Ever witnessed the crew in action at an automotive pit stop? It’s a synergy of technology, skills, and finely-honed processes at work to get the vehicle back on the road with speed, safety, and flawless performance. You too can create your next flawless automotive innovation with the latest technologies that enable better design, test, and… Read more »
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Advanced Quality Assurance Solutions For New Energy Vehicles
New energy vehicles are rapidly coming to market from most of the world’s leading automotive OEMs. The powertrain, power source, and car body design of new energy vehicles present new challenges for quality assurance. In this session, attendees can learn about advanced solutions for e-motors based on optical and tactile measurement technology, for batteries based… Read more »
REE unveils new REEcorners and commercial EV platforms
REE Automotive recently revealed 5 new REEcorner architecture designs and the technology behind its EV platforms, which are designed to support a range of commercial EVs. REE intends to provide a comprehensive range of technical configurations to fulfill specific customer needs, including: EV platform size selection based on preferred length, width and height front, rear… Read more »
Sandy Munro discusses next-generation EV technologies at Charged Virtual Conference on EV Engineering
Following his two informative presentations at our September conference comparing 10 leading EV motors and Tesla’s inverter technology versus other BEVs, Sandy Munro returns to the Charged Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, April 19-22, 2021. For many years, Munro & Associates has been performing teardowns—taking cars apart to find out what their components are, where… Read more »
The US House’s Clean Future Act is loaded with pro-EV policies
The US House of Representatives is currently considering the CLEAN Future Act, “a comprehensive and ambitious plan to ensure the United States acts aggressively to tackle the climate crisis in the 2020s and achieves net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution by no later than 2050.” The targets, which include a 50% reduction in GHG emissions from… Read more »
T/CCI Manufacturing diversifies product lineup with new electric compressor designs
T/CCI Manufacturing, a maker of compressor technology, including reciprocating, swash plate, wobble plate and variable compressors, is introducing a range of electric compressors for the heavy-duty and mass transport markets. T/CCI’s new compressors include high-voltage electric designs spanning 15 cc/24 V to 120 cc/850 V, with power ratings from 2 kW to 30 kW. The… 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 »
Electric truck maker Xos goes public in SPAC deal
Xos, a manufacturer of electric Class 5 to Class 8 commercial vehicles, has announced an agreement to go public through a merger with NextGen Acquisition (Nasdaq: NGAC). The combined company will trade on Nasdaq with the new ticker symbol XOS. The transaction values the combined company at a $2-billion pro forma equity value, and is… Read more »
Nexperia extends MOSFET line-up with AEC-Q101-qualified half-bridge package
Nexperia has announced a series of half-bridge (high-side and low-side) automotive MOSFETs constructed in the space-saving LFPAK56D package format. The half-bridge configuration of two MOSFETS is a standard building block for many automotive applications, including motor drives and DC/DC converters. The new package provides a half-bridge solution in one device, and occupies a 30% smaller… Read more »
Battery developer Enevate raises $81 million in Series E funding round
Enevate, a pioneer in silicon-dominant Li-ion battery tech, has secured $81 million in a Series E funding round led by Fidelity Management & Research. Existing investors Mission Ventures and Infinite Potential Technologies also participated. The latest round brings Enevate’s total funding to $191 million. Enevate will use the investment to significantly expand its pre-production line… Read more »
