EV, Hybrids & Charging Infrastructure
December 2023
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Figure 1: Ripple generated by the traction inverter impacts an EV’s high-voltage bus
Automotive electrification may be the most wide-ranging power challenge of our time. It is a global problem automotive OEMs face as they transition from internal combustion engines to battery-electric vehicles. R&D teams everywhere are exploring new approaches, trying to find better solutions to solve old an
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Date:
12/30/2023
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Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD
For a long time we have known that the solid-state battery would be the next big step in battery technology. While scientists and researchers have spent many years trying to develop other battery chemistries, the solid-state battery is more likely to bring almost immediate improvements to our energy storage. The other
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Date:
12/01/2023
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Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America
Besides broadcast radio receivers, electronics for actual vehicle operation started in the 1970s when they replaced traditional points and the distributor. Today, the automotive electronics market is at the forefront of the industry's transformation, with electrification, autonomy, connectivity and safety being its
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Date:
12/01/2023
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Figure 1: A typical multicomponent wired BMS network (left) and the simpler arrangement made possible by wBMS technology (right)
EVs are still not affordable for many, while for others their perceived value is still unclear. Government economic policies can support the EV agenda to a point, but disruptive innovation in electrification technology across transportation and the energy grid, business services must lead the way in breaking dow
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Date:
12/01/2023
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Figure 1: An electric vehicle's battery pack. (Source: Nissan)
An EV's primary energy source is a battery pack (Figure 1). A pack is typically designed to fit on the vehicle's underside, between the front and back wheels, and occupies the space usually reserved for a transmission tunnel, exhaust, and fuel tank in an internal combustion vehicle. Keeping the pack as low as poss
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Date:
12/01/2023
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Figure 1: Enhanced temperature stability ensures consistent efficiency under all conditions
Governments worldwide, seeking to meet climate-change pledges, are driving the transition to electric vehicles through legislation and financial inducements. According to Fortune Business Insights, the total global market for battery and hybrid electric vehicles will grow from $500 billion in 2023 to almost $1
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Date:
12/01/2023
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Figure 1. Critical stages in the battery cell manufacturing process
Gigafactories have helped boost Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cell production from a capacity of 4 to 10 GWh per year to 40 to 80 GWh per year. Bringing cost efficiency to the forefront, high-volume battery cell production has led to a 90% plunge in EV battery prices over the past decade.
Scaling up battery c
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Date:
12/01/2023
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Figure 1: ADAS/AD Levels, highlighting also the hands on/off features
The development of basic Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) is now commonplace, but to enable enhanced features—even ones we have not dreamt of yet— that bridge varying levels of complexity, there is a need to provision vehicles with high-performance SoCs and connect them to a standard communication
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Date:
12/01/2023
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Perhaps the most fascinating example of electromobility occurred in April 2021: the maiden flight of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. Although electric vehicles on Earth do not have to operate in such harsh environments, their power electronics still need to work reliably in difficult conditions.
When Ingenuity to
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Date:
12/01/2023
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Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD
Welcome to the December edition of Power Systems Design Europe. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone here at PSD. We really appreciate you choosing to read the magazine every month. For the industry, it has generally been a good year al
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Date:
12/01/2023
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Jason Lomberg, North America Editor, PSD
Welcome to the December issue, and an early happy holiday to one and all! Hopefully, everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, filled with good food and good company and no one got trampled to death in search of increasingly mediocre deals (because in our digital world, it’s making less and less sense to stand in l
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Date:
12/01/2023
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