Automotive (Page 11)

A standard electric vehicle (EV) automotive battery can be decomposed into cell level, module level, and pack level. A cell mainly includes the anodes and cathodes, a module includes multiple cells, and a pack includes multiple modules. The three most common metal-to-metal joints in a lithium-ion battery pack are foil-to-tab, tab-to-tab, and tab-to-bus. All three...

With an array of enhancements in recent years, laser welding offers many advantages as a joining process for automotive components. EWI Principal Engineer Eric Stiles has written Laser Welding for Automotive Electronics to present a range of advantages and applications of laser welding for vehicle parts and products. You are invited to download this paper...

The use of polymers in automobile manufacturing is commonplace these days – for good reason. Replacing metal parts with plastic components contributes to lighter overall weight, greater fuel efficiency, ergonomic exteriors, safe and stylish lighting, comfortable interiors, and improved noise reduction. It can be tricky, though, to join polymers – to each other, metal parts,...