While batteries and motors are the "lead actors" in electric vehicles, power electronics play an equally important behind-the-scenes role. Vehicle power electronics primarily process and control the flow of electrical energy in EVs.
The chaos in supply chains has manufacturers clamoring for storage space to keep contingency inventory—in other words, the reverse of JIT. The new mania is for “just-in-case” inventories. Welcome to the 1970s.
The internal combustion engine may not be dead, but it has lost its spot in the limelight. The global demand for energy without emissions is driving markets and policy. In response, the world has turned its attention to electrification as the future of transportation.
Gentherm Inc. has been assembling a wide range of thermal management products for the automotive industry since 1991, when it was known as Amerigon. In 1996, the company created the industry's first thermoelectrically heated and cooled seat system (called Climate Control Seat).
DETROIT—Production at North American automotive factories is getting back on schedule after last week’s truck-convoy protests on the Amassador Bridge disrupted the flow of goods between between the United States and Canada.
CHARLOTTE, NC—A startup maker of electric delivery vans and buses will add yet another assembly plant here—it’s third in the city and fourth in the region.
SPARTANBURG, SC—BMW’s assembly plant here set a production record during 2021, producing 433,810 BMW X vehicles during the year, a 20 percent increase over 2020 and breaking the previous record of 411,620 units set in 2019.
SILAO, Mexico—Workers at two General Motors’ assembly plants here voted for a new independent union to represent them after ousting an old guard union last year, according to results announced Feb. 3.
DEARBORN, MI—Difficulties in obtaining semiconductor chips will prompt Ford Motor Co. to temporarily halt or scale back production at eight assembly plants in North America.
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