Autonomous & Electric Mobility recently asked John Nunneley, senior vice president of design engineering and IT at Hitachi Astemo Americas Inc., to talk about how the company is meeting the needs of electric vehicle manufacturers.

Numerous dispensing applications are required in the production of traction motors for electric and hybrid vehicles. Bus bar potting is one of them.

YOKOHAMA, Japan—Nissan Motor Corp. has unveiled a new approach to electrified power train development and manufacturing.

Traditionally, electric traction motors use permanent magnets made with rare-earth metals. However, materials such as dysprosium and neodymium are a limited resource.

Electric motors in cars are omnipresent, but they are also well hidden. In today’s late model vehicles, more than 30 motors are typically used to power a variety of applications, including ABS pumps, central locking systems, exterior mirrors, seat adjusters, window regulators and windshield wipers.