Market Ramp-Up of Electric Vehicles: Charging Points in France until 2030
UPDATE 2022 We have updated our whitepaper on the market ramp-up of EV & charging points in France until 2030 to consider the development of this fast-changing market in 2021. Therefore, we added the data for 2021 on the status quo of the EV market in France (e.g. new registrations of EVs, public charging points, […]
Predictive Maintenance in Cell Manufacturing
Master Thesis by Markus Kreilinger The increase in battery production, including numerous “gigafactories”, implies inevitable improvement in manufacturing efficiency and productivity. The need for reduced downtime and maintenance expenses is a critical aspect for manufacturers in a competitive market. Predictive maintenance is the key for enhanced condition monitoring and fault prediction of equipment. This allows […]
Semiconductor Management – Microcontroller Units (MCUS)
Current market development & implications for the automotive industry Microcontroller Unit (MCU) lead times are currently twice as high as the market average for semiconductors. This is mainly due to a front-end bottleneck with ~90% of the market being controlled by the top 5 MCU designers. TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) alone holds ~70% of […]
Study – Cell behavior at low temperatures and the importance of preconditioning
Especially in winter times, we as P3 often receive enquiries from our network why their electric vehicles do not reach the range and charge as fast as promised by the manufacturers. To analyse this phenomenon, the P3 experts have performed a study with actual test data to get to the bottom of this issue. Why […]
Smart Charging: the upcoming Revolution of Electric Vehicle Economics
IMPROVED Corporate Finance and P3 are delighted to publish their co-authored white paper on the most recent market developments and investment activity in Smart Charging: “Smart Charging: The Upcoming Revolution of Electric Vehicle Economics Amsterdam | Stuttgart (January 20th, 2022) Enhanced integration of EV charging in a smart and connected environment will become a key […]
Teleoperation – Cost Efficiency through driverless Logistics
Teleoperation – the remote control of vehicles via mobile network – already today offers a promising efficiency potential. This technology finds profitable applications both in the development of autonomous vehicles and in the execution of standardized driving tasks. For this reason, P3 and FERNRIDE are announcing their cooperation to develop a customer-oriented “teleoperation-as-a-service“ business model. […]
AUTOMOTIVE EMBEDDED OS
Google’s Android Automotive OS operating system for connected in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems is already disrupting the traditional automotive infotainment landscape. In this technical white paper, we provide an overview of the features and architecture of the embedded Android Automotive Embedded OS to support the decision-making process of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier 1 suppliers […]