Main Conference Day 1
8:00 am - 8:45 am Coffee & Registration
8:45 am - 9:00 am Chairperson Opening Remarks
9:00 am - 9:45 am Analyzing Future Role of Li-Ion Batteries
• Updating energy storage systems beyond fossil fuel technologies
• Designing optimum storage architecture using lithium ion technologies
• The role of Fuel cell technologies in determining energy storage solutions in the future of vehicles
George Crabtree
Director, Joint Center for Energy Storage ResearchArgonne National Laboratory
9:45 am - 10:30 am Aspects of Advanced Automotive Low Voltage Battery Technology
· Investigating battery efficiency and technology in low voltage vehicles
· Enhancing safety requirements of new battery technology
· Integrating new batteries into vehicle components
10:30 am - 11:00 am Networking Break
11:00 am - 11:45 am Split Micro-Hybrid Boosting Enabling Highly Diluted Combustion
• Eliminating the slow air-path dynamics associated with turbocharge inertia and high exhaust gas recirculation
• Outlining opportunities in combining low voltage vehicles and advanced combustion
• Predicting and prioritizing the benefits of using electric energy for assisting the engine by accelerating its breathing time
Jason Siegel
Assistant Research Professor; Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Michigan
11:45 am - 12:30 pm 48V Vehicle Subsystem Migration Case Studies
· Cost analysis and cost benefit integration of 48V systems
· Enhancing real world testing and methodologies for better vehicle improvement
· Analyzing the impact of rollout on automakers to meet regulations on tight time frame.
Anson Lee
ChairmanUnited States Council for Automotive Research – Electrical Power Systems Working Group
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm LUNCH
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Determining and designing the optimum 48V energy storage system
· Enhancing battery technology development focused on low-volume, high-voltage applications like HEV, PHEV and EV’s
· Investigating alternative chemistry and system configurations in mass-market vehicles
· Configuring battery system architectures and development to increase vehicle efficiency.
Dave Rich
BFO-BOM Family Owner 12V-48V Vehicle Electrification and Tech DevelopmentGeneral Motors
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Panel: Tackling Challenges to greater vehicle electrification in high volume production
· Regulating design and innovation of different electric machines to meet the needs of powertrain and drivetrain performances.
· Assessing time limitation with quality specification
· Evaluating cost reduction, improving quality, and guaranteeing safety to meet standards.
Paul Nicastri
Retired Technical Leader, Electrical Distribution System ComponentsFord Motor Company
Anson Lee
ChairmanUnited States Council for Automotive Research – Electrical Power Systems Working Group
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm Afternoon Networking
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm 48V Architecture Implications on Power Semiconductor Solutions
· Finding the correct voltage and conversion capacity
· Correcting the imbalance to simplify charging capacity
- Expanding the safety and procedures for hacking
