Electric Mobility
Description
This book is an Open Access publication on the status quo of electric mobility. The automotive industry is undergoing a profound transformation. With e-mobility, vehicle and drive concepts are changing, and the battery becomes a central component. Power electronics, electric motors, and fuel cells also play a crucial role, reshaping the value chain. This work offers an overview of challenges and solutions-from product development to EV manufacturing, infrastructure, new business models, and sustainability.
How far back does electric mobility's history go? What systems can be found in electric vehicles, and how are they integrated? Which technical and legal framework applies? What is the state of infrastructure? Which new business models emerge along the electric vehicle value chain? And how sustainable is e-mobility? These and other questions are answered in the course of seven chapters, updated with the latest technological developments.
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Persons
Professor Dr.-Ing. Achim Kampker has been a university professor in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University since April 2009. From 2009 to 2013, he headed the Chair of Production Management at the Machine Tool Laboratory (WZL) there. In 2014, he founded the Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH, which he has headed ever since. Achim Kampker is co-inventor of the "StreetScooter" electric vehicle and is involved in numerous commitments and initiatives in the fields of battery production, electromobility and sustainability.
Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Heiner Hans Heimes has been Managing Senior Engineer of the Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University since 2019 and, together with Professor Achim Kampker, is responsible for the strategic and operational management of the chair. From 2010 to 2014, Heiner Heimes was a research associate at the Machine Tool Laboratory (WZL) at RWTH Aachen University and headed the Electromobility Laboratory (eLab) at RWTH Aachen University from 2015 to 2019. Dr. Heiner Heimes' field of research includes the production technology of lithium-ion batteries, on which he has developed a lecture at RWTH Aachen University.
Content
Introduction.- Basics.- Infrastructure.- Business models along the electric mobility value chain.- Vehicle design for electric mobility.- Development of electric vehicle-specific systems.