20 Smart Mobility and the Technologies Paving the Way
Do You Know the Main Functions of
the Battery Management System?
Andreas Schlapka, NXP Semiconductors
T
he automotive industry is speeding toward
some level of the electric vehicle—adapting
itself to the new vehicle electrification
trends by using renewable sources of energy.
Carmakers understand the need to provide a
range of EV options to ease the transition from
internal combustion to fully electric (Figure 1).
The majority of carmaker fleets offer progressively
electrified vehicle options that cover both customer
and government requirements. However, the
automotive industry is working hard to overcome
the hurdle of providing this range of different types
of electric vehicles, with varying architectures within
small delivery windows. Reusing hardware and
software development across different architectures
helps automakers with the challenges that the
market is demanding around costs and time.
