Gigafactory + Europe + Electricity Crisis = Problems Ahead…
The price of Electricity in Europe is going to heavily impact the cost of production in Gigafactories in Europe. With a cost of electricity x10 in Germany, the cost of Electricity needed to manufacture 1GWh of Battery capacity is going to jump by several thousand of euros per Battery Pack…
Why no Full Electric Car Races at Le Mans?
Despite all the Hype around Battery Electric Vehicles, the fact is that in 2022, there is still not a single BEV car engaged at the 24h of Le Mans. Why? Where is the Technology? Power? Range? Fast Charging? Weight? What is the problem and what Engineers and Chemists are busy developing to be able to enter a EV HyperCar at Le Mans in a near Future
Analysis of the Ferrari Battery Patent
In preparation of their 1st full Electric car, Ferrari is developing a special Battery Pack on which several elements have been revealed in a recent Patent. Which cells? What is this special bi-shape? All details and more!
The Sono Motors vs the Volkswagen ID.3 Batteries
Sono Motors is one of this new start-up in Electric Vehicle. Their innovation is their solar-roof panel that can reach the Battery. Nevertheless, as any EV, it is interesting to analyse its Battery Pack that compared here to a VW ID.3 Battery…
Analysis of the AUDI Dakar RS Q e-tron Battery
How was made the AUDI Dakar RS Q e-tron Battery? Discover the complete analysis of the Battery: its Battery housing, its cooling, the cells, its architecture and much more details…
NIO Day 2021 Review and Analysis
During the NIO Day 2021, NIO presented their new Sporty Electric Vehicle the NIO ET5. The focus is not the sport characters from the EV platform to Engineering developments (Body, Brakes,,,). The ET5 features lot of Technologies in particular related to the ADAS system and the infotainment clearly positioning NIO has a strong High Tech company among the EV brand.
Automotive 2021 Top10 News
What are the Top 10 most important highlights in the Automotive Business in 2021? Tesla valued $1 billion USD, the chip shortage and all the key information you need to prepare your 2022 strategy…
Battery Show Europe 2021
Battery Show Europe 2021 Complete summary: trends, Technologies, major players, car manufacturers and suppliers strategy…from Cells to Pack including Thermal Management, Sensors, Power Electronics, Connectivity and Tools for Gigafactories
How is Shell oriented towards emobility and Electric Vehicle business?
You believe Petroleum companies are going to disappear as Electric Vehicles are ramping up? Discover how Shell as already a large business in EV charges, Battery Swapping technologies or cooling for e-motors, inverters, Batteries…
Any Future for Combustion Engines? Lessons for IAA 2021
Following IAA 2021, some people said that it was meaning “game over” for the Internal Combustion Engines. Is that true? What could be the future of traditional Engines?
IAA 2021: Electric Vehicles ⭐, Engines ☠️
Complete summary of IAA 2021 in Munich. All car manufacturers only presented Electric Vehicles, very few Hybrids and no internal Combustion Engines
How Brand Perception matters in EV?
As Electric Vehicles are becoming more and more popular, car manufacturers multiply their effort to promote their image, their technologies and their specificities. New players are also entering the battle. What does it mean when it comes to EV sales? How brand perception influence switch to EV and vehicle choice?
Open-Source, 🚗 Industry Compatible?
Open-source CFD software (Open Foam) are in competition with other commercial options (Ansys, Siemens) in the automotive industry. Some companies use open-source with a great success while some others shout it is a disaster. What make the success of an open-source deployment? Are Open-source options completely free? How to plan and to budget deployment of open-sources in your company?
e-mobility in Africa
Media always presents e-mobility in Europe, United State or Asia but very little is known about EV development and adoption in Africa. However, there are a lot of on-going projects there. Of course, Africa has many challenges and gets its own specificities needing to develop a complete new eco-system and business model.
EV Battery Warranty: What Risk for Car Manufacturers?
From a legal point of view, Car Manufacturers need to offer a warranty on their Batteries. What is the current status and the future legislation? What are the reasons and the potential risks of Battery ageing?
EV Motorsport 🏎️⚡ Dilemma: Bold Developments vs Safe Bets
To keep a sustainable approach, Electric Motorsport (such as FormulaE) often relies on Energy management rather than on pure power demonstration with limited differentiation between Teams reducing technical breakthroughs.
Truck OEM Cooperation for Future Commercial Vehicles
Commercial Vehicles and more generally Transport are preparing themselves to more stringent pollutant constrains as well as fast decarbonisation. Between future Powertrain with complex Engine, Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and full Electric options, there are a lot of uncertainties
To face the cost of development, we see more and more announcements of alliances and partnerships between Truck Manufacturers such as (Daimler AG and Volvo Trucks ) or (Navistar and Cummins)
Do Fuel Cells have any Chance against EVs?
Does Fuel Cell get any chance in the future compared to Battery Electric Vehicles? Talking about passenger cars: unlikely but for commercial vehicles, trucks, marine or aeronautic: FCs get lot of advantages: Cost of Ownership, higher power / energy density reducing needed battery weight; Nevertheless, FCs remain complex and expensive to develop obliging main players (Daimler etc.) to partnership
NIO Day 2020 - Technical Review (Battery, Autonomous…)
The NIO Day is the equivalent of the Tesla Battery Day. Their new Electric Sedan car (ET7) gathers most advanced technologies in terms of EV, Battery Technology, Connectivity and ADAS. It offers a new 150 kWh Solid-state Battery using Silicon Anode and an energy density of 360 Wh/kg. The ADAS system can highly competes with Tesla thanks to 8MP Cameras, LiDAR and a SuperComputer of 1.016 TOPS
Tesla Battery Day 2020
Summary of Tesla Battery Day. Elon Musk’s objectives are to reduce Battery cost and to propose more affordable EVs. He presented not only new Battery but also new EV technologies, manufacturing optimisation, recycling, local supplying, sustainability, etc.
Tesla’s strategy is based on 5 key technologies: (1) New Battery Cell design; (2) Rethinking the Cell factory process; (3) New Silicon Anode material; (4) New Cathode material Cobalt-free; (5) New Integration of the battery in the vehicle structure