Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its fattest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, July Three, 2017

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock-hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national figure to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a fine vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multiplicity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national figure to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a fine vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national figure to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a excellent vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multiplicity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rigid’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW quick charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock-hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a fine vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW quick charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock-hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW quick charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multiplicity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a fine vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multiplicity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a excellent vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW rapid charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rigid’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock-hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a excellent vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW rapid charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its fattest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock-hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock-hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national figure to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legitimate, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW quick charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legitimate, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multiplicity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rigid’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legitimate, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW rapid charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rigid’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW rapid charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a excellent vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rigid’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legitimate, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a fine vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW rapid charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rigid’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national figure to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its fattest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rigid’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a excellent vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW quick charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its fattest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national figure to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its fattest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rigid’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national figure to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legitimate, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a fine vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock-hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national figure to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a excellent vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its fattest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a excellent vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW rapid charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its fattest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multiplicity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legitimate, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock-hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legitimate, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a excellent vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national figure to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legitimate, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a fine vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multiplicity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legitimate, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a fine vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW quick charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its fattest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a excellent vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW rapid charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a fine vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW quick charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multiplicity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a fine vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock-hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national figure to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a fine vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW quick charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its fattest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW quick charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rigid’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW quick charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its fattest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national figure to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW rapid charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national figure to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legitimate, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multiplicity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its fattest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock-hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a fine vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW quick charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multiplicity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its fattest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a excellent vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legitimate, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multiplicity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a excellent vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW rapid charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW rapid charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrical vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a excellent vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW rapid charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multiplicity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multiplicity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legitimate, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a fine vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW quick charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock-hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrical vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW rapid charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multitude of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be transferred over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a fine vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to truly thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrical drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW quick charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Three, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrical vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent possessed by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its fattest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national figure to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Indicating companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrical Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrified vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrical vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on coming in track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrical vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This activity is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW prompt charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a multiplicity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock-hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrical motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrical NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s very likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrified motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legal, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main aim is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of pro engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrical trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrified truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project fucking partners IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Three, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly wielded subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrified are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national assets to drive uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia

A fresh national bod that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation signifying and coordinating the broader electrical vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrical vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrified Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrified vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrical vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical screenplays including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a good vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of accomplished engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed thrust the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrical Vehicle News

Electrical Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW swift charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrical truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrified mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrified mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrified vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its largest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the stiff’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrified vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrified motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrical NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national bod to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national assets that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrical Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrical vehicles includes significant opportunities to supply economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia resumes to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrified vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrical vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrical vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrified vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrical Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrified vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets swifter and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Eighteen, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrical vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main purpose is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns ideally with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this arousing project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to accomplish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a superb vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

Electrified Vehicle News

Electrified Vehicle News

Monday, September Four, 2017

More than six hundred trucks arrive at the Porsche plant in Leipzig every day as part of the company’s logistics network. Now the very first truck with a purely electrified drive is being used inbetween the logistics centre and the assembly supply centre. This act is part of the eJIT research project, which involves Porsche Leipzig as well as IAV GmbH, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network. The aim of the pilot project is to test the use of electrified trucks under real conditions in multi-shift operation at automotive plants.

The electrical truck is charged during the planned waiting times while it is being loaded at the supply centre. The battery is charged while the process is ongoing using a 150-kW rapid charger, enabling the truck to be used in three-shift operation. Once fully charged, the truck has a range of around seventy kilometres and a top speed of eighty five kilometres per hour. Alongside the project at Porsche Leipzig, a 2nd electrified truck is being tested by Volkswagen Sachsen at the Zwickau plant.

The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years

A 2nd stage of the project is scheduled for the coming year, with the Porsche plant in Leipzig set to operate a very automated vehicle from two thousand eighteen onwards. The eJIT project is intended to run for a total of three years. The project playmates IAV GmbH, Porsche Leipzig, Schnellecke Logistics, Volkswagen Sachsen and the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network have been working together since early two thousand sixteen on the electrification of trucks, with the aim of reducing noise and emissions at automotive sites.

The project is part of the technology programme “Information and communication technology for electrical mobility III: Integrating commercial e-vehicles in logistics, energy, and mobility infrastructure”, which is run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and is a continuation of the previous research into the commercial use of electrical mobility.

