Electric Vehicles
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An Engineer's Introduction to Electric Vehicles (EVs) According to a forecast by International Energy Agency, the use of Electric Vehicles will grow from 3 million to 125 million by the year 2030. That is almost 41 times of what it is today, with the increasing demand of fossil fuel and problems with pollution it seems most likely to happen. Owing to that, all major IC Engine Car manufacturers like Ford and GM are slowly… |
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Battery Cell Controller for Next Generation Electric Vehicles A new Battery Cell Controller portfolio was released by NXP, suitable for a wide range of automotive Battery Management Systems. Designed to deliver industry leading measurement accuracy and flexible embedded functional safety mechanisms. The new Battery Cell Controllers combined with NXP’s comprehensive portfolio of world-class automotive microcontrollers (MCUs), power management… |
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Maxim’s Battery Monitoring IC to Be Used in Nissan LEAF Maxim Integrated Products, today announced that its single-chip ASIL D-rated battery monitoring IC is being integrated into the new Nissan LEAF, the next evolution of its zero-emission electric vehicle.The IC meets the highest safety standards with comprehensive diagnostics, delivers robust communications and dramatically reduces the isolation bill of material (BOM) costs.… |
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150 W Thick Film Power Resistor in Clip Mount TO247 Package Reduces Component Counts, Costs Vishay Intertechnology introduced a new AEC-Q200 qualified thick film power resistor in a clip mount TO247 package for direct mounting on a heatsink. The LTO 150 offers industry-high power dissipation of 150 W at a +45 °C case temperature and an improved pulse handling capability for automotive applications. … |
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Processors for Performance and Safety for Next-Generation Electric and Autonomous Vehicles NXP has announced a new family of high-performance safe microprocessors to control vehicle dynamics in next-generation electric and autonomous vehicles. The new NXP S32S microprocessors will manage the systems that accelerate, brake and steer vehicles safely, whether under the direct control of a driver or an autonomous vehicle’s control. The first of the new S32 product… |
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GreenBox Development Platform Accelerates Transition to Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (HEVs/EVs) NXP has announced the availability of its GreenBox vehicle electrification development platform. GreenBox allows automakers and suppliers to begin early development of next-generation hybrid and electric vehicle applications on NXP’s S32 automotive processing multicore platform based on Arm Cortex technology. GreenBox provides a high-performance processing platform to design… |
