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Resettable high-voltage circuit protection for next-generation battery electric vehicles

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Sponsored by EatonBattery electric vehicle (BEV) architectures continue to evolve. Higher charging rates, greater stored energy, bidirectional power flow and tighter packaging can increase the demands placed on high-voltage DC circuit protection. Traditional protection architectures that coordinate contactors, fuses and pyrotechnic devices were developed for earlier BEV platforms. In some applications they remain effective, but… Read more » Read more…

Second-gen Dacia Spring exposes the absurdity of modern electric cars

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For the last ten years at least, mainstream carmakers have insisted that saving the planet means building two-and-a-half-tonne, leather-lined electric dreadnoughts that cost as much as a small terraced house in Yorkshire. Showrooms are packed to the rafters with SUVs each having three displays across the dashboard, artificial motor hums, and tri-motor powertrains capable of going from zero to sixty… Read more…