VW Brings Entire EV Drive System Production In-House For Affordability And Efficiency | Carscoops carscoops
Responsible for the efficiency and performance of the powertrain, the pulse inverter is a very important part. Volkswagen’s developers, therefore, have redesigned it from the ground up for the MEB platform, in this generation and the next.As a result of VW’s modularity, it will be possible to fit the same pulse inverter into everything the Volkswagen Group makes. That means that everything from the lowest-powered city car to sports cars with outputs of over 671 hp , the automaker says.
The thermal management system, meanwhile, will replace present day systems—which are saddled with lots of hosing and individual components—with an extremely compact module that controls both the cabin temperature, and the battery’s temperature. Improving the thermal management system will have a major impact on driving range and how quickly it can charge. The new unit will also be lighter, and more efficient than the systems used in VW EVs today.
In all, Volkswagen believes that by designing these systems to work specifically for its own batteries and motors, it can achieve 20 percent more efficiency from its vehicles. From a manufacturing standpoint, meanwhile, the automaker will be able to generate economies of scale by standardizing these parts across its many brands,
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