Renewables

Hybrid electric vehicles save fuel because of their electric motor drive. In an HEV, the propulsion system can be configured several ways, for example in the electric motor assisted mode or in the fully electric motor drive mode. For electric motor drive an inverter system is required to deliver powerful and efficient drive to the electric motor.

The introduction of electric and hybrid electric vehicles have added high voltage electric modules into the car. The battery stack in a hybrid vehicle can be in excess of 150 V, which is then boosted to a much higher voltage level for the inverter driving the electric motor. By Kenji Yamamoto and Andy Poh of Avago Technologies.

The global market demand for hybrid-electric vehicles will grow approximately twenty percent annually through 2010 predicts the research firm, Fredonia Group (Title: World Hybrid-Electric Vehicles to 2010). The popularity of these fuel-efficient vehicles will be driven by erratic fuel prices, increased emissions regulations, and reduced cost disparities between HEVs and gasoline vehicles. By Derek Chng Peng Hui, Avago Technologies.

Hydrocarbons, sulphur oxide, nitrogen oxides and particulate emissions from vehicle exhausts are responsible for numerous environmental issues, including air quality challenges, such as smog and acid rain, as well as a number of detrimental health effects. With the 2020 deadline for reducing the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions by 20% drawing closer and the need for increasing the usage of lower carbon and renewable energy, the automotive industry...

Electric vehicles (EVs) are a large, growing market with new sectors being added all the time such as the pure electric, multi-rotor volocopter that spawned a new regulatory category in German aviation this year. IDTechEx find that pure electric car sales in 2013 will be 70,000 vehicles rising to 2 million in 2023, versus 2 million hybrid vehicles this year rising to 7.6 million in 2023. Of course, the big unit numbers come at the small end - mos...

In light of the global trend toward urbanization, our mobility needs are increasing rapidly. At the same time, standards for clean air, noise control, and climate protection are becoming stricter. At the UN conference on implementing Rio+20 decisions – held in Berlin from June 19 to 21 – internationally recognized experts are meeting to discuss the resource-conserving transportation of the future. Bosch is taking part, with both detailed pres...

Leading technology analysts IDTechEx will run this free webinar which includes data from the new IDTechEx report Electric Motors for Electric Vehicles 2013-2023: Forecasts, Technologies, Players.

With Continental's Simplify your Drive, electric vehicles can now learn how to calculate the range in advance. At the push of a button, the driver can set the electric vehicle to his own requirements.

The international automotive supplier Continental is contributing to a new milestone in electric vehicle (EV) development by supplying the electric powertrain for the new Renault Zoe, the first mass-produced European electric car with an overall concept designed from the ground up for all-electric operation. “The Renault ZOE demonstrates the great potential of electric mobility. We are delighted that with the help of our extensive expertise we ...

Following several days of joint testing, General Motors and BMW AG engineers are confident that DC “Combo” Fast Charge stations from several suppliers will consistently allow an electric vehicle to take on an 80 percent charge in about 20 minutes.