E-MOBILITY ENGINEERING 031 – May/June 2025

• Intro - Trends are changing in e-mobility design with the latest shifts to new architectures and charging systems demanding innovation in e-motors and cooling systems
• The Grid - Investigating new techniques for cheaper busbar connections, adopting digital twins for optimising battery design, launching new electric ferries, discovering revolutionary battery materials and designing battery packs for easy recycling using AI, and getting hands-off with robotic charging trucks in Rotterdam
• In conversation: Mike Bassett - The head of engineering at MAHLE Powertrain discusses the nuts and bolts of hybridisation, EV innovation and future propulsion solutions
• Dossier: Ryvid motorbikes set to clean up - The scoop on an ambitious company’s plans to electrify mass mobility and tackle urban pollution on the global scale
• Focus: Pack design optimisation - Thermally conductive adhesives are supporting the move to C2C architecture through higher pack energy density and reduced costs
• Insight: Motor cooling - Hot technologies for e-motor cooling that ensure reliability, performance and durability of EV powertrains
• Digest: ELMs EVOLV - ELM Mobility is planning to redefine urban last-mile deliveries with its vehicle packaged in the form a small battery truck in the L7e category
• Deep insight: Megawatt charging systems - Evolving MCS technologies leading to the development of multiport charging systems for simultaneous fast charging of multiple vehicles are challenging the thermal management of cables and connectors
• Focus: Materials - The power in e-motor production will go to those that choose the right materials for the right application
• PS: Downsizing mining’s carbon footprint - AI-powered microgrids can optimise the complex energy flows associated with mining and cut carbon emissions