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Industry Provides Insight on Powering the Future of Electric Vehicles

July 8, 2022

Hear various industry perspectives on working with electric vehicles, and the components which power them, during this July 28 educational event.

Sara Jensen

Electrification is impacting every mobile vehicle industry—from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks and transit buses to construction equipment and agricultural machinery. As such, manufacturers are developing and integrating a variety of new technologies such as electric motors and battery systems while also determining how best to utilize them in tandem with existing components such as hydraulics. To help design teams better understand how various technologies are coming together to enable vehicle electrification, Power & Motion, in partnership with Machine Design, has put together a series of educational sessions under the topic Powering the Future of Electric Vehicles. Each session highlights a key topic or subject related to electrification and the various components and systems which enable it. Sessions are available for viewing starting July 28.

Registration is free, and prizes can be won by active session visitors that aggregate the most points!

Powering the Future of Electric Vehicles is part of Power & Motion's Engineering Academy, a collection of educational sessions on various industry topics such as robotics and the Internet of Things (IoT) put together in conjunction with colleagues at Machine Design, Electronic Design and Microwaves & RF. Some of the most recent events include:

Robotics by Design
Power Systems Design
Chiplets - Electronic Design Automation

The Powering the Future of Electric Vehicles event includes panel discussions and technical presentations with various industry experts who are able to provide their perspectives on working with electric vehicles and the components and systems which help power them.

A close up of the battery system for Volvo Trucks' VNR Electric, a fully electric Class 8 truck.

Best Practices for Working with High Voltage Batteries and Systems

In this 30-minute Technical Session, Mike Terzo, CEO of Terzo Power Systems — and a member of Power & Motion's editorial advisory board — overviews lessons his company has learned when working with high-voltage systems. Currently, there are no industry standards for working with the high-voltage systems that are now prevalent in electric-powered vehicles and equipment, particularly for heavier duty applications. This session will dive into how best to work with these systems, what dangers there are if proper precautions are not taken and how the industry could go about standardizing methods for working with high voltage systems.

How to Leverage the Best of Hydraulics with Emerging Battery-Electric Technology for Mobile Equipment

Jay Schultz, Electrification Business Development manager at Parker Hannifin, leads this technical session overviewing integration of hydraulics with electric power systems. It will offer an evaluation of what approaches to take when integrating these systems, best practices for doing so as well as a real-world example with a heavy equipment OEM.

An OEMs Perspective on Going Electric

Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) developing various types of electric vehicles will offer their perspectives during this panel discussion on designing electric vehicles, the technologies being utilized and how they are working with industry suppliers.

Insights will be provided by three panelists from the heavy-duty truck and off-highway equipment industries:

Steve Heckeroth, founder and chief innovation officer at Solectrac
George Fotopoulos, vice president of E-Mobility at Mack Trucks Inc.
Brad Stemper, lead, North America Construction Equipment Product Management at CASE Construction Equipment

How to Prepare for EV Adoption

For manufacturers looking to get into the field of electric vehicles there are many aspects which need to be considered for design, manufacturing, distribution, and service of electric vehicles and the components which help power them. In this panel discussion, two subject-matter experts provide their industry perspectives on the various aspects which need to be taken into consideration when adopting electric vehicles and associated products into your product platform.

During this session, viewers can hear insights from:

Jason Schneider, head of Controls Engineering for Drive System Design
Dave Grabau, business development manager at Moog Construction

About the Author

Sara Jensen | Technical Editor, Power & Motion

Sara Jensen is technical editor of Power & Motion, directing expanded coverage into the modern fluid power space, as well as mechatronic and smart technologies.

She has over 15 years of publishing experience, which includes working at her college newspaper as a copy editor and then an editor, as well as at a supply catalog company as a copy writer. Prior to Power & Motion she spent 11 years with a trade publication for engineers of heavy-duty equipment, the last 3 of which were as the editor and brand lead.

Over the course of her time in the B2B industry, Sara has gained an extensive knowledge of various heavy-duty equipment industries — including construction, agriculture, mining and on-road trucks —along with the systems and market trends which impact them. She looks forward to continuing to expand that knowledge to now include a deeper dive into fluid power and motion control technologies and the various markets in which they're utilized including heavy equipment and manufacturing.

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