volkswagen tells us more about his future electric transmission tomorrow, for which the German firm will be manufacture of each of the main elements in-house. In this way, processes and costs will be optimized and efficiency will increase by 20%, just by improving the compatibility between the different elements that make it up.

“The Volkswagen Group and its brands are synonymous with exceptional products and innovative technologies. The size and scope of our Group, as well as our in-house expertise, enable us to achieve significant economies of scale for the benefit of our customers and the quality of our vehicles.”– said Oliver Blum, chairman of the board of the Volkswagen concern.

Volkswagen: own development of electric transmission

Thus, in addition to batteries and electric motors, the Volkswagen Group will now develop pulse width modulation (PWM) inverters and temperature management systems.

On an electric transmission, the PWM inverter is the brain of the transmission that helps increasing efficiency and productivity. Volkswagen engineers started from scratch to design the hardware and software components of this in-house developed inverter.

It has a modular basis, which will allow it to be integrated into many electric motors, from the most modest to the most sporty. In this regard, the Volkswagen Group has already announced that it is working on engines for its future sports models with a capacity of more than 680 horsepower (500 kW). This technology, which will soon be mass produced, is already compatible with the next generation of vehicles based on the MEB platform.

Volkswagen: innovative solutions

When it comes to temperature management systems, Volkswagen wants to offer innovative solutionsby replacing various individual thermal management modules and their connections with a particularly compact integrated thermal module.

This will control the air conditioning as well as cool the high voltage battery. Thus, this technology will allowto improve the autonomy of electric cars and their fast chargingbeing significantly lighter, stronger and more efficient than current systems.

Thus, by working on the development of these innovations, Volkswagen responds to the search for increased efficiency as well as economies of scale, which will allow the German group reduce the cost of production.