Electric vehicles are revolutionizing the automotive industry in a way that has not been seen since the seatbelt became mandatory in 1967. Competition among OEMs is increasing and the modern day ‘race to the moon’ is underway, lead by manufacturers such as Volkswagen, Ford, GM and Volvo as they roll-out EV & hyrbid models off…
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Powder metal technology is well known for products used in the automotive industry. With the shift to electric powertrains, key requirements such as component strength had to be adapted. This has been successfully achieved by developing and implementing new innovative processes to withstand the loads required in electric axles. Powder metal parts such as planetary…
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Geoff Lewis, Technical Director, Duvelco What is a New Material? Being ‘new’ is claimed with some regularity in the world of polymers; however, step changes in performance are less frequent. Here, I am going to look at an innovation that may pass the test and rightfully be called a new material. The polymer in question…
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Kazuyoshi Hiraiwa, President, FINEMECH Shinji Morihiro, Representative, M Powerlabo Background of the proposal In recent years, the problem of BEV has become apparent, and the value of HEVs has been reevaluated. Under these circumstances, we would like to propose a next-generation HEV system. Purpose of the proposal This proposal is based on the THS (Toyota…
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Dr-Ing. Philippe Farah, CEO – Founder YEESMA SARL Dr-Ing. Shafigh Nategh, CTO – Founder, YEESMA SARL Yu-Chi Tsai, Business Development & Marketing, YEESMA SARL Electrically Excited Synchronous Machines (EESM) is one of the strong candidates to solve the supply chain risks, costs and sustainability issues due to the Rare-Earth magnets presently used in almost 90…
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Dr Agnes Ragondet, Group Sustainability Director, Hewland/Hero Motors. This paper presents a sustainability-driven manufacturing initiative that leverages a UK-based pilot facility to develop, test, and optimise sustainable technologies in gear manufacturing with the objective to enable scalable implementation in Indian high-volume production facilities.
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A Practical Guide to Integrated Motion Control in 2026 and Beyond This whitepaper explains why chassis–powertrain integration is no longer optional, but a strategic imperative for OEMs and Tier 1s. It focuses on concrete use cases – torque vectoring with brake-by-wire, steer-by-wire with active suspension, and centralized vehicle motion control – and discusses the engineering…
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Edoardo Freschi, EV-Traction Sales Director, IMA EV-TECH It was early in 2009 when ATOP started developing the first fully automatic line to produce hair-pin stators. Being a medium-sized company and not having, at that time, the capacity to support such a wide range of solutions, it was necessary to make a choice between the well-known,…
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Xiao Cai, Chairman & CTO, Stropower Technologies Co., Ltd. The correlation factors between the NVH performance of e-drive vehicles and its inner high-voltage power network Extensive impact of underlying electrical fluctuations and transients on electric drive vehicles Development of industry testing standards and testing environment
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DI (FH) Wilhelm Vallant, Product and Business Development Manager Transmission & E-axle, AVL List GmbH The automotive sector is experiencing a profound transformation towards electrification, motivated by the dual objectives of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and ensuring uncompromised vehicle performance. Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are increasingly challenged to meet rigorous sustainability and cost-efficiency benchmarks. In…
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