EV, Hybrids & Charging Infrastructure
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Kemet's new range of three-phase filters suppress the noise in electronic equipment with superior attention characteristics
Three-phase filters are a necessary component in many applications, particularly in the industrial and medical areas, to ensure circuits operate without interference, reducing errors. Currently, they tend to be bulky, grey boxes which may need quite a bit of engineering work to perform their tas
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08/09/2022
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD
Last month, I mentioned a two-issue string of interrelated topics, starting with July’s “Batteries and Other Storage Devices” and leading straight into the application most relevant to these miniature power sources, electric vehicles.
After all, the priciest component of EVs is the battery pack, and
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08/01/2022
Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD
It’s nice and sunny here in Scotland as I write this, a welcome change from the weather of the last few weeks. We are well and truly into the holiday season and it is good to take some time out. Myself, I had a short visit to one of the Scottish islands. The islands are often quite behind the times when it
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08/01/2022
How to Increase High-Power EV Battery Charging using Surface Mount Power Devices
End users expect new EV designs to minimize vehicle idle time, especially for long-distance driving. EV automotive designers need to increase charger power output, power density, and efficiency to achieve the fast-charging end-users expect. Single-unit, charger designs currently range from 7 kW to 30 kW. The co
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Date:
08/01/2022
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Figure 1: Standard DSRC V2X infrastructure
Automotive safety has always been a top priority for both consumers and regulatory bodies, but the growing availability of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and the increasing viability of driverless technologies requires innovative approaches to this age-old requirement. Similarly, while fuel efficiency ha
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Date:
08/01/2022
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Figure 1: Global EV passenger car sales could make up roughly half of all cars sold by 2030
The rising popularity of EVs in recent times is not merely due to consumer demand, but because of the collective effort by the governments across the world to implement more sustainable and safer ways of mobility. In 2021, we saw an indication of the rapid adoption of electric vehicles with the number of EV (B
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Date:
08/01/2022
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We are all familiar with the phrase work smarter, not harder. Well, the EV charging infrastructure needs to be hardworking and intelligent to meet the needs of vehicle users and the communities impacted by them. The hard work is associated with distributing enormous quantities of energy, as the number of EVs on
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08/01/2022
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Figure 1: Ac charging diagram
EVs can now achieve similar mileage as gas-powered vehicles, but it still takes more time to charge an EV than to refuel a gas vehicle. Charge time is approximately equal to the amount of energy delivered to the battery divided by the charging power; therefore, it is desirable to use as much power as possible to
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Date:
08/01/2022
Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America
The future of the electric vehicle market seems assured. AlixPartners projects EV sales to reach 33% globally by 2028 and 54% by 2035. To support this demand, automakers and suppliers are expected to invest at least $526 billion on EVs and batteries from 2022-2026, the firm said at its annual Global Automotive Ou
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Date:
08/01/2022
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD
I guess turnabout is fair play…even when it comes to a 9,000-pound vehicular juggernaut.
Back in 2007, a report from the Oregon-based CNW Market Research famously claimed that the Hummer — the poster child for gas guzzlers — was more energy efficient than the Toyota Prius hybrid.
15 years later, a n
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Date:
08/01/2022
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Figure 1. The placement polarity checker and the safety contactor
In today’s fast-paced world the need to create quicker, more mobile mechanical devices is steadily increasing. One primary method for doing this is to replace traditional gas powered or plugged-in devices with battery power. Batteries have become smaller and increasingly efficient as a result. In order to ke
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Date:
08/01/2022
