The shift from the conventional vehicle towards the various hybrid technologies and purely electrically driven vehicles has already begun. The range of micro, mild, full and plug-in hybrids already available or poised for launch is a clear indicator that electromobility is regarded as our biggest short-to-medium-term hope for environmentally-friendly mobility.

In recent years, the Mobility Department's Electric Drive Technologies Business Unit has positioned itself as a recognised development centre for electric drive concepts, helping both manufacturers and suppliers adapt to the electric era.

The team of around 35 researchers is focused on optimising not just the energy storage device, i.e. the battery, but also the entire powertrain, from the power electronics to the final drive as well as the vehicle itself, in a bid to extract maximum efficiency.

Using sophisticated simulation methods, experts combine the thermal, electrical and mechanical properties of the various components of the powertrain in order to be able to simulate the entire vehicle as accurately as possible and to optimise it accordingly.

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