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How to use a 4s 40A BMS Module to build Battery Packs? In this article, we are going to test a 4s 40A BMS. We will first design a 4s battery pack and then attach the BMS with the battery pack to perform all the features of the BMS. Due to the high energy density of Li-ion cells and their rechargeable capabilities, Li-ion cells are getting extremely common to make battery packs for different applications. But we need to connect a… |
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Designing a Simple 12V Li-Ion Battery Pack with Protection Circuit In this article, we will see how to design a simple 12V Li-Ion battery pack and how to use it with a protection circuit. A lithum-Ion battery is one of the most commonly used energy storage devices employed for powering equipment and gadgets in today’s time. Due to a high energy density and rechargeable capabilities, Li-ion cells are… |
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How Electric Vehicles are Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Improve Battery Performance and Charging Efficiency With various applications such as autonomous driving, user behaviour monitoring, and smart navigation systems, AI is playing a key role in the EV Industry. We know, the Electric Vehicle revolution is speeding up all over the World and different models are out there in the market. EVs are expected to attain price parity with traditional combustion-… |
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Electric Flying Race Car Airspeeder Mk3 Successfully Completes First Test Flight Alauda Mk3, the remotely-piloted eVTOL multicopter from Airspeeder has successfully made its first flight in the South Australian desert. During the entire flight, it was controlled remotely and the country's Civil Aviation Safety Authority was present there for observation. The full-sized remotely-operated electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL), Airspeeder… |
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New Type of Magnet-Free Traction Motor with an Overall Efficiency of 95% Developed for Commercial Vehicles MAHLE, an international automotive supplier and development partner, based out of Stuttgart, Germany has developed a new type of Electric Motor that is magnet-free and does not require any rare earth elements. The company has combined the strengths of various electric motor concepts in one product to make it easily sustainable and scalable. The permanent magnet is replaced… |
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Compact Leakage Current Sensor to Make Charging Infrastructure More Affordable, Safer, and Reliable To meet market demand for a residential and commercial EV charging station, LEM has introduced a compact leakage current sensor, CDSR that will make charging infrastructure more affordable, safer, and reliable for the future. This new sensor is based on open-loop Fluxgate Technology developed by the experienced LEM Geneva R&D team to ensure the reduction in CO2 … |
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What is Beyond Lithium-ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles – Scalable and Potential Alternatives for Clean Energy With the ever-increasing consumption of fossil fuels, the governments of various countries are taking steps towards the electrification of vehicles. Last year, the Government of the UK said that it would ban the sales of new cars and vans powered by diesel and petrol by 2030. Despite efforts being made for the decisive shift away from the internal combustion engine what… |
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Highly Integrated BLDC Motor Driver Shrinks 48-V Motor-Drive Systems By 30% in Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicles Texas Instruments has released DRV3255-Q1, a highly integrated Grade 0 brushless DC (BLDC) motor driver for 48-V high-power motor control systems like traction inverters and starter generators in mild hybrid electric vehicles (MHEVs). This new motor driver integrates active short-circuit logic and dynamic fault response. It enables designers to simplify their designs and… |
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High-Voltage Battery Monitor IC With Integrated Current-Sense Amplifier Reduces Cost and Increases Security in Automotive Applications MAX17852, a 14-channel high-voltage ASIL-D data-acquisition system from Maxim Integrated enables designers to deliver a high level of safety for voltage, current, temperature, and communications while also saving space and reducing solution cost. Designed for integration within electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, and other transportation systems, this new IC is… |
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Challenges and Opportunities in Setting up an Electric Vehicle Charging Station Tesla, a leading Electric Vehicle manufacturer recently announced its Q2 2020 financial results by delivering a profit despite the current global pandemic situation, making it one of the most valuable company ahead of Toyota, Volkswagen, General Motors, etc. Citing this, CEO of Volkswagen, Herbert Diess quoted on LinkedIn that “In 5 to 10 years, the most valuable company in… |
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Are Solar Powered Electric Cars Possible? Reasons Why We Don’t Have One Commercially Available Yet Transportation accounts for around 30% of our carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere globally. The number of fossil fuel cars is set to double by 2040. Various automobile companies have been working on electric vehicles but these vehicles have some dependency on fossil fuels. What then could be the smart solution to cut down the percentage of carbon dioxide emissions… |
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Flyback Switching IC with 30V to 550V DC Input for Automotive EV Applications Power Integrations has introduced the InnoSwitch3-AQ, an AEC-Q100- qualified switcher with integrated 750V MOSFET and secondary-side sensing, designed especially for automotive EV applications, such as traction inverter, OBC (on-board charger), EMS (energy management DC/DC bus converters), and BMS (battery management systems). The high-speed… |
