CAR magazine UK reveals Mercedes' efforts to develop new technology for future battery-electric cars
‘Cylinder deactivation for batteries.’ That’s how a new innovation in power converter technology is being billed as by Mercedes-Benz engineers working on the future development of EVs.
‘We’d like to introduce a new software-based one. One that uses not only the magnetic field but the electric field as well, where the transfer of energy won’t happen via an iron core and copper winding, but in a system in the near-field area with a higher frequency.’ ‘It’s kind of like cylinder deactivation 2.0.’ Stelter smiles. ‘With this we can run different cells in parallel, and we don’t care about the chemistry anymore,’ he adds, pointing to the fact that higher-density cells can be used for high-power or long-distance driving, while less dense ones could be activated for urban or slower driving situations.
‘The power converter technology is an enable for this to work,’ says Schreuders. ‘With EQXX, the solar roof accounted for 30km of extra range – all of the energy in there helped the car go 30km further.’
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