E-MOBILITY ENGINEERING 022 – November/December 2023

• Intro - Advances in battery capacity, motor control and power electronics look set to make range anxiety a thing of the past
• The Grid - Scania tests a hybrid truck with built-in solar panels, ‘mini-tabs’ could help electric aircraft fly faster, Horiba MIRA opens DiL simulator, and much more...
• In Conversation: Dr Tilo Schweers - This key player in developing the smart cars range tells us what he’s learned about battery EVs
• Dossier: Xerotech battery system - Need batteries for large off-road vehicles but only a few at a time and in different sizes? This company aims to supply them
• Focus: Motor control - Efficient motor control is all about the quality of the sine wave used, and there are different techniques for getting it as close to perfect as possible, as we show
• Report: Battery Show North America 2023 - Thermal management and stopping thermal runaways were the key themes at this show, as highlighted by our round-up of the exhibits
• Digest: Suncar ZE150W excavator - ‘Next level’ electrification is the principle behind this excavator conversion. We explain what that entailed
• Deep insight: Power electronics - The latest efforts to boost the performance of IGBTs, SiC and GaN to provide better and more powerful switching solutions
• Focus: Axial flux motors - Industry experts give their views on which applications are best suited to these ‘pancake’-shaped motors
• PS: Extinguishing lithium battery fires - We report on the latest r&d into effective ways of dousing lithium-ion thermal runaways