E-MOBILITY ENGINEERING 032 – July/August 2025

• Intro - As EV production techniques evolve, attention must remain on the smaller components crucial to the systems, motors and fabric of new and reimagined forms of e-mobility
• The Grid - The latest news on electric powertrain development, ‘woolly’ batteries, applying nanotechnology to e-motor design, preventing degradation for extended fuel cell lifetimes, the chilling reality of heavy-duty battery performance in cold climates, the first piloted eVTOL flight in open airspace and more
• In conversation: Joe Holdsworth - The driving force behind Metis Engineering gives us a sense of the innovations supporting improved understanding of EV performance
• Dossier: Kindred EV Bronco - Respecting heritage while acknowledging the demands of modern sustainability forms the basis of successful classic vehicle electrification
• Focus: HV measurement - Demand for more powerful and efficient EV powertrains requires increasingly stringent high-voltage testing to ensure safe operation of all consumer systems
• Show report: ACT Expo 2025 - The Advanced Clean Transportation Expo always showcases the latest in e-mobility electrification products and we report on some of the eye-catching technology
• EVD: Series-M 4x4 - The Series-M 4x4 EVs from Munro Vehicles promise versatile performance based on a rugged powerful platform
• Deep insight: Motor magnetics - The global political situation as much as technological advancement is driving the development of magnets for e-motors
• Focus: Fasteners - for EV assembly Manufacturing relies on fasteners and the techniques adopted for attaching different materials in EV fabrication are developing rapidly as assembly processes evolve
• PS: Bio-inspired batteries - Looking at biological systems in the natural world could inspire next-generation developments in battery technology