E-MOBILITY ENGINEERING 035 – March/April 2026
- Intro - The drive to reduce the costs associated with EVs encompasses all aspects from more efficient electric components, improved assembly technology and more widely available charging infrastructure
- The Grid - New dielectric materials for greater temperature resistance and smaller DC-link capacitors, state-of-the-art busbar manufacturing technology that improves power distribution in EVs, development of a full-size electric VTOL aircraft, proactive AI for EV charging, boosting the energy of anode-free lithium-ion batteries and much more
- In conversation: Chris Hazell - As a self-confessed disruptor, Chris Hazell has produced some strikingly innovative and crazy EVs, but things could be about to get even more ‘out of this world’
- Dossier: Taiga Orca / Nomad - With a mission to lead the electrification of off-road vehicles and transform access to the great outdoors, we explore Taiga Motors’ Orca and Nomad electric powersports platforms
- Focus: SiC / GaN inverters - Wide bandgap materials are set to deliver the next generation of high-performance long-range EVs
- Industry insight: Classic car EV conversion - Incorporating modern electric powertrain technology in classic cars has a number of challenges: some technical, some practical and some almost spiritual
- Deep insight: Drivetrain data acquisition - Technologies for testing in automotive manufacturing are highly sophisticated and well suited to the various stages of such complex projects, but costs could be a limiting factor
- Focus: Battery pack adhesives - From maintaining structural integrity, to preventing short-circuits, efficiently transferring heat and supporting high-volume manufacturing, battery pack adhesives must do it all
- PS: Fighting Anno Domini - Decay with the passage of time is a fundamental characteristic of batteries, but chemical science and engineering are striving to hold back the clock