IEEE Electrification Magazine - March 2017 - 1

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VOL. 5, NO. 1

MARCH 2017

ISSN 2325-5987

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MAGAZINE

F E AT U R E S

Getting Rare-Earth
Magnets Out of EV
Traction Machines

A review of the many
approaches being pursued
to minimize or eliminate
rare-earth magnets from
future EV drivetrains.

Thomas Jahns

Margarita P. Thompson, Edwin Chang,
Aldo Foto, Jorge G. Citron-Rivera,
Daad Haddad, Richard Waldo,
and Frederick E. Pinkerton

Exploring the
High-Power Inverter

Reviewing critical design
elements for electric
vehicle applications.

A Closer Look
at the On-Board Charger
The development of the
second-generation module
for the Chevrolet Volt.

Douglas Cesiel and Charles Zhu

Lithium Has Transformed
Vehicle Technology
How trends in Li-ion battery
technology have developed
for vehicle electrification.

Grain-Boundary-Diffused
Magnets

The challenges in obtaining
reliable and representative
BH curves for electromagnetic
motor design.

Mohamed Alamgir

Christian Jung

Steven E. Schulz

The Need for Charging
Evaluating utility
infrastructures for electric
vehicles while providing
customer support.

Dan Bowermaster, Marcus Alexander,
and Mark Duvall

D E PA R T M E N T S & C O L U M N S
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Promoting Sustainable Forestry

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Power Up with
800-V Systems

The benefits of upgrading
voltage power for batteryelectric passenger vehicles.

Cover image: Today, there are more than 1.5 million
plug-in hybrid and (battery) electric vehicles (EVs)
on the roads worldwide, a number you'll find cited
in a few of the articles in this issue.

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