Charged

MAY 21, 2023

Temperature control is a critical factor during stress and load testing in the development of batteries, materials and other vehicle components. The Unimotive series comprises five units with up to 35 kW cooling capacity and 24 kW heating capacity. The heat transfer fluid (HTF) used in testing is often a water-ethylene glycol mixture.

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Charged

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The focus of LORD Corporation’s study is to investigate how the superior thermal transfer provided by gap fillers versus gap pads affects cooling of actual battery modules. The degree of cooling for each assembled module was then measured during a fast charging cycle. The following figure illustrates this effect.

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Cooling Batteries Automotive Electric vehicle 89

Charged

APRIL 11, 2023

Battery cyclers play an essential role throughout the development of batteries and therefore, are considered an indispensable part of any battery testing laboratory or manufacturing facility. Rapid battery evolution, affordability, sustainability and recyclability are key to delivering the next generation of EVs.

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Charged

APRIL 13, 2022

Metis Engineering’s Battery Safety Sensor is designed to monitor the health of a lithium-ion battery pack and detect cell venting, an early sign of catastrophic battery failure. It says units are already on trial with a number of EV OEMs and battery manufacturers. An optional Accelerometer can record shock loads.

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Energy Monitor Health Batteries Automotive 115

Charged

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Battery innovator StoreDot is collaborating with Polestar on an engineering project to demonstrate how StoreDot’s XFC battery cell technology can be applied to an existing platform, and show what a production-level solution could look like. The detailed collaboration includes key integrations such as the engineering design and cooling.

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Charged

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In fact, according to the UN Climate Change Conference, the global automotive fleet will be composed of more than 30% EVs by 2030. A key area of focus for the industry is on the battery and charging systems used in these vehicles. Two of the key challenges are battery charge times and overall safety of the battery.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Battery plants have established themselves in the sunny Southwest, but this week was the first time they won big in New England. That means that these two battery plants offered a compelling enough price to edge out some fossil fuel plants for delivering power on demand. New England has seen a buildout of smaller batteries.

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Charged

MAY 4, 2020

Amphenol Advanced Sensors now offers its Coolant Leak Detection Sensor to detect the presence of water and coolant in an EV battery pack enclosure, enabling the Battery Management System (BMS) to take proper countermeasures to reduce the risk of pack failure and electrocution. Water Leak Detection Sensor. Water Leak Detection Sensor.

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Batteries Automotive Cooling 114

Charged

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Interplex has expanded its portfolio of interconnect solutions for EV batteries. The company’s Cell-PLX interconnect solutions are suitable for battery modules based on cylindrical and standard prismatic cells, and now it has released a new version that’s specifically optimized for next-generation prismatic cells. Source: Interplex.

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Energy Monitor Automotive Batteries Plastics 132

Charged

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The Parker Lord Assembly and Protection Solutions Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, a provider of motion and control technologies, has launched three new products specifically designed for EV battery systems. CoolTherm SC-3000 LD is a low-density, two-component silicone designed to provide excellent thermal and shock resistance.

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Batteries Automotive Cooling Technology 111

Charged

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The battery packs found in today’s EVs represent a significant advancement over those designs considered state of the art just a few years ago. Concerns related to the potential for a cell to go into thermal runaway has led to a significant amount of global activity focused on cell behavior and how it relates to full battery pack performance.

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Charged

JULY 18, 2023

With the growth and development of battery pack technologies, manufacturers of electric vehicles (EV) place greater emphasis on pack design optimization, seeking more compact solutions to improve energy density and reduce cost. In the assembly of high-voltage battery packs , dielectric protection is critical.

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Charged

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Automotive supplier Webasto showcased its modular battery system, thermal management system, and charging station at the recent SEMA show in Las Vegas. The CV standard battery system is available in 400 V and 800 V versions. Each battery features 35 kWh of energy. Up to 10 packs can be used for a combined 350 kWh.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Batteries North America 67

Charged

OCTOBER 20, 2021

30 Minute Presentations: 8:00 AM EDT Flow Factors: Liquid Cooling For EV Charging. 9:30 AM EDT Assembly and EOL Test Systems for E-Drives and Battery Modules. 10:15 AM EDT Pressure Equalization in Battery Packs: An Edge Case Analyses. 30 Minute Presentations: 8:00 AM EDT Flow Factors: Liquid Cooling For EV Charging.

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Charged

JULY 8, 2020

We partner with most of the top 10 EV battery manufacturers to help build more than one million electric vehicles on the road today. While Nordson may know a thing or two about EV battery manufacturing we do want to inform OEMs and automotive manufacturers about the threats that could impact the production process of a battery pack assembly.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Here’s how Redwood Materials is putting recycling at the heart of the burgeoning battery belt. There’s a bit of a battery manufacturing boom going on. In 2021, battery manufacturing in the United States totaled approximately 55 gigawatt-hours’ worth of cells, or roughly enough batteries to produce 700,000 EVs.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 25, 2020

It also is tackling ambitious innovations with its Ultium battery and propulsion system that could enable a GM-estimated range up to 400 miles or more on a full charge with 0 to 60 mile-per-hour acceleration as low as three seconds. . Battery changes. Of course, not every company can be GM and create its own battery system.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Cell-to-Pack is the direct bonding of individual battery cells to the battery pack’s cooling plate, and it’s a new trend in the EV market. It improves performance by providing higher pack energy density, improved part complexity, lower thermal loads on the battery pack, and simpler, lower-cost manufacturing of packs.

