4 Intro Advances in battery capacity, motor control and power electronics look set to make range anxiety a thing of the past 6 The Grid Scania tests a hybrid truck with built-in solar panels, ‘mini-tabs’ could help electric aircraft fly faster, Horiba MIRA opens DiL simulator, and much more... 14 In Conversation: Dr Tilo Schweers This key player in developing the smart cars range tells us what he’s learned about battery EVs 18 Dossier: Xerotech battery system Need batteries for large offroad vehicles but only a few at a time and in different sizes? This company aims to supply them 34 Focus: Motor control Efficient motor control is all about the quality of the sine wave used, and there are different techniques for getting it as close to perfect as possible, as we show 44 Report: Battery Show North America 2023 Thermal management and stopping thermal runaways were the key themes at this show, as highlighted by our round-up of the exhibits 52 Digest: Suncar ZE150W excavator ‘Next level’ electrification is the principle behind this excavator conversion. We explain what that entailed 58 Deep insight: Power electronics The latest efforts to boost the performance of IGBTs, SiC and GaN to provide better and more powerful switching solutions 64 Focus: Axial flux motors Industry experts give their views on which applications are best suited to these ‘pancake’-shaped motors 74 PS: Extinguishing lithium battery fires We report on the latest r&d into effective ways of dousing lithium-ion thermal runaways 6 52 18 3 November/December 2023 | E-Mobility Engineering Contents | November/December 2023
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