{"id":691,"date":"2023-07-24T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T05:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apers.ro\/?p=691"},"modified":"2023-07-24T05:00:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T05:00:27","slug":"tu-e-students-unveil-worlds-fastest-charging-electric-race-car-for-long-distance-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apers.ro\/en\/2023\/07\/24\/tu-e-students-unveil-worlds-fastest-charging-electric-race-car-for-long-distance-races\/","title":{"rendered":"TU\/e students unveil world\u2019s fastest charging electric race car for long-distance races"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"wd-text-block-css\" href=\"https:\/\/apers.ro\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/css\/parts\/el-text-block.min.css?ver=7.0.4\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\" \/> \t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-64be020e5bf6f\" class=\"wd-text-block wd-wpb reset-last-child wd-rs-64be020e5bf6f text-left \">\n\t\t\t<p>Now, charging your electric car takes 20 to 45 minutes in most cases. But soon you might just be able to get back on the road after paying for a Snickers and a quick visit to the toilet. Yesterday, TU Eindhoven (TU\/e) student team InMotion unveiled an electric race car with a charging time of just 3 minutes and 56 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>The battery pack has a charging power of 322 kW, a total capacity of 29.2 kWh, and a range of 250 kilometers. The team managed to cut 66 percent off the charging time in the past 2.5 years \u2013 last year it was 12 minutes. As far as is known, it is the fastest-charging long-distance electric race car in the world.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"wd-section-title-css\" href=\"https:\/\/apers.ro\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/css\/parts\/el-section-title.min.css?ver=7.0.4\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\" \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"wd-mod-highlighted-text-css\" href=\"https:\/\/apers.ro\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/css\/parts\/mod-highlighted-text.min.css?ver=7.0.4\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\" \/> \t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"wd-64be030688e88\" class=\"title-wrapper wd-wpb set-mb-s reset-last-child  wd-rs-64be030688e88 wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default text-left  wd-underline-colored\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"woodmart-title-container title  wd-font-weight-600 wd-fontsize-xl\" >\u2018Quite hectic\u2019<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-64be031729b2a\" class=\"wd-text-block wd-wpb reset-last-child wd-rs-64be031729b2a text-left \">\n\t\t\t<p>On the other side of the screen are team manager Julia Niemeijer and partnership manager Hieke van Heesch. They have had a \u201crather hectic year.\u201d Queen Maxima, Minister Harbers, and CEOs of major car manufacturers; all listened to the story of InMotion, based at the Automotive Campus in Helmond.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"wd-photoswipe-css\" href=\"https:\/\/apers.ro\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/css\/parts\/lib-photoswipe.min.css?ver=7.0.4\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\" \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"wd-image-gallery-css\" href=\"https:\/\/apers.ro\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/css\/parts\/el-gallery.min.css?ver=7.0.4\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\" \/> \t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"gallery_606\" class=\"wd-images-gallery wd-rs-64be043be1554 wd-justify-center wd-items-middle view-grid photoswipe-images\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-images row wd-spacing-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-gallery-item col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/apers.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hieke.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-index=\"1\" data-width=\"600\" data-height=\"899\"  title=\"Hieke van Heesch\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/apers.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hieke.jpg\" class=\"wd-gallery-image image-1 attachment-full\" alt=\"Hieke van Heesch\" title=\"Hieke van Heesch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apers.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hieke.jpg 600w, https:\/\/apers.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hieke-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-gallery-item col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/apers.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/JULIA.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-index=\"2\" data-width=\"600\" data-height=\"899\"  title=\"Julia Niemeijer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/apers.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/JULIA.jpg\" class=\"wd-gallery-image image-2 attachment-full\" alt=\"Julia Niemeijer\" title=\"Julia Niemeijer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apers.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/JULIA.jpg 600w, https:\/\/apers.