No owner wants to see a small puddle of mysterious fluid under their vehicle. While electric vehicles (EVs) rely on electrons instead of petrol or diesel and require less maintenance than their internal combustion engine (ICE) counterparts, it's easy to become complacent about regular checks.
The cars we drive today are different from the cars of yesteryear. Some of the features that our vehicles now include would make some of our ancestors faint.
For nearly three years, the global supply chain for practically anything has left a lot to be desired.
The heart of an electric vehicle (EV) is its battery pack, and the module cell connection system is the infrastructure that connects the individual cells to the high-voltage output of the pack.
Ask any manufacturer in any industry what issue has been one of the biggest challenges since 2020 and most will say the same thing: supply chain management.
As we all found out during the onset of this decade (the COVID years), supply chains are a fragile thing.
But even without a pandemic, supply chains can make or break a production schedule.
Unfortunately, even in the best of times, there will always be some sort of supply chain challenge to overcome.
There’s no arguing that electric vehicles are changing the world.
Not only are they reducing our dependence on fossil fuels, but they're also making clean energy more accessible.
Outside of transportation, however, they're having an even bigger impact. Beyond lower emissions and charging stations popping up in the parking lots of major retailers, EVs are forcing governments and corporations to rethink how business is conducted.
The EU Battery Regulation and the preceding EU Battery Directive are prime examples.
Consider the sound system that’s in your electric vehicle’s design.
A necessity for many drivers and passengers, the system represents what we see with many other elements of the EV. There's a good chance the radio was made by one manufacturer while the speakers were by another. The software that controls the radio – that was probably done by another company, too.
In the history of automotive manufacturing, complete in-house construction of vehicles has been a rarity – especially at the mass-production level.
Put simply, it’s near impossible to build a vehicle – even electric – without incorporating parts from external sources into their builds.
In any manufacturing operation, what often derails production schedules?
Ask any driver what’s the most important feature of their car or truck, and most will likely say the ability to safely get from point A to point B. That is, after all, the primary function of a vehicle.