Charged EVs | Video: Electric F-250 showcases Schaeffler’s EV components

Everybody appears to be stepping into the EV sport today. Does the German automotive provider Schaeffler have desires of changing into the following Tesla?

Effectively, not precisely. Sure, the corporate constructed an electrical model of the Ford F-250 pickup truck, and sure, it’s a reasonably cool experience. However the actual level, as Scott from Schaeffler defined to Charged, is to showcase all of the EV expertise that Schaeffler provides to automobile OEMs.

The all-electric pickup includes a novel temperature management system that makes use of the automobile’s radiator to chill the electrical axle, to chill or warmth the battery pack, and to warmth the passenger cabin as well. The impact of maximum climate on EV vary has been a lot within the information recently, so EV makers are prone to discover a extra environment friendly technique of temperature management to be of curiosity.

Schaeffler’s battery system options liquid pouch battery cells and a BMS, which might be packaged in a wide range of type elements to swimsuit an OEM’s wants, because of Schaeffler’s confirmed stamping expertise.

Schaeffler’s prototype electrical axle consists of an 800-volt electrical motor and an 11:1 single-speed gearbox, seamlessly built-in into the F-250’s current axle. It delivers about 5,500 Nm of torque to the tires.

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Supply: Schaeffler Group