DALLAS—Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) has unveiled a wireless battery management (BMS) system for electric vehicles. It enables automotive engineers to streamline electrical architectures, simplify packaging, and reduce weight by eliminating bulky cabling and wiring harnesses.

“Wireless BMS empowers [engineers] to reduce the complexity of their designs, improve reliability and reduce vehicle weight to extend driving range,” says Karl-Heinz Steinmetz, general manager for automotive power train systems at TI. “With the flexibility to scale designs across production models, automakers can advance to production faster.”