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For my fi rst editor’s letter for this esteemed publication
I feel it’s befi tting to share my fi rst experience of an electric
car. It was 2007, and I was given the chance to review one
of the fi rst ever electric Smart cars, which were part of a
‘see how it goes’ kind of trial by the brand in London. It was
an experience that ended badly. So bad in fact, that after it
inexplicably conked out (despite having nearly full charge)
it resulted in me having to push the little car across two lanes
of angry, honking morning rush hour traffi c in, none other
than, Trafalgar Square.
Back then, electric cars were the butt of jokes, I remember
people would actually point and laugh when a G-Wiz drove
past. I might have even been one of them after that incident.
Fast forward to today, and it’s a different world. During a
recent trip to Switzerland to watch the penultimate round of
the 2019 Formula E season I was left so impressed I literally
wrote home about it.
Of course, the racing series is an incredible success story
and exhibition of electrifi cation technology in its own right,
but it was what I saw around it that left me applauding.
Everywhere I looked were signs of how much the country is
supporting and encouraging the electric mobility movement.
Bikes, motorbikes, scooters, cars, buses – they were all
busy on the streets of Bern or silently zipping around Zurich.
What epitomized this though, was a small, fairly tiredlooking
restaurant that caught my eye during a car journey
up a meandering mountain road. The chalet was so isolated
it had only cows for company, but what did I see outside?
Two perfectly presented parking spaces each with a rapid
charger. Impressed.
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This feeling though swiftly turned to depression when
back home in the UK, as I just didn’t feel the same buzz,
enthusiasm or initiative. I know, it’s easy to feel this way
about your own manor when looking over the fence at
Switzerland – it’s the do-no-wrong neighbor with the spotless
lawn, who puts the bins out ahead of time and waxes the car
on a Sunday.
But then, Lotus happened. The British sportscar maker
has taken the wraps off its Evija, quite possibly the maddest
and most ambitious electric car ever. Okay, it’s backed by
Chinese investment but it’s a British brand, and it’s being built
here in Britain. Our cover story (page 62) explores how Lotus
is planning to revive the iconic brand and raise the bar with
the country’s fi rst ever electric hypercar (and world’s most
powerful to boot).
Funnily enough, through chance, rather than design, this
issue has an emerging pattern celebrating British innovation,
technology and engineering in the electric vehicle industry.
On page 88, we fi nd out what goes on at Williams
Advanced Engineering, one of the UK’s most innovativethinking
companies and behind market-defi ning
electrifi cation projects, including, you guessed it – the Evija.
We’ve got British electric motorcycle brand Arc building
its all-electric Vector (page 25), technology startup Sprint
Power doing great things with induction charging (page 122),
and the brains over at University College London making us
proud with their work on building better battery technology
(page 128). Okay, now I’m impressed. I hope you will be too.
James Billington
CONTENTS
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
148. Testing emerging EV technologies
(D&V Electronics)
153. Simplifying fast charging
(Phoenix Contact)
156. High voltage isolation
(Tenneco Powertrain)
158. Inverter innovation (Eaton)
160. Transformative tech (ZF)
162. Silver lining (Alpha Assembly)
164. Model behavior (Ricardo)
166. Peak performance (Danfoss)
168. Formula for success (Mouser)
170. Accurate modal analysis
(Brüel & Kjær)
172. Hybridize to survive
(GKN Automotive)
174. Streamlining operations (Omron)
176. Temperature in control (Semikron)
178. Performance IPM motors (Unico)
180. High voltage solution
(Huber + Suhner)
182. Infrastructure investment
(Grob-Werke)
184. Zero emission efforts (AVL)
186. Battery pack test safety (Chroma)
188. Smarter data management (Ipetronik)
190. Development test tools (Yokogawa)
192. Changes in CAE (Romax)
194. Stamping die precision
(Oberg Industries)
196. The e-mobility laboratory
(Von Roll)
197. Embedding MOSFETs (Infi neon)
198. LCV electrifi cation (Magna)
199. Cool runnings (PWR)
200. Emission-free freighting
(Hydrogenics)
201. Appropriate EV power (IES Synergy)
202. Batteries with a boost (Frauenhofer)
203. E-drive innovation (Mavel)
204. Advanced battery testing (Maccor)
205. Flexible cooling solutions (Miba)
206. EVSE infrastructure
(Universal Electric Corporation)
207. Testing climate components
(Poppe + Potthoff)
208. Products & services in brief
EDITOR’S NOTE
Editorial
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