Automotive And Transportation

Green transportation is gaining traction with an estimated 13.8 growth CAGR in the electric-vehicle market through 2032.

This growth stems in part from governments’ push for reduced emissions along with the accompanying subsidies and mandates. But electric vehicles’ success largely results from the tremendous progress that vehicle makers and their suppliers have made in areas ranging from battery technology to power semiconductors for DC/DC converters, traction inverters, vehicle onboard chargers, and level 3 fast chargers.

And as hydrogen infrastructure continues to roll out, hydrogen fuel cells will play a role, too.  Market research shows that the hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle market is growing at a CAGR of 68.52% and will reach $46.89 billion by 2030.

AMETEK Programmable Power is well positioned to serve the emerging electric-vehicle segment while continuing to provide automotive electromechanical-component and ECU test solutions plus hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation solutions for conventional internal-combustion-engine vehicles.

The key automotive and transportation tests provided are as follows:

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The company offers a full lineup of programmable power supplies and electronic loads, with some examples listed here:

• To support automotive component,  battery testing, and battery simulation, AMETEK offers:
  
  • Asterion DC - High-Performance DC Power Supplies
    
  • Asterion DC ASA - 3-Channel Autoranging Programmable DC Power Supplies
    
  • Mi-BEAM: Air-cooled Bidirectional DC Source (12kW to 1.2MW)
    
  • i-BEAM: Air-cooled and Liquid-cooled Bi-directional DC Source (up to 1.3MW)
    
    
• To address Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation and testing, we provide:
  
  • HPX Series - High Power Density Programmable DC Supply
    
  • Sequoia Series: Regenerative AC Grid Simulator (15 kVA to 1.08 MVA)
    
    
• To enable transient-response tests on automotive electrical systems, we offer:
  
  • Asterion AC - Single & Three Phase AC Power Sources
    
    
• To simulate the fast transients that an automotive ECU must tolerate during normal operation, we provide:
  
  • DLM Series - Programmable DC Power Supplies
    
  • PLA/PLW Series Electronic Loads

AMETEK Programmable Power specializes in programmable AC and DC power supplies and loads tailored for battery-electric, hybrid-electric, and fuel-cell-powered vehicles. Our products support a wide range of applications, including battery and fuel-cell simulation, as well as traction-inverter testing. Examples include:

• PLA Series - Air-cooled Programmable DC Electronic Load (800W to 7.5kW)
• PLW Series - Water-cooled Programmable DC Electronic Load (6kW to 250kW)

These high-power-density programmable electronic loads are designed for testing fuel cells in both mobile and fixed applications.

AMETEK Programmable Power is poised to extend its more than 60 years of success serving the automotive and transportation industry into the future, where electric vehicles will win an increasing market share. AMETEK Programmable Power’s modular, scalable, programmable power supplies and loads provide the investment protection and flexibility necessary to keep pace with the rapidly evolving electric vehicle market while enabling test of devices and subsystems ranging from electromagnetic components to battery packs and fuel-cell stacks.
 
For related information, visit the Automotive and Transportation industry page of VTI Instruments, an AMETEK Programmable Power brand.