Automotive Engineering - March 2022 - 2

CONTENTS
FEATURES
14 The ONE for battery innovation
COVER STORY
Michigan-based battery upstart Our Next Energy is tackling energy
density, cost and safety with new approaches to architecture and
cell chemistries.
18 Motor moves PROPULSION
With EVs on the path to high-volume market penetration,
automaker and supplier drive-motor production strategies come
into focus.
24 Expanding ADAS roles for radar
and cameras ADAS SENSORS
Evolving into lidar alternatives, the bread-and-butter sensors of
ADAS are seeing potential far beyond commodity status.
ON THE COVER
Michigan-based EV battery startup Our Next Energy brings
innovative cell technologies and battery architectures to meeting
OEM and consumer demands for vehicle range and performance.
Company founder and CEO Mujeeb Ijaz, shown in ONE's Novi
headquarters with an Aries LFP battery pack, is playing to win.
(Photo by Lindsay Brooke)
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4 Editorial: The other existential threat
5 Supplier Eye
The new EV-driven regional supply focus
6 Technology Report
6 Wheel-hub motor innovations in 'flux' |
PROPULSION
8 Purdue prototypes new EV fast-charge cable |
ELECTRIFICATION
10 GM reveals hydrogen-fueled power generator
and EV rapid-charger | ALTERNATIVE FUELS
11 2022 SAE President Sri Srinath: Engineer,
leader, mentor | PEOPLE
12 Light-vehicle horsepower hits historic high
in 2021 | POWERTRAIN
12 ZF debuts new chip-agnostic EV inverter,
ADAS for Vinfast | ELECTRIFICATION
13 GM and Qualcomm partner for Ultra Cruise |
ADAS
28 Product Briefs
Spotlight: Thermal Management, Hardware
& Software
32 Reader Feedback
33 Companies Mentioned, Ad Index
34 Q&A
Clarios chief sustainability officer Adam
Muellerweiss on how the company's 100-plus
years of battery-recycling experience can inform
the new era of electrification.
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