Authors: Moritz Wäschle (doctoral researcher)1, Kai Wolter (doctoral researcher)1, Katharina Bause (Head of Research Department Drive Systems and Clutch and Tribology Systems)1, Matthias Behrendt (Head of Research Department NVH and System Validation)1 1 KIT IPEK – Institute of Product Engineering, Kaiserstr. 10, 76131 Karlsruhe, moritz.waeschle@kit.edu Introduction The ever-increasing demands for the safety and reliability of…
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Hydrogen from production to vehicle application
The energy providers, communities and automotive industry are working on the energy and mobility transformation. The production, distribution, usage of hydrogen as well as the development and application of efficient technologies vital for a successful turnaround. During the CTI SYMPOSIUM EUROPE leading experts form the energy and automobile sector are discussing the future of hydrogen…
Continue readingStatement of experts from PUNCH Powerglide about the CTI Symposium and electrification
”The CTI Symposium is for us PUNCH Powerglide, one of the few independent gearbox manufacturers, a must-attend event for meeting and networking with important decision makers across the transmission and drivetrain world in the automotive industry. Participating at the European edition of the Symposia is of key importance for us, since we want to strengthen…
Continue readingElringKlinger is developing new production processes to improve output of thin steel sheet stacks for electric traction motors
Due to the change from internal combustion engines to electric drives in automotive applications, both the demand as well as the requirements for laminated stacks that form the iron core of an electric traction motor are increasing. ELECTRIC DRIVE UNIT COMPONENTS In order to optimize energy consumption and reduce the installation space, the iron losses…
Continue readingAbstract: Commercial vehicles with fuel cell drivetrain for heavy duty long-haul
Roland Dold, Truck Product Engineering – TP/VEP, Daimler AG, Germany The class of heavy-duty commercial vehicles used in long-distance haulage with their typical application and usage profiles and the typical drives with average installed power in the 350 kW to 400 kW range cause by far the largest share of CO2 emissions worldwide in the…
Continue readingAbstract: MAHLE’s contribution to the defossilization of the transport sector
Dr Jörg Stratmann, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO, MAHLE Group, Germany The transport sector accounts for almost one quarter of the global annual CO2-emissions, therefore significant contributions are needed in order to meet the sector target. At the same time, however, it is out common goal to secure individual mobility. To reconcile the…
Continue readingAbstract: Challenges in system-oriented design of electric drives
Prof. Dr Markus Henke, Managing Director Institute for Electrical Machines, Traction and Drives, TU Braunschweig, Germany The design of electrical machines is considered system-oriented and holistically. For the electromagnetic machine design, energy supply and control, cooling possibilities and material properties are included in the design process. These methods are illustrated by current research questions concerning…
Continue readingAbstract: Electrified heavy-duty transport from the perspective of research and industry
Claas Bracklo, Senior Consultant Electromobility, German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Germany Dr Patrick Plötz, Head of Business Unit Energy Economics, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), Germany CO2-Emissions of Trucks have to be reduced at least 30% by 2030 compared to 2019/2020. This requests emission free drive trains in long haul…
Continue readingThe CTI SYMPOSIUM USA – Digital Edition a success
A transformation process began several months ago. A transformation process that was to be a solution to the then unimagined dimensions of a virus that posed huge challenges to the event industry. Out of this transformation, the digital CTI SYMPOSIUM USA was born. We were forced to face many challenges. The time difference between the…
Continue readingTomorrow’s powertrains – more efficient, more powerful, more complicated?
Powertrain electrification has given innovation an enormous boost – and the desire and need to further reduce CO2 emissions will accelerate that development in future. As a result, we can expect ongoing improvements to existing solutions and the development of innovative new…Continue reading
