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- EV Batteries: Is LFP the next best thing?
A lithium iron phosphate (LFP) chemistry for electric vehicle batteries can make them cheaper and avoid the need for materials like nickel or cobalt. So why isn’t everyone using it? Plenty of reasons, but Yufit may have found a way to do it with its smart 3D electrodes.
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26 min - Safely shipping battery shells
As we start to ‘electrify everything,’ more batteries are spending more time in transit. KULR Technologies has been working on ways to safely ship batteries for years, including with NASA. CEO Michael Mo stops by to explain how it works, and how it can affects electric vehicles.
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26 min - Chip shortage vs. software bloat
Altia CEO Mike Juran returns to Transmission to talk about ways to solve the auto industry’s chip shortage crisis in a way that doesn't simply require more chips, pronto. Software bloat is hampering progress, and how rewriting code - especially from the beginning of a new automotive project - helps in the long run.
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25 min - Why tires are so important for electric vehicles
Automakers are working with tire manufacturers to find just the right balance between low rolling resistance, immediate grip and noise reduction for their new EVs. This week, Pirelli’s Bryce Jones joins us to talk about these factors as well as how today’s supply chain challenges affect the production of new tires.
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26 min - Just how vital is tungsten to electric vehicles, anyway?
This week, we dig deep into the realities of tungsten and what it means for electric vehicles with Almonty CEO Lewis Black. Black returns to Transmission to talk about how the pandemic has affected the world’s supply of tungsten, what the realities are of starting up new mines and how EV adoption can worsen our supply chain troubles.
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20 min - Cybertech suppliers in the auto industry
Changes keep coming for the auto industry’s supply chains, and GuardKnox thinks we need a new category of suppliers, the cybertech tier, which can help deal with the chip shortage through features like Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA).
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28 min - UBQ Materials Turns Trash To Treasure
UBQ returns to Transmission to discuss updates to their waste-to-thermoplastic technology, especially how the material can be found in the Mercedes Vision EQXX concept car that was unveiled at CES in January.
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26 min - Just how beneficial are GaN chips for EVs, anyway?
For decades, semiconductor chips have relied on silicon. But gallium nitride (GaN) is a new material for chips that could improve electric vehicle charging times while also reducing costs. Of course, these kinds of benefits are not free, and Navitas CEO Gene Sheridan explains the work that has to happen to get GaN into future EVs.
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26 min - Amazon Web Services helps Stellantis with digital tools than can move exabytes
Amazon Web Services recently announced it is working with Stellantis to develop future vehicle platforms. The two main features of AWS’ contribution here are a virtual engineering workbench and a vehicle data mesh, both of which can be used to get software defined vehicles ready for production faster.
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26 min - How better maps make for better EVs and supply chains
HERE Technologies describes itself as a “global mapping and location data platform company,” and what that long description really means is that it’s a company that deals with precise mapping information, the kind that can make our supply chains and electric vehicles work better.
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Built to chronicle the seismic shift in auto supplier networks as the industry goes cross-border and electric.