Monday, July Trio, 2017

Honda team up with Hitachi in EV motor joint venture

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the establishment of a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electrical vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As announced on February 7, 2017, the two companies have conducted discussions based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed on February Trio, and entered into a joint venture agreement on March twenty four to make more tangible preparations to establish the fresh company.

The freshly established company will receive a financial grant from Ibaraki Prefecture as it has been recognized as a relevant project that “promotes the establishment of corporate head office functions” within the prefecture.

The fresh company will react to the growing global request from automakers for electrified vehicle motors by developing competitive motors that combine the expertise of the two companies.

Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build components for the fast-growing EV segment as a way to expand product line-ups while containing high development costs.

“Producing motors is capital intensive, so rather than just manufacturing them for our own purposes, we would like to produce in large volumes with the possibility of supplying a diversity of customers,” said Honda Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Hachigo.

“In pairing up with Hitachi, we’re hoping to tap into its expertise in volume production.”

The venture will be fifty one percent wielded by Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd and forty nine percent held by Honda, the two companies said.

It will build motors to be used in petrol hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, and will have sales and manufacturing functions in the United States and China in addition to Japan, they said.

Hitachi Automotive Systems is a wholly possessed subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd and longtime supplier of components including engine and brake parts to Honda.

It counts the alliance of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA as its thickest client, accounting for around one-third of annual sales. Other customers include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Honda’s all-electric NSX 4-Motor EV is more advanced than any Tesla

Honda’s head of research and development, Sekino Yosuke, has exposed the next-generation Honda NSX could be based on the rock-hard’s 1,000 hp Pikes Peak race car, the NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept.

The 4-Motor Acura EV finished third overall at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 2016. That was thanks to its all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain, comprising four electrified motors that developed around seven hundred forty kW and eight hundred Nm of torque with a seventy kwh lithium-ion battery pack and a kerb weight of only 1,500 kg. Honda claims the electrified NSX is capable of 0-100 km/h in Two.Five seconds and 0-200 km/h in 6.Two seconds.

With the current all wheel drive hybrid NSX having only been on sale since last year, an all-new NSX is unlikely to be launched before 2023, when battery technology is expected to have progressed significantly.

Honda very first demonstrated a 4-Motor EV CR-Z prototype in two thousand fifteen with journalists who test drove the vehicle suggesting torque vectoring gave it cornering capability in a entire other league to a Model S.

While there’s no denying Tesla, especially with ludicrous mode, have re-calibrated the auto-industry’s definition of ‘quick’, it’s most likely less well known that Tesla’s powertrain is actually based on 1990s technology with the three phase AC induction motor and controller designs originally licensed from EV1 drive system engineer Alan Cocconi.

Unlike current high spectacle all-wheel drive electrical vehicles, like Tesla’s Model S P100D, which use 2x electrical motors and conventional mechanical differentials, Honda’s electrified NSX features four electrical motors – one for each wheel.

With a dedicated motor at each corner, the Super Treating All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system can precisely apply either positive or negative torque individually to each wheel. This opens the door to torque vectoring and full-time active yaw control – something that will make consumer EVs safer and more energy efficient.

How does this work? Imagine electronic stability control that, instead of applying friction brakes (wasted energy), applies negative torque (regenerative braking) to individual wheels. Unlike friction-brake based ESC, the NSX 4-Motor system can also apply positive torque to individual wheels. Not only that but positive and negative torque can be applied at the same time across the vehicle adjusting pitch, roll, and yaw to accurately position the vehicle along any vector. Combining that range of precise control with a multi gyro inertial measurement platform unlocks an entirely fresh level of safety and high spectacle active dynamic control.

While it might be another 5-6 years before Honda’s 4-Motor Super Treating All-Wheel Drive makes it into production, the team at Evans Electrical are developing an AWD torque vectoring system based on compact Axial flux induction motors.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Fresh national figure to drive uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia

A fresh national figure that aims to drive the uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia was officially launched in Canberra today.

The Electrified Vehicle Council is an industry-led organisation indicating and coordinating the broader electrified vehicle industry in Australia. Signifying companies involved in providing, powering and supporting electrified vehicles, its members sell over 350,000 fresh vehicles per year in Australia, and have over six million Australian customers.

The Minister for Energy and Environment, Josh Frydenberg, who attended the launch, announced a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the uptake of electrical vehicles in Australia.

The Electrical Vehicle Council’s Chair, Behyad Jafari, said the market for electrified vehicles includes significant opportunities to produce economic investment, innovation and environmental sustainability. “While the global industry grows exponentially each year, Australia proceeds to miss out. In the next twelve months, almost one million electrical vehicles are projected to be sold, with more than $50bn invested in the industry over the last ten years,” he said.

