Explore Innovations in High-Voltage Power Supply Including 400V & 800V
And Reinvestigate 48V Architecture in Future Vehicles

22nd - 24th October, 2024 | Munich, Germany

Angus Lyon

Director Rockfort Engineering Limited

Angus has over 25 years’ experience within automotive OEMs, Tier1s and start-ups as well as championship winning Formula 1 and Formula E teams. Throughout this time, Angus gained a strong and in-depth understanding of all areas of active vehicle and powertrain systems including electric propulsion systems. In 2013 this culminated in Angus delivering a world land speed record holding electric race car, the Drayson B12/69 EV. Angus subsequently founded engineering consultancy Rockfort Engineering Ltd and heads up the engineering and commercial activities of the company supported by a strong and highly experienced engineering and administration team.

HIGH-VOLTAGE MAIN DAY 1

9:20 AM COST-REDUCTION, HIGH POWER DENSITY, REDUCED WEIGHT: HOW IS THE INDUSTRY COPING WITH THIS TRIANGLE OF TRADE-OFFS?

Right now, the target for OEMs is to reduce the price of the EV, while improving efficiency, having higher autonomy, and delivering ultra-fast charging capabilities. Charging targets are much higher than ever before; OEMs are looking for a 10% charge to 80% charge in 10-12 minutes. Ultimately, buyer decisions are down to charging time and range. What the end user is seeing is ‘How many kilometres can I drive and how long does it take to recharge the vehicle?’.

How quickly a vehicle charges and how far it goes on one charge is down to the battery’s power density and weight. You can put a larger, higher voltage battery in a vehicle, but that will jeopardise weight and cost. You can find a higher energy density in different cell chemistries, but you then need to enhance your thermal management system and safety system to make the device safe and working under all conditions. This will also add cost.

While batteries have not yet reached their theoretical limits concerning energy densities, and making sure batteries remain light and more energy-dense is a high priority, OEMs are facing a real conundrum. This is a tricky trade-off triangle.

  • This panel of experts will address this big issue and share what their companies are doing to cope with end-user demand, and how they are finding the optimal balance between cost, power density, weight, charging time and range

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Angus.

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