EV, Hybrids & Charging Infrastructure

October 2025

Frederik Dostal, Subject Matter Expert for Power Management, Analog Devices

A Bidirectional Power Solution for 48V Bus Conversions

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

The 48V intermediate bus is rapidly growing in popularity. The automotive market is moving quickly towards adopting it, data centres use it widely, the industrial market has it as standard and it is also extensively used in automated testing. 48V is seen as the optimal voltage level to sit between

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Date:

10/24/2025

KJ Power Generator and Volvo Penta alliance

KJ Power Generator and Volvo Penta Partner on 540 kWh BESS

KJ Power Generator and Volvo Penta have announced a strategic alliance to develop a 540 kilowatt-hour Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), combining the strengths of generator expertise and advanced battery technology on a single, scalable platform. Unveiled at KJ Power’s facility, the colla

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Date:

10/24/2025

Multiscale multimodal operando imaging revealing the microstructural evolutions of graphite/micro-Si composite electrodes

New Research Powers Next-Gen Silicon-Based Batteries for Cheaper, Faster Charging and Longer-Range EVs

The research, published today (24 October) in Nature Nanotechnology, was led by Dr Xuekun Lu, Senior Lecturer in Green Energy at Queen Mary University of London. In the study, the researchers introduce an evidence-guided double-layer design for silicon-based composite electrodes to tackle key chall

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Date:

10/24/2025

ADI Power Studio is a family of products with advanced modelling, component recommendations and efficiency analysis with simulation.

New Tools Streamline Power System Design Process

In addition, ADI is introducing early versions of two new web-based tools with a modernised user experience under the Power Studio umbrella: ADI Power Studio Planner and ADI Power Studio Designer. These new tools, together with the full ADI Power Studio portfolio, including LTspice, SIMPLIS, LTpowerCAD, LTpowe

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Date:

10/22/2025

The CoolSiC™ MOSFETs 1400 V G2 in the TO-247PLUS-4 Reflow package are suitable for applications where high power density is crucial, such as CAVs, electric vehicle charging and battery energy storage systems.

CoolSiC MOSFETs 1400 V G2 in TO-247PLUS-4 Reflow Package Enhance Power Density in High-Power Applications

High-power applications such as electric vehicle charging, battery energy storage systems, and commercial, construction and agricultural vehicles (CAVs) are driving the demand for higher system-level power density and efficiency to meet increasing performance expectations. At the same time, these requirements in

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Date:

10/17/2025

Jason Lomberg, North America Editor, PSD

Expanded EV Charging Access

Jason Lomberg, North America Editor, PSD

Ars Technica had a rather…unique take on expanded access to electric vehicles, and while I don’t quite agree with the article’s conclusions, it got me thinking about the future of EVs and their wider dissemination. Will charging access hamper the growth of EVs beyond the ubiquitous “early adopters”

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Date:

10/01/2025

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Figure 1: Virtual prototypes and virtual testing accelerate the development process and time to market at a lower cost versus transitional approaches (courtesy of ESI Group)

Unlocking the Full Potential of Virtual Prototyping

Arturo Vargas Mercado, Operating Manager, Emulators and Field Test, Keysight Technologies

In roughly 80 years of computer simulation, we’ve seen its benefits span across industries and domains. From modeling gravitational waves to designing a circuit board, the intent remains unchanged: to represent the physical world as accurately as possible. In the last several years, multi-domain integrati

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Date:

10/01/2025

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Playing it Safe

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Welcome to the October edition of Power Systems Design Europe. The first article in the Special Report was submitted by Bytesnap Design. In the piece, Dunstan Power tells us how designs for ATEX environments have moved from passive monitoring to active control. ATEX environments are places that have a high risk of of e

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Date:

10/01/2025

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Talkin’ Batteries and EVs in the Motor City

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Happy Fall and welcome to the October issue! Oh, is my unmitigated glee at no longer melting like an ice cream cone in an oven that obvious? You can keep your long days at the beach and baking in the hot sun – I’m all about Halloween, Thanksgiving, and weather that doesn’t feel like I’m wearing five

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Date:

10/01/2025