Electric vehicles (EVs) are transforming transportation through clean energy and electronics innovation. At the heart of EV development are power semiconductors, motor control units, battery management systems, and high-efficiency inverters. Manufacturers are improving charging speed, range, and autonomous features through advanced SoCs, sensors, and connectivity modules. Electronics Weekly covers electric car news from global automakers, tier-1 suppliers, and semiconductor firms, including market expansions and product breakthroughs. Discover how electronics design, thermal management, and embedded systems are accelerating EV adoption. Stay informed on technologies shaping sustainable mobility and the critical role of electronics in electric car performance, safety, and smart infrastructure.
How can UK electronics businesses get their fair share of the emerging electric vehicle market, asks Geoff Cousins Greek philosopher Heraclitus first coined the phrase, ‘the only constant is change’, which typifies the state of the European car industry right now. And while the shift from internal combustion engines to EV power provides opportunities for UK electronics businesses, they need ...
Mercedes is claiming a distance world record for its Concept AMG GT XX after it completed 40,075km (24,901 miles) in seven days, 13 hours, 24 minutes and seven seconds “This means that this concept vehicle drove ‘around the world’ in less than eight days,” according to the company. Two of the vehicles took part, and both broke the previously-standing 24-hour ...
Electric vehicle charger location app company Zapmap has published an analysis of road-side chargers in the UK, which indicates a total of 73,699 at the end of 2024, with more than 20,000 of these installed in the preceding 12 months – a year-on-year increase of 38%. The rate of installation grown from an average of 1,400 chargers a month in ...
The Bugatti Tourbillon, announced yesterday, is a hybrid, with 800hp spread across three electric motors in addition to its 1,000hp 8.3 litre Cosworth V16 petrol engine. Two of the electric motors are part of the front axle system, and the other one is part of the rear axle assembly. Powered them is a 800V 25kWh oil-cooled battery housed in the ...
Team αCentauri, part-sponsored by Power Integrations, has just completed the 3,022km Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia. It was the 12th and final finisher, ahead of the many teams that failed to finish, and quite a few that failed to start. It wasn’t only cash sponsorship, as a Power Integrations InnoSwitch3 fly-back converter powers low-voltage loads including the steering wheel ...
Hyundai uses 800V batteries in some of its electric vehicles, but not all road-side chargers have an 800V option, so some sort of 400V to 800V inverter is required in the vehicle. And for fast charging, that has to handle a heck of a lot of current – maybe 200A. Rather than have a separate box, and noting that vehicle ...
Aiming at electric vehicle traction inverters, LEM has managed to shrink a 1.5kA current sensor into 29 x 21 x 12mm and 27g. “HSTDR current sensor is significantly more compact than a traditional C-core sensor, making it much easier to be integrated into space-limited inverter boxes,” said LEM. The technology is open-loop Hall effect and the core, integrated bus bar ...
With global demand for EVs growing at pace, the race is on for battery innovators to avert a supply crisis due to shortages of various elements found in the earth’s crust, such as nickel, cobalt and lithium, writes Ben Palmer, a partner and patent attorney at Withers & Rogers. Diminished availability of these much-needed raw materials, combined with growing concern ...
UK electric vehicle charge-point provider InstaVolt has picked Eseye cellular IoT technology for its UK charger network. Eseye is a service-provider that can, automatically over-the-air, swap between network operators for IoT nodes that communicate over cellular networks. Its service works with special SIM card, dubbed ‘AnyNet+ eSIM’, and is built on the eUICC standard for network operator swapping. Pod Point, Shell ...
Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) and battery start-up Nyobolt have signed a deal to create high power density batteries for automotive power trains. “Niobium-powered lithium-ion battery technology from Nyobolt delivers a step change in power density, cycle life and fast charging capability,” according to Williams. “The technology has ideal attributes for high performance vehicles, such as motorsport. They are also relevant for ...
