“In E-Mobility, Performance doesn’t have to be Expensive.” How do you make e-mobility more affordable? At the CTI Symposium Berlin in December 2023, we caught up with Thorsten Jablonski, Head of Development & Product Management Volkswagen Group Components. As he sees it, there are several levers: for example battery technology, electric drives, and leaner processes…
Continue readingPressure Equalization Element Protects Transmissions During Water Crossings Volker Buchmann, Business Development Manager, Konzelmann In a world where extreme weather conditions and waterrelated challenges have become commonplace, the automotive industry faces a pivotal question: How can we equip vehicles for water crossings efficiently while saving time and resources? The answer lies in a groundbreaking innovation…
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Makoto NISHIJI, Chief Engineer Driveline CE Dep’t, Automotive Business Unit, JTEKT Corporation JTEKT contribution for e-Drive system The automotive industry is developing technologies to respond to the once-in-a-century transformation for realizing a carbon-neutral, recycling-oriented, safe and comfortable society. As the powertrains of automobiles become electrified, the requirements for the e-motor based driveline systems and units…
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Your reliable system and component supplier for future mobility From development to production of innovative components and complete systems for conventional and alternative powertrains - HOERBIGER offers you everything from a single source. The portfolio for electrified drive trains includes transmission synchronizers and innovative shift elements for coupling and decoupling as well as components and…
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Andrew Wood, Driveline Fluids Technologist, Infineum UK Ltd Calum Sugden, Driveline Fluids Technologist, Infineum UK Ltd The transportation industry is working to decarbonise, and commercial vehicle manufacturers are exploring a range of low and zero carbon propulsion options, including electrification. New opportunities to formulate tailored driveline eFluids are emerging, as the electrified truck and bus…
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The automotive world is changing, and the CTI Symposium is helping to drive the transformation. Where will the boundaries of powertrains lie in future? While powertrains will still be centre stage of the Symposium, the scope will expand. Artificial intelligence will play a growing role, and so will the provision of energy sources. The 22nd…
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John Jennings, Director of Innovation and eMobility, Amsted Automotive The future of vehicle propulsion is not simply a trending topic. It’s a global reckoning, as well as a global opportunity for revolutionary advances in powertrain and driveline technologies. Next-generation technology is at the forefront, and leading the way is Amsted Automotive with its Dynamic Controllable…
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Dr. Jörg Gindele, Senior Director Business Expansion & Transformation, Magna Powertrain Other than combustion engines, electric motors benefit from up- instead of downsizing. When intelligently combining them in an all-wheel drive, efficiency can be further increased, and especially by implementing a ‘complementary’ e-drive topology.
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Patrick Leteinturier
As electrification progresses, in-vehicle hardware and software architectures will evolve from distributed electronics to a “full car computer and zonal” model. We spoke with Patrick Leteinturier, Fellow Automotive Systems, Infineon Technologies, about these new architectures, new semiconductor materials, and the central role of “motion control”.
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All-wheel drive electrification benefits dynamics, safety, efficiency, and convenience. Besides an advanced drive architecture, this requires consequent functional integration through software. In electric all-wheel drives (eAWD), functions are increasingly defined through software. Magna improves efficiency as well as drivability through the ‘Magna Vehicle Motion Control’. This software-based system includes a control loop with five elements:…
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