Battery Design for Successful Electrification in Public Transport

Energies 2015, 8(7), 6715-6737; doi:10.3390/en8076715 http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/7/6715 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Electrical Power and Energy Systems for Transportation Applications) Abstract Public transport is an especially promising sector for full electric vehicles due to the high amount of cycles and predictable workload. This leads to a high amount of different vehicle concepts ranging from large batteries, designed […]

Analysis and Design of a Permanent Magnet Bi-Stable Electro-Magnetic Clutch Unit for In-Wheel Electric Vehicle Drives

Energies 2015, 8(6), 5598-5612; doi:10.3390/en8065598 Article Analysis and Design of a Permanent Magnet Bi-Stable Electro-Magnetic Clutch Unit for In-Wheel Electric Vehicle Drives Wanli Cai * , Chenglin Gu and  Xiaodong Hu + Authors’ affiliation  Received: 9 March 2015 / Revised: 29 May 2015 / Accepted: 1 June 2015 / Published: 11 June 2015 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Electrical Power and Energy […]

@DerbyUniIISE adds new composite 3-d printing capability

Institute Launches the Latest Technologies to Support Companies to Innovate. Derby’s Institute for Innovation in Sustainable Engineering (IISE) celebrates its first birthday on 22nd June, with the launch of the very latest 3D printer, a UK first. This printer will not only produce high quality, high strength, lightweight 3D components from computer generated designs, but […]