“Addressing the barriers preventing the mass uptake of electrified vehicles in Australia requires a consistent and collaborative effort across a range of sectors.

“In addition to introducing vehicle emission standards, key policy measures include incentivising electrified vehicle purchase in the brief term as the technology works to meet price parity through upfront incentives and taxation measures, as well as establishing a recommended roadmap for national public charging infrastructure.

“We welcome others from across industry, consumer groups and government to join the Electrified Vehicle Council as we work to build and provide certainty for investment in the Australian electrical vehicle industry.”

ClimateWorks Australia Head of Implementation, Scott Ferraro said the funding from ARENA would support a broader effort to educate and engage Australians about electrified vehicles. “Globally, the number of electrified vehicles sold annually is growing rapidly. However in 2014, electrical vehicle sales accounted for just 0.1 per cent of fresh cars sold in Australia,” he said. ‘This funding will enable us to work with the Electrified Vehicle Council to provide more information about electrical vehicles to Australian consumers and undertake research on the best policies to drive greater uptake of electrified vehicles, particularly at the early stages in order to increase model choice and infrastructure.

“The council will also publish a state of electrified vehicles report annually so we can monitor progress on the transition of the Australian fleet.”

Mr Ferraro said electrical vehicles provide a significant range of environment, economic and social benefits.

“When powered by renewable energy, electrified vehicles are zero emission vehicles. This will help us meet our emission reduction targets quicker and at lower cost, and can reduce impacts from air pollution in our cities,” he said.

Thursday, May Legitimate, 2017

Renault & Qualcomm demonstrate dynamic wireless electrical vehicle charging [Movie]

Renault today demonstrated dynamic wireless electrified vehicle charging (DEVC), which permits vehicles to charge while driving. Renault has participated with Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom in designing a DEVC system capable of charging an electrified vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to twenty kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, one hundred kilometers per hour. The DEVC system has been designed to support real-world implementation of dynamic charging. The two Renault Kangoo Z.E. vehicles can pick up charge in both directions along the track.

The dynamic charging demonstrations took place at the 100-meter test track, built by Vedecom at Satory, Versailles, near Paris, within the FABRIC project. Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom installed the primary part of the DEVC system in the test track, whilst Vedecom and Renault installed the secondary part onto two Renault Kangoos Z.E.. The DEVC system will shortly be passed over to Vedecom to perform tests for FABRIC. The tests will evaluate the operation and efficiency of energy transfer to the vehicles for a broad range of practical scripts including vehicle identification and authorization on injecting track, power level agreement inbetween track and vehicle, speed and alignment of vehicle along track.

FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. The project began in January two thousand fourteen and will proceed through December 2017, and is being undertaken by a consortium of twenty five organizations from nine European countries, including automotive manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and research organizations from automotive, road and energy infrastructure domains. VEDECOM is one of the FABRIC collaborators and responsible for providing the demonstration of the charging solution at Satory using the Qualcomm Halo DEVC system. FABRIC’s main objective is to conduct feasibility analysis of wireless DEVC as a means of EV range extension.

“Our engineers and management have fully supported this project since the very beginning as it aligns flawlessly with our concentrate on EVs, charging systems and mobility services,” says Luc Marbach, chief executive officer, VEDECOM. “We are a public-private partnership focused on pre-competitive research. The installation of one of the world’s very first DEVC test platforms has provided us with a unique test facility and we look forward to expanding our expertise with the future testing.”

“Being part of this titillating project has enabled us to test and further research dynamic charging on our Kangoo Z.E. vehicles,” said Eric Feunteun, electrified vehicle program director, Groupe Renault. “Our engineers have worked very closely with the Qualcomm Technologies and VEDECOM teams to finish the DEVC system integration demonstration as part of FABRIC. We see dynamic charging as a fine vision to further enhance the ease of use of EVs, thus the accessibility of EVs for all.”

“We are inventors. We are WEVC. This dynamic charging demonstration is the embodiment of this,” said Steve Pazol, vice president and general manager, wireless charging, Qualcomm Incorporated. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved. The combination of a global team of experienced engineers and Qualcomm Halo technology, which covers all aspects of WEVC systems, irrespective of the magnetics used, has enabled us to indeed shove the boundaries of the possible and outline our vision for future urban mobility.”

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