Join this session to learn about specific materials for lightweighting and thermal management and Toray’s material portfolio for automotive solutions, including: Carbon Fiber Prepreg (Toray Composite Materials America) OX fiber (Zoltek) PPS resins (Toray Resin) Other relevant materials Presented by: Jonathan Hughes, Senior Research Scientist, Toray Industries, Inc. Alan Handermann, General Manager-Technical Fibers, Zoltek Shiho… Read more »
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Beyond Silicon: High Power GaN And SiC Solutions For EVs
Next generation EVs are driving the requirements for semiconductors into higher voltages and currents. This session will cover the semiconductor solutions beyond standard silicon in Silicon Carbide in Gallium Nitride and beyond. Competitive solutions will be examined and compared. Presented by: Tom Wolf, Senior Field Applications Engineer, Nexperia All Sessions: April 2022 Conference
Maximizing Your DC Fast Charger Performance: Innovative Three-Phase PFC Topologies
This presentation will analyze and benchmark three-phase PFC topologies in terms of efficiency, costs and design complexity with a focus on designing EV DC fast chargers. Furthermore, the most common three-phase PFC topologies on the market will be presented, considering either two-level or three-level switching principles, but also the usage of Si-based and SiC-based chip… Read more »
Testing EV Traction Inverters? Reduce Inefficiencies In HIL Testing of ECUs
Validating automotive traction inverter can become inefficient because of the disparate toolchains that connect design and validation. While the design team speaks in models, usually from MathWorks Simulink® or Simscape™ software, the validation team works in HIL test systems and attempts to run those models in real-time software. The hand-off rarely performs at its best… Read more »
Mass Production Equipment For Li-ion Battery Products With Short Lifecycle Times
Whether power tools or stationary energy storage systems. The requirements on the battery modules are increasing rapidly and result in constantly changing module designs. One example of this is the variety of different cell designs. Yesterday cylindrical 18650 cells were used, today 21700 are common but what will happen tomorrow? Product life cycles are decreasing,… Read more »
How Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives Enable Advanced Thermal Runaway Barrier Design
Fires caused by thermal runaway continue to be a significant issue in the evolution of EV battery packs. Now, as the EV marketplace approaches a tipping point, engineers are racing to address this challenge using various technologies. These include high-performance, pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSA) used in combination with thermal materials that can assist in hindering thermal… Read more »
DOE announces $5 million to launch battery workforce initiative
The US Department of Energy (DOE), in coordination with the Department of Labor and the AFL-CIO, has announced the launch of a national workforce development strategy for lithium-ion battery manufacturing. As part of a $5-million investment, DOE will support up to five pilot training programs in energy and automotive communities, and advance workforce partnerships between… Read more »
EPA proposes new emissions regulations for heavy trucks
As expected, the EPA has released its proposed new rules to reduce emissions from heavy-duty vehicles. The new standards, which would take effect beginning with the 2027 model year, include the first proposed cuts to nitrogen oxide emissions for heavy-duty trucks since 2001. The EPA proposes to require cuts in NOx emissions from heavy trucks… Read more »
Ford/UMich study finds EVs have 64% lower life-cycle emissions than ICE vehicles
The myth of the Long Tailpipe—the idea that EVs generate higher emissions than ICE vehicles if powered by fossil fuel-generated electricity—has been definitively disproven by lots and lots and lots of scientific studies. However, it keeps cropping up, repeated not only by armies of oily trolls, but by auto industry execs and politicians who ought… Read more »
Hexagon Purus and Hino to expand commercial electric truck partnership
Cylinder and battery pack company Hexagon Purus signed a long-term binding letter of intent with Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors Manufacturing US to provide battery packs, aftermarket support and service to Hino for building electric and commercial trucks. “Commercial trucks use the most fuel and produce the most emissions in the transport sector, accounting for more… Read more »