E-MOBILITY ENGINEERING 034 – November/December 2025

• Intro - The translation of inspired innovation into practical application can take time. Nevertheless, such game-changing developments can have far-reaching consequences throughout industry
• The Grid - Battery technology that removes the need for an inverter and charger in EVs, new systems for debonding batteries at end of life, a simulator for safe desktop testing of a BMS, a podded propulsion system for marine hydrofoils and much more
• In conversation: Bob Prohaska - Pratt Miller’s director of mobility projects discusses the engineering mindset required to develop electrification potential across a range of industrial sectors
• Dossier: Harbinger electric haulage and RV - A desire to overcome the limitation of economies of scale in electrifying medium-duty vehicles led Harbinger to develop its ‘three-sizes-fits-all’ chassis
• Focus: Battery thermal barriers - Innovation is producing many creative approaches to managing heat flow and mitigating the impacts of thermal runaway in EV battery packs
• Insight: Commercial cargo vehicle electrification - Road cargo transport electrification is transitioning from pilot-scale projects to largescale deployments, leading to re-evaluation of its place in the wider logistics system
• EVD: Stok Electric - Sustainability in the marine sector can involve installing an electric powertrain in a working vessel once its diesel engine’s end of life is reached
• Focus: Battery separator materials - Often overlooked and misunderstood, we accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative regarding the function of battery separator materials
• PS: There’s no such thing as a DC motor - After all that we might have believed over the years, could it be possible that there is no such thing as a DC motor?