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media sites such as Facebook, Linkedin,
twitter, and ieee Collabratec.
a Distinguished Lecturer program
was established by the teC in 2016.
several lectures have been provided
by teC experts, including four lectures by Prof. grant Covic from the
University of auckland in new Zealand, with a focus on contactless
charging; two lectures by Prof. Kaushik
rajashekara from the University of
Houston, with a focus on more-electric
vehicles, especially aircraft; and one
lecture by Dr. stacy Prowell of
oakridge national Laboratory and
the University of tennessee at Knoxville, with a focus on vehicle cybersecurity. in addition to these three
experts, Prof. stefan Östlund is a teC
Distinguished Lecturer, with a focus
on railway system electrification.
teC members also gave several keynote addresses and other presentations at ieee conferences worldwide. a workshop organized by the
teC occurred on 24-25 February

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2016, "exploring Cybersecurity
Challenges in electrified transportation: a Focused Workshop." the
workshop was held in Washington,
D.C., and drew in industry, government, and academic experts.
in 2016, the teC revamped its
enewsletter with four quarterly
issues for March, June, september,
and December 2016. the first issue
included general transportation electrification topics, June's theme was
on cybersecurity in electrified transportation systems, the third-quarter
theme was on aerospace transportation electrification, and the December enewsletter's theme focused on
railway electrified transportation systems. Formal calls for articles have
been announced to teC members
and will continue to be issued every
quarter. in 2018, the plan is for the
enewsletter to become bimonthly or
possibly monthly.
the year 2017 is expected to be
very busy and productive for the

teC. several conference and workshop sponsorships are being organized as well as enewsletters with
themes in marine electrified transportation, V2g, and other topics.
Cooperation with multiple outside
organizations is expected (e.g., the
american institute of aeronautics
and astronautics and the society of
automotive engineers), along with
further growth in the Distinguished
Lecturers program. additionally, a
leading webinar program is being
established with three webinars
already in the pipeline.
-Philip t. Krein,
transportation electrification
Community steering
Committee chairperson
-ali Bazzi,
transportation electrification
Community enewsletter editor

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size or rating of components further.
the increase in sustained power has
a greater effect on system design
choices, as it is not possible to rely
on the thermal capacity of the
motor, battery pack, and high-voltage distribution. instead, it becomes
necessary to provide cooling or
reduce the losses. as in other electrified applications, as power increases, the advantages of a higher system voltage also increase, and the
choice of system operating voltage
will likely evolve upward over time
to take advantage of higher-voltagerated semiconductors and reduce
the size of power electronics and

high-voltage wiring.
As in other electrified
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these changes will
the marketplace even
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lenges. However, since range has
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long been the drawback of eVs, by
.conlon@gm.com) is a technical fellow
addressing that issue, longer-range
for global propulsion systems, geneVs will likely meet a large portion
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of the typical customer needs and
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