Maybe self-driving cars are not that far off after all. Ford announced today that it has become the first automaker approved for “hands-free, eyes off” advanced driver assistance tech in Great Britain. According to Ford, the BlueCruise system is the first of its kind approved in Europe.
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Source: Charge Forward
It has now been close to two years since Lucid Motors began rolling its flagship Air sedan off its assembly lines. We were lucky enough to attend Lucid’s launch event and got to test drive the Dream Edition Air. However, even as Lucid’s footprint grows in the US, many consumers have not even seen an Air up close, let alone driven one. Beginning this month, Lucid Group is going on tour with the Air to give US consumers a chance to experience it for themselves.
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Source: Charge Forward
The media are reporting that Tesla’s (TSLA) share of the US EV market is declining as “competitors are taking over,” but there’s more to the story. The data is too early to give the full picture.
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Join this presentation at next week’s Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, presented by tesa tape, where we will discuss:
Other sessions at our Spring Virtual Conference include:
The world of global transportation is becoming increasingly electrified and with this comes new hardware and fluid challenges. One of the most significant challenges facing the development of EVs is how to keep the batteries cool enough to function at peak performance throughout the life of the vehicle.
There are many cooling methods which OEMs could deploy to help keep the battery cool, including air cooling and indirect water glycol cooling. The latter is a technology which vehicle manufacturers are most familiar with from their ICE offerings. While these indirect liquid cooling systems are a significant improvement over air-cooling, the water-glycol cooling systems still present limitations as EV batteries strive to charge faster and operate more safely. The question facing EV OEMs today is what technology will provide the most effective cooling system in the future as these vehicles become more prevalent on the roads.
This is where the emerging technology of immersion cooling comes in. At the simplest level, immersion cooling is a system that contains liquid with a battery pack immersed in it. No cooling jacket is needed, and the dielectric fluid comes into direct contact with the battery. This has many benefits such as enabling faster charging and safer operation of the battery pack.
Join this session, presented by Lubrizol, where we will talk about the benefits of battery immersion cooling and others.
Most dielectric fluids offered today are straight-from-the-refinery base oils or expensive and unsustainable fluorinated fluids. Unfortunately, these fluids were not purposely designed for EV applications and cannot deliver the same levels of performance and durability as custom-formulation approaches. Formulated fluids offer an upgrade to battery immersion cooling with added chemistry tailored to the application. In this presentation, we will also introduce Lubrizol’s EVOGEN Battery Thermal Management Fluids, which offer higher performance proven through testing.
Other sessions at our Spring Virtual Conference include:
In this session, Dr John Warner, Chief Customer Officer at American Battery Solutions, will describe the concept and development around a scalable common battery architecture the company uses to optimize solutions for different customers while maintaining commonality in the product and manufacturing processes.
The presentation will describe a common and scalable battery, give examples of each and show how this strategy has supported the development of multiple solutions.
See the full session list for the Spring Virtual Conference on EV Engineering here.
Broadcast live April 17 – 20, 2023, the conference content will span the 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.
The BYD Dolphin hatchback has the potential to become the Chinese automaker’s most popular EV model in Europe as it will now enter major markets overseas this year. At a starting price of around 30,000 euros ($33K), the Dolphin will also arrive at BYD’s most affordable electric option.
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Source: Charge Forward
With the pending arrival of the 2025 Ram 1500 REV electric truck, joining the market alongside the Ford F-150 Lightning, Chevy Silverado EV, GMC Silverado EV, and Rivian R1T, there will be no shortage of fully electric full-size truck offerings. But is there a future for compact or mid-size electric trucks, in the form of a small electric pickup…
Source: Hybrid and Electric Car News and Reviews
Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania is expanding its zero-emission lineup by introducing the first Scania P 25 all-electric auto transporter. The 42-ton electric vehicle hauler could play a critical role in cutting emissions from the transportation industry.
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Source: Charge Forward
The response from other brands is… electrification.
Source: Electric Vehicle News
The executive notes that he’s heard stories about automakers’ fears of an EV future and job losses, but he doesn’t really see it.
Source: Electric Vehicle News
The dual-motor AWD model starts at just $30,500 and does 0-62 mph in 3.7 seconds; the Zeekr X is also officially confirmed for Europe.
Source: Electric Vehicle News
