Tech Briefs Magazine - May 2022 - BET-18

Leading the Charge
Continental
High-voltage current sensing for 400-800-V EVs, battery impact
detection systems, and intelligent battery sensing for the vehicle's conventional
12-V battery - essential for micro-hybrid stop-start operation
- are technologies engineered for electrified vehicles by Continental
Automotive.
www.continental-automotive.com
Cummins
Cummins' New Power business works with multiple OEMs to integrate
its battery packs and modules for application in trucks, buses, and
off-highway machines. Cummins also released its new PowerDrive 8000
system for terminal tractors, which will be powered with up to 182 kWh
of fast-charging Cummins batteries and equipped with DC-fast charge
technology.
www.cummins.com/new-power
Dana
Global Tier 1 supplier of e-mobility products for light, commercial
and off-highway vehicles, including in-house expertise in gearboxes,
low- to high-voltage motors, inverters, controls, and thermal and battery
management.
www.dana.com
Denso
Denso's decades of experience as an automotive electronics leader
is being harnessed for electrified vehicles. The company is a volume
producer of electric-powertrain system control and lithium-battery
control systems, battery monitoring and battery current sensors, DC-DC
converters, electric machines and drive modules, thermal management,
and hydrogen control technologies for fuel-cell vehicles.
www.denso.com/us-ca/en/
Eaton
Eaton formed a new ePowertrain business unit to focus on products
from its electrified-vehicle (EV) transmission, reduction gearing, and
differential portfolios for commercial and light-duty EVs. Its portfolio
of multispeed transmissions includes 2-, 4- and 6-speed electrified
commercial-vehicle transmissions based on architecture typical of automated
manual transmissions and with shifting synchronized without
a clutch.
www.eaton.com/us/en-us/products/emobility.html
EVE Energy North America
EVE is a leader in developing and manufacturing lithium battery cell
chemistries, including lithium thionyl chloride (Li/SOCl2
manganese dioxide (Li/MnO2
able cells and customized portable power source solutions.
www.evebatteryusa.com
FEV
One of the world's top engineering consultancies, FEV serves its OEM
partners by developing technical solutions and work on new standards
for innovative energy storage systems, focusing on battery energy density,
safety, packaging, production strategies, and testing.
www.fev.com
GaN Systems
GaN Systems aims to obsolete silicon as the mainstay of computer
chips with gallium nitride (GaN), a hard and mechanically stable
wide-bandgap semiconductor that offers higher breakdown strength,
faster switching speed, higher thermal conductivity, and lower on-resistance.
These attributes lead to EV power systems that are smaller, lighter,
less expensive and have up to 25 percent less power loss.
www.gansystems.com
Heart Aerospace
Swedish-based Heart Aerospace is in the process of developing a
19-passenger electric aircraft called the Heart ES-19 that can travel 250
miles and has a backup generator for energy reserve and range extension.
United Airlines and commercial aviation holding company Mesa Air
Group have already placed orders for approximately 200 electric aircraft,
the first of which should be ready for delivery in 2026.
www.heartaerospace.com
Hyliion
Hyliion produces electrified powertrain systems that can augment
or fully replace diesel- or natural gas-fueled commercial-vehicle powertrains.
Its Hybrid eX solution designed for Class 8 trucks bolts onto
existing or new OEM truck chassis.
www.hyliion.com
LG Energy Solution
Global researcher, developer, and builder of lithium-ion batteries for
automotive EV, IT, and ESS applications. Worldwide production sites and
supplier to several major automakers.
www.lgensol.com
Lightning eMotors
The Loveland, CO-based company claims to be the first commercial
EV manufacturer to offer electrification of both legacy OEM platforms
and purpose-built vehicles. Its eChassis platform accommodates various
battery sizes and configurations, as well as different powertrain integrations
and wheelbases.
www.lightningemotors.com
) and lithium
), as well as developing lithium rechargeMagna
Multinational
Tier I supplier of electrified powertrain components
and systems for passenger and commercial vehicles. eDrive portfolio
includes components for EV, HEV, and PHEV applications.
www.magna.com
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