GKN Automotive is accelerating its eDrive development program to keep pace with growing demand for its compact electric driveline systems. In July 2019, the company produced its one millionth unit; sales in 2020 are on track to exceed 2019 figures by 141 percent. By 2025, the company expects to be producing around one million eDrive… Read more »
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Whitepaper: Demagnetization in the simulations of electric motors
Sponsored by Mentor, a Siemens BusinessDownload the free whitepaper below How Electromagnetics Engineering Surrounds Us By Prof David Lowther, McGill University, Canada; and Mentor, a Siemens Business Have you ever asked yourself what happens to the sensors on your car when it rains? Probably not often, if ever. Yet this is just one of the… Read more »
High voltage technologies for e-mobility
Sponsored by Preh In 2008, there were about 2,000 registered electric cars in Germany. In the same year, Tesla had financial problems and managed to avoid bankruptcy at the last second. Statistics from 2010 show that the e-car manufacturer sold a good 2,000 units of its Roadster model at that time – worldwide. In the… Read more »
Momentive’s thermal gap fillers perform well during hot vibration testing
Sponsored by Momentive Performance Materials With the onset of ever-shrinking electronic components and systems with more functionality and power in the automotive industry, the demand for thermal management materials, such as gap fillers, have rapidly increased over the past several years. Together, with the continuing trend of reducing device dimensions, this has led to a… Read more »
Sony’s concept EV embarrasses legacy automakers
The surprise star of the CES tech show seems to be a concept EV from Sony. Yes, that Sony. Is everyone going to get into the EV game now? Who’s next, a vacuum cleaner company? The electric, autonomous, connected automobile is a new frontier for electronics companies, and Sony’s VISION-S is a showcase for a… Read more »
EMC for EVs: Understanding electromagnetic compatibility
Engineers who design power electronics supplied by the mains have had to contend with meeting various electrical noise and safety standards for decades now, but their counterparts in the automotive industry were mostly free to do as they pleased. This was mainly because 12 V isn’t considered a shock hazard and cars are effectively rolling… Read more »
Q&A with Rivian’s VP of Propulsion (Full Interview)
The electromobility revolution is gathering speed, but the world’s EV-makers have fallen behind popular tastes in terms of the form factors auto buyers want, and this has emerged as a roadblock to mass adoption. Buyers love SUVs and pickups, and automakers love the high profit margins associated with these models. Electric SUVs are starting to… Read more »
Five vehicle interoperability principles that are critical to EV market success
Sponsored by ABB By Heather Flanagan, Marketing Manager of EV Infrastructure at ABB Inc. Charging standards are far more mature than they were a few years ago when the first production EV’s were landing in the hands of early adopters. EVs and related charging technologies have continued to evolve, keeping the whole industry on its… Read more »
Rivian’s VP of Propulsion: Thermal issues are the dominant limiting factor for maximizing EV performance
Charged recently chatted with Rivian’s VP of Propulsion Richard Farquhar to learn more about the design and development of the company’s unique electric platform (read the whole story in our upcoming issue). Farquhar spent 15 years as Powertrain Director at McLaren Automotive, designing and developing some of the highest-performance propulsion systems in the world for… Read more »
Hitachi starts mass production of 800-volt EV inverter
Hitachi Automotive Systems is starting mass production of its 800-volt, high-output EV inverter. The company says that, thanks to its strong cooling performance, the new inverter delivers twice the voltage and 2.7 times the power density of previous generations. Most EVs are based on a 400-volt system, so in order to increase driving range, additional… Read more »