High performance or heavy weight electric vehicles (EVs) require high power electric drive
(e-drive) systems. However, availability of automotive qualified power devices with …

Numerous ideas to improve traction inverters for future electric vehicles were presented in
literature. However, fair experimental comparisons of these concepts are rare. In this work …

General Motors (GM) has always been the global leader of electrified vehicle designs for
mass transportation. Power density, volume, cost and efficiency of traction power inverter …

The requirements on volumetric density of power electronic converters in electric vehicles
are increasing, since more space is needed for electronic systems and passenger capacity …

A surge in usage of electric vehicles in transportation sector over the past decade is
overwhelming. Recent trends in the design of traction inverters employed in commercially …

Traction inverters are crucial components of modern electrified automotive powertrains.
Advances in power electronics have enabled lower cost inverters with high reliability …

The DC-link capacitor represents a critical component in electric vehicle traction inverters,
given that it constitutes the largest single volume within a traction inverter. The DC-link …

Traction inverters are of critical importance in the propulsion systems of hybrid electric
vehicles (HEVs). This paper focuses on major design aspects of HEV traction inverters …

Using a high-voltage DC link in electric vehicles (EVs) can bring such benefits as higher
power density, less weight, smaller components, less loss and heat, and faster charging, etc …

By significantly re-engineering to reduce physical size and mass of the traction power
inverter module (TPIM) for 2 nd generation Chevrolet VOLT Extended-Range EV it is …