E-MOBILITY ENGINEERING 015 - Autumn 2022

• Intro - Emerging standards and technology innovations for charging are helping to foster more efficient and effective commercial vehicle designs
• The Grid - Power Integrations unveils gate driver boards for large EVs, Aqua Metals harvests high-purity cobalt from lithiumion cell black mass, process for reducing the amount of neodymium in magnets announced, and much more...
• In Conversation: Giulio Ornella - Dana’s VP of light vehicle electrification explains how he’s brought engineering expertise from company acquisitions under one roof
• Dossier: EMotive Scarab - More than 20 years since its genesis, this six-wheeled heavy carrier should soon be ready for deployment in a host of different applications
• Focus: Hall effect and magnetic sensors - How advances in Hall effect and other magnetic sensor technologies are leading to their wider adoption in EVs
• Challenge of: Batteries for heavy-duty EVs - We find out what battery manufacturers see as the perfect pack for heavy-duty commercial vehicles
• Digest: Alpha Motor Corporation - The launch of Alpha’s Saga sedan will be the latest example of its policy of efficient manufacturing of a range of EVs
• Deep insight: Automated charging - Why faster charging at higher power is creating the need for robotic and other automated charging systems, as these emerging techniques bear out
• Focus: HVAC systems - Energy efficiency is vital for HVAC systems in EVs, prompting developers to tackle the issue in a range of ways
• PS: Nuclear ‘batteries’ - The promise that nuclear diamond cells hold for vehicles ranging from tiny robots to long endurance underwater vehicles