Out-of-the-box thinking for engineers is extremely difficult when engineers themselves create the box containing problem solutions. Electronic Design’s newly designated Automotive Newsletter editor Andy suggests making the box bigger.
Renesas, in collaboration with Nidec, developed the first “8-in-1” proof of concept for E-Axle systems that will help simplify electric-vehicle design. It controls eight functions using a single microcontroller.
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Say the words “cost reduction” in a room full of electric vehicle engineers and “batteries” will be the likely response. But smaller and less expensive inverters are likely to help make the next generation of EVs more practical.
The average auto owner may someday own an electric vehicle, but perhaps not the battery that runs it. That's one of the schemes now in the dry-run phase aimed at getting around prohibitively high vehicle costs.
