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CES 2023: The eLeap Inverter Can Boost EV Charging Speed by ... (Motor Trend)

A Canadian tech firm's new electric vehicle inverter integration can save the cost and weight of an onboard charger and voltage converter.

Ltd has signed a contract to outfit 15,000 of its delivery vans with the eLeap Power Integrated Inverter starting this year, produced by Chinese Tier I supplier Hasco. Obviously all of the cost and weight of an onboard charger and (where necessary) the 400-800-volt converter plus their associated wiring are simply lined out of the bill of materials. The guts of the Integrated Inverter are not materially different from those in today's inverters, so any net difference in supply or material cost and weight there will be negligible. An onboard charger happens to include much of the same equipment as an inverter, essentially acting like an inverter that's receiving a constant stream of "regenerative braking" energy and converting it to DC power for the battery. As a bonus, the Integrated Inverter is inherently bi-directional as well, so it supports vehicle-to-grid or -home power sharing from the EV battery's stored energy. This allows the new integrated inverter to utilize the existing inductance of the motor stator's copper wire windings, which serves as a de facto limit to the charging power.

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Tesla claims its new solar inverter is much cheaper than the ... (Electrek)

In the paper, Tesla claims that the trade-off for the lower output was worth it since its analysis resulted in a 6% lower Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE):. To ...

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