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/JULIA-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-64be04a48d582\" class=\"wd-text-block wd-wpb reset-last-child wd-rs-64be04a48d582 text-left \">\n\t\t\t<p>\u201cWe almost all live in Eindhoven, but occasionally dragged mattresses and sleeping bags here so we could work through the night,\u201d Van Heesch says. It characterizes the passion of the 30-member team. For example, the delivery of a coupling piece for the cooling solution was delayed just before an important deadline in the production process. \u201cWe heard about that on Wednesday evening, and six o\u2019clock the next morning two team members were on their way to the United Kingdom to go get the part themselves then.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\n\t\t<div id=\"wd-64be04c7df250\" class=\"title-wrapper wd-wpb set-mb-s reset-last-child  wd-rs-64be04c7df250 wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default text-left  wd-underline-colored\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"woodmart-title-container title  wd-font-weight-600 wd-fontsize-xl\" >Cooling at the cellular level<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-64be04e29afa9\" class=\"wd-text-block wd-wpb reset-last-child wd-rs-64be04e29afa9 text-left \">\n\t\t\t<p>The key to the revolutionary charging time is in the innovative cooling technology. When a battery pack is charged quickly, a lot of heat is released. Heat is bad for batteries: it causes battery degradation and you lose range. Previous years\u2019 student team developed an innovative cooling technology at the battery module level, placing cooling plates with coolant between the modules.<\/p>\n<p>To get the heat out of the battery pack even better, InMotion yesterday presented a new method, which allows them to cool at the cellular level. Niemeijer: \u201cCoolant now flows between all the cells. So we can now cool the cells individually. This ensures an extended lifespan and also repeated fast charging is no longer harmful to the battery this way.\u201d The team did multiple tests where they (dis)charged the car at race pace for 24 hours and saw no degradation. Exactly how the system works, the team is keeping secret.<\/p>\n<p>Cooling at the cell level is not yet common in electric cars, so InMotion also developed its own modules. \u201cOur technology works at the cell level. There are only a few millimeters between cells, so we really worked on a very small scale,\u201d Niemeijer said. \u201cIn addition, it was also a big challenge to integrate our system into the battery box that was developed in previous years,\u201d Van Heesch adds to her teammate. \u201cYou only have one year, we can\u2019t reinvent everything and focus on where the innovation is.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\n\t\t<div id=\"wd-64be050ca1e5b\" class=\"title-wrapper wd-wpb set-mb-s reset-last-child  wd-rs-64be050ca1e5b wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default text-left  wd-underline-colored\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"woodmart-title-container title  wd-font-weight-600 wd-fontsize-xl\" >Creative with a toaster<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-64be051af40ec\" class=\"wd-text-block wd-wpb reset-last-child wd-rs-64be051af40ec text-left \">\n\t\t\t<p>Getting everything ready in time for the presentation that year was a tough job. \u201cActually, by definition, you set unrealistic goals. But on the other hand, you also want to achieve something in one year. I have eaten at the office more often this year than at home, we can cook very creatively with our sandwich iron,\u201d Van Heesch laughs.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas the current system is specifically designed for race cars, the students want to make electric driving easier \u2013 and thus more accessible \u2013 to consumers. This summer, the team will make the car roadworthy and test it on the track. The challenges that result will be used by the next batch of InMotion graduates. The team has implemented the technology in an LMP3 race car. The ultimate goal? \u201cCompeting in the Le Mans 24-hour race, so we can test our battery pack under the toughest conditions. That is why we have already implemented our technology in an LMP3 race car, the Le Mans prototype class,\u201d Niemeijer replied.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_zigzag][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t\t<div id=\"wd-64be053f5e02c\" class=\"wd-text-block wd-wpb reset-last-child wd-rs-64be053f5e02c text-left \">\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/en\/tu-e-students-unveil-worlds-fastest-charging-electric-race-car-for-long-distance-races\/\">Source<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_zigzag][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,19,22],"tags":[91,62],"class_list":["post-691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electric-vehicles","category-energy-storage","category-innovation","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-hyper-fast-charge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apers.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apers.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apers.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apers.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apers.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apers.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apers.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apers.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apers.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apers.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}