Electric Vehicles (EVs) are the future of motoring. But what types of EVs exist? How do they work and how can they be charged? What are the developments in the electric car market and how much do they cost? Learn this and more in the following article.

As the most critical part of an electric car, vehicle batteries are guaranteed to last at least 100,000 miles (160,000 kilometers) on average before they no longer hold enough of a charge and have to be replaced. Here’s what happens to many of them.

Automotive batteries salvaged from scrapped vehicles can serve a useful second life within a stationary battery system, provided that the battery system has a suitable, reconfigurable topology. This article describes a paper presented at the PCIM Europe Digital Days 2020, which explains the challenges of using second life batteries, and proposes a solution.

Post the 160-year-old discovery, Aluminium Nitride has been one of the favorite compounds for researchers to study. Denoted by AlN, the compound has been recently launched as a semiconductor wafer by Fraunhofer IISB. This article details AlN structures, electrical properties, and its scope as a semiconductor.

Plug Power, a provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, and Johnson Matthey, a global specialist in sustainable technologies, have announced a long-term strategic partnership to accelerate the green hydrogen economy.

In nearly every electronic circuit today, several different supply voltages are needed. A suitable power management architecture must be designed for the different required voltage rails. This article shows three solutions.

Alternating current (AC) is an electric current that periodically reverses its direction, in contrast to direct current (DC) which only flows in a single direction which cannot change sporadically.

Modern vehicles have a large number of electronic systems that are networked with each other. Since these systems are at risk from cyber attacks, Fraunhofer IPMS developed a CANsec IP core that makes vehicle systems more secure. The IP core is already being evaluated in a demonstration by partner Renesas Electronics Corporation.

Researchers at Stanford University in California, USA, say that they have developed a new perovskite solar cell manufacturing process that is both cheaper and four times faster than traditional manufacturing methods.

The use of sustainable electronic components is becoming increasingly relevant due to procurement difficulties. Thanks to a new process, wood can be made electrically conductive very efficiently, which leads to fast processing times. In this exclusive interview with Power & Beyond, Christopher Dreimol, doctorate at ETH Zürich, explains how it is possible to make wood electrically conductive and in which areas the new process can be applied.