode. The combination supports bidirectional charging, making it suitable for fast-switching automotive applications such as onboard chargers, power factor correction, and DC-DC or DC-AC converters. Infineon says the integrated fast-switching 50 A IGBT enables… Read more »
Marelli launches SiC power module for motorsport EVs
Global automotive supplier Marelli has launched a power module for motorsport EV applications. The module, which was completely developed in the company’s Corbetta (Italy) facility, is based on silicon carbide (SiC) technology and uses a new direct cooling solution. The new module, called EDI (Enhanced Direct-cooling Inverter), was developed by Marelli Motorsport with the Fraunhofer… Read more »
Multiphysics E-Motor Development And Battery Modeling Solution Using Altair Software Suite
Presented by: Lars Fredriksson, Vice President – Global Automotive Business, ALTAIR
Battery Modeling and Simulations Using COMSOL Multiphysics
The COMSOL Multiphysics® modeling and simulation software contains various tools for creating and running battery models. The level of detail ranges from single-reaction lumped cell models, used for simulating temperature distributions on large-scale battery modules and packs, to multireaction high-resolution electrode geometries on the nm-level, used for capacity fade, and design optimization of the various… Read more »
Wolfspeed: ready to support a booming EV industry with SiC power and charging solutions
Sponsored by Wolfspeed The electric vehicle (EV) market is expected to jump from 3.2 million units in 2019 to nearly 27 million units by the year 2030. Major players in this industry are expected to invest more than $350 billion in the near future to grow the electric vehicle market. Wolfspeed understands the technological challenges that… Read more »
Microchip releases new AEC-Q101-qualified 700 V and 1,200 V SiC SBDs
Microchip Technology is introducing its newly-qualified 700 V and 1,200 V SiC Schottky Barrier Diode (SBD) power devices, providing EV system designers with solutions that meet AEC-Q101 quality standards across a wide range of voltage, current and package options. Microchip says the SBD family’s avalanche performance allows designers to reduce the need for external protection… Read more »