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During the last decade, the traditional OEMs and many startup EV companies have been investing heavily on R&D and production of EVs. To their credit, they have already successfully introduced a wide range of electric vehicles to the market with high-efficiency electromechanical drive units and impressive extended driving-ranges. ...The most significant impact has been on the vehicle architecture, which had to be completely redesigned to accommodate the batteries and the motors, such as the popular “skateboard architecture”. Then the next challenge was the integration of e-drives or even total elimination of the ICE powertrain, transmission, and exhaust, replacing them with high-efficiency electric motors with single-ratio direct-drive units. ...Then the next challenge was the integration of e-drives or even total elimination of the ICE powertrain, transmission, and exhaust, replacing them with high-efficiency electric motors with single-ratio direct-drive units. Finally, the large batteries, cooling systems, and power control units (PCU) had to be integrated.

What are the differences between the traditional automotive companies and new mobility players; and even more importantly: who will win? Those are the questions that a new SAE EDGE Research Report tackles, to which the author will give a preview at the Knowledge Bar and engage with the audience in an open discussion.

For electric vehicles (EVs), the primary components in the electric power system include the battery system, motor system, power management system, inverter/converter system, thermal management system, on-board charging system, drive system, and regenerative braking. ...While these regulations do not require EVs to include calibrated fault codes in order to identify malfunctions as mandated for ICE vehicles, EVs must now 1) maintain standardized OBD connections for third party data access and provide standardized diagnostic codes accessible to technicians and 2) to furnish information about the vehicle's state of health (SOH) and drive motor efficiency that compliment CARB’s new battery warranty requirements. With increasing global demand for EVs, regulatory bodies, such as CARB and U.S.

The OBD Branch of the California Air Resources Board will provide a status update of recent OBD heavy-duty and motorcycle regulation activities including discussions on newly proposed changes to the regulation and clarifications on recent changes. Additionally, miscellaneous OBD-related items that impact industry will also be presented. 

Participants will be given the opportunity to ask questions or raise concern on any Heavy-Duty (HD) or Motorcycle related OBD items. Topics often include regulation update questions, deep technical challenges/solutions, and discussion on end-user impacts. Any of these are welcome from the participants. We will facilitate balanced, interactive discussion, capture highlights and make notes available.

The presentation will provide an overview of the Commission proposal on a new Regulation on emissions from motor vehicles, which is fit for the future. The new proposal includes exhaust and non-exhaust emission limits, as well as limits for emissions of particles from brakes and microplastics from tyres.

In this presentation, Lars Johansson, COO of cellcentric, will introduce into the fuel cell technology and leads through the company’s journey from the first prototypes to the planned mass production.