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Batteries Automotive Cooling Technology 119

Charged

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The European Commission recently approved a multinational project to support battery innovation , which will involve 42 companies, including several automakers. One of those automakers is Tesla, which may receive a cool billion euros ($1.2 Source: Automotive News. The aim of the 2.9-billion-euro

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Charged

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In these electric vehicles, long ranges and high horsepower require high power density from their electrical components such as batteries, motors and generators, and the power electronics needed for operation. During each thermal test, the temperatures of the inductor and cooling plate were recorded using an Omega Soft data logger.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Other sessions at our Fall Virtual Conference include: Managing Heat Through E-Fluids New thermal management driveline e-fluids, designed to enable the latest electrified powertrains and batteries to perform at their very best, have been developed for the latest electric vehicle hardware.

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Electricity Cooling Electric vehicle Batteries 116

Charged

AUGUST 16, 2022

Germany-based automotive supplier Eberspaecher presented its portfolio of eco-friendly AC systems for buses and coaches at the recent Prawaas 3.0 Eberspaecher has developed an all-electric AC system for hybrid and battery-electric buses, especially for customers in India, the Middle East and Asia—the AC135 AE platform.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The design of electric vehicles presents engineers with unique thermal management challenges that have become a major focus of research and systems development within the automotive industry. Canadian tech company C-Therm Technologies Ltd. specializes in the development of innovative thermal conductivity test and measure equipment.

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Charged

JULY 6, 2020

Just like the content Charged brings you every day, conference topics will span the entire EV engineering supply chain and ecosystem including motor and power electronics design and manufacturing, cell development, battery systems, testing, powertrains, thermal management, circuit protection, wire and cable, EMI/EMC and more. It’s free!

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Automotive Batteries Cooling Technology 109

Charged

MARCH 8, 2020

In advanced battery systems, the quality of the power electronics helps determine the quality of the final product, its level of functionality, and its reliability. This is emphasized in the latest battery power management and charging systems that use wide-bandgap semiconductors and improved power topologies.

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Charged

MAY 31, 2022

Arteco , an automotive and industrial coolant and heat transfer fluid company, has launched a new coolant for EVs, which is designed for indirect cooling. A number of battery-electric vehicles require reduced electrical conductivity to enhance the safety of the driver,” said General Manager of Arteco Alexandre Moireau.

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Charged

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Hitachi Automotive Systems is starting mass production of its 800-volt, high-output EV inverter. The company says that, thanks to its strong cooling performance, the new inverter delivers twice the voltage and 2.7 This results in increased battery capacity, but also increased charging time. kVA/L, which equates to 2.7

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Cooling Automotive Batteries 63

Charged

JUNE 27, 2022

These include innovations in miniaturization and balancing control of vehicle weight and cost as well as connectivity that will help automotive system architects achieve scalability and durability without sacrificing cost and packaging size. Stack systems provide unparalleled design flexibility for automotive engineers.

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Electric vehicle Electricity Automotive Cooling 124

Charged

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Los Angeles-based automotive manufacturer Harbinger has unveiled a new platform for Class 4 to Class 7 EVs. Harbinger’s EV solutions feature a proprietary eAxle that combines the motor, inverter, and gearbox into an integrated unit, as well as an 800-volt liquid-cooled battery system, with capacity scalable in 35 kWh increments.

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Automotive Cooling Technology Pollution 126

Charged

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Thermal management is an important discussion topic in battery-powered systems when considering insulation, heat and power transfer, conduction and convection, in order to maintain the battery pack temperature within a tight tolerance to reduce thermal runaway. Sponsored by Elkem. Check it out! Polyurethanes, epoxy or silicones?

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Batteries Automotive Cooling Technology 63

Charged

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Devices with nominal voltage ratings from 650 V and 750 V up to 1,200 V will be available, giving more choices for designers to address applications operating from ordinary AC line voltages up to those of high-voltage EV batteries and chargers. The first products available are the 650 V SCT040H65G3AG and a 750 V device in die form.

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Packaging Automotive Cooling Innovation 128

Charged

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

How healthy is your battery pack? As the EV ecosystem develops, there will be an increasing need to measure and manage the performance of battery cells. It has also developed a platform that can simulate the real-world performance of different cells, and can evaluate the state of health of existing battery packs.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 22, 2024

As winter’s grip tightens, EV owners and industry innovators are keenly observing the impact of cold weather on electric vehicle battery range. At the heart of an EV’s propulsion system, the battery’s function is to store and discharge electrical energy that powers the electric motor.

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Electric vehicle Hydrogen Batteries Transportation 108

Charged

MAY 18, 2023

Battery Management Systems (BMS) Electric vehicle (EV) battery packs – which can contain from a few dozen to more than 1,000 cells – must be controlled for optimum performance in terms of releasing and accepting power. Safety Safety is a vital consideration wherever battery packs are used.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Batteries Automotive 128

Charged

JULY 6, 2021

The needs of automotive and general electronic devices can vary based on application. In the case of EV batteries, this gap can be anywhere from 1-3mm due to packaging requirements. With battery packs, a gap filler is dispensed on top of the cooling plate and the batteries are placed directly on top of it.

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Charged

DECEMBER 9, 2019

kWh battery system from the donor 2017 e-Golf gives the e-Bus an approximate range of 125 miles. The powertrain will reside in the rear compartment of the e-Bus, which was previously occupied by the stock air-cooled 60 hp four-cylinder engine. The stock powertrain and 35.8 Source: Volkswagen.

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Automotive Cooling Batteries Construction 98

Charged

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Farquhar spent 15 years as Powertrain Director at McLaren Automotive, designing and developing some of the highest-performance propulsion systems in the world for sports cars, supercars and hypercars – first internal combustion engines, and more recently hybrid and electric systems. Rivian team inspecting a battery pack.

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