China EV maker NIO Inc (NYSE:NIO) has chosen Melexis' cutting-edge current sensor chips for their traction inverter systems. These advanced chips, tailored for the challenging environment of electric ...

A German automotive supplier has unveiled a new technology to measure the temperature inside permanently excited synchronous motors, which are used in electric vehicles (EVs), directly on the rotor ...

Automakers are racing to redesign the heart of the electric vehicle, the traction motor, so they can cut their dependence on rare earth metals without sacrificing performance. BMW, General Motors and ...

More efficient, smaller, and lighter traction inverters for EVs can be created by integrating current sensors directly into SiC-based power modules. Silicon Austria Labs (SAL), a power semiconductor ...

Although technically a lot simpler, mechanical speaking, than their internal combustion engine (ICE) counterparts, electric cars are also a lot more complicated. That's because they rely on a wide ...