New technology from ZF such as powerful 800V motors, high-efficiency reduction gearboxes and suspension dampers are set to dramatically improve the performance of EVs
ZF has also developed a new intelligent suspension system that integrates with the electric motor and its drive components under the control of centralised software that ZF calls Cubix. The Lotus Eletre will also use this system with the aim of delivering high-quality road dynamics.
Dubbed ‘Chassis 2.0’ under the umbrella term software-defined vehicle , Cubix is in effect an on-board supercomputer with the option of liquid-cooling and up to 1500 tetra operations per second programmable to control intelligent dampers, steer-by-wire hardware and brake-by-wire components, while also integrating into the e-motor drive controller. Cubix can also integrate non-ZF components.
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