Automotive
Trends for automotive on-board chargers for EVs
An on-board charger (OBC) handles charging when an electric vehicle (EV) connects to supporting Level 2 electric vehicle supply equipment (or EVSE) through an appropriate charging cable. OBCs provide the critical function of charging the high-voltage DC battery packs in EVs from an infrastructure power grid. Marc Bracken, Technical Marketing Engineer at Automotive Systems, onsemi, discusses the functionality, design considerations, and trends of ...
Northvolt and Volvo Cars choose Gothenburg for battery factory
Northvolt and Volvo Cars will place their first joint battery factory in Gothenburg, Sweden, next to Volvo Cars’ assembly plant in Torslanda. The facility will be operational in 2025 and create up to 3,000 direct jobs in Gothenburg. Indirectly, it will also create thousands of additional jobs in the region.
Top 6 digital car trends for 2022
Today, with the acceleration in UK automotive ecommerce continuing to grow, solutions provider, Automotive Transformation Group has laid out its predictions for the next big trends to watch in selling cars online for the year ahead.
Sustainability innovation challenge launched
Nokian Tyres is launching an innovation challenge to recreate the future of driving. The FAST RACE, BIG CHANGE challenge is an open competition inviting startups, businesses, students and academics to innovate for more sustainable tires.
German EVs market must grow at a CAGR of 35%
Germany’s goal of putting 15 million battery electric vehicles (BEVs) on the road by 2030 is currently behind schedule.
'Buckle up' for more mandated driver assistance
Autonomous vehicles will be a great thing – someday. But governments and regulators don’t want to wait until ‘someday’ to improve traffic safety. Gil Abraham, Business Development Director for CEVA’s Vision Business Unit discusses a recently-signed $1tn bill that includes a mandate for automakers to help prevent drunk driving, as well as the technology that such demands call for: driver monitoring systems.
Autonomous vehicle safety standard concept
An Operational Design Domain (ODD) is fundamental to Connected Autonomous Vehicle safety, however defining an ODD hasn’t been done before, until now, thanks to the work undertaken by German standardisation body ASAM and lead researchers from WMG, University of Warwick.
InnovationLab uses printed sensor capture cell-level data
InnovationLab’s battery management solution BaMoS uses printed sensors to capture cell-level data and extend EV range. Accurate temperature and pressure data gives new insight into battery behavior and performance for electric vehicles
Decarbonisation in goods and passenger transport
With the appointment of the new Transport Minister Volker Wissing, FDP, the Federal Government is steering a clear course towards achieving climate neutrality.
MGV to supply SGS with automotive antenna measurement
SGS has selected MVG to supply the first automotive over-the-air (OTA) test equipment compliant with the 5GAA VATM standard for its service offering of automotive testing in the APAC region.