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Foreword Since the days when Mr. Edward Sundt developed the first fast-acting protective fuse and founded Littelfuse ninety-five years ago, to the first in- dash fuse block to the development of ATO and MINI blade fuses, Littelfuse has been intimately involved in the automotive market. The impending changes and evolutions in automobile design couldn't have been imagined from that beginning or even as recently as 20 years ago. From eight-track players and AM radios to GPS-based navigation, ADAS, and high-fidelity Infotainment systems, the user experience and overall occupant safety have increased many folds. Likewise, from crank starting ignitions and internal combustion engines, the automobile, in fact the entire mobility market, is set to transition to cleaner, more efficient battery-based propulsion. eMobility will bring electrical systems that are far more complex than the standard 12VDC and 24VDC systems found in conventional internal combustion-powered vehicles. The addition of the high-voltage battery pack and electrified powertrain dramatically complicate the design, protection, and control of the electrical architecture. In this eBook, we will explore the systems that replace the traditional internal combustion engine, transmission, and drivetrain. Along the way, we'll look at challenges that designers face as well as introduce Littelfuse solutions that solve the protection, control, and sensing needs of the entire powertrain. From those first days of Edward Sundt's fast-acting fuse, Littelfuse has itself evolved to be able to bring not just fuses, but also power semiconductors, surge protection devices, contactors, sensors, enclosures, and other solutions to this new market. Littelfuse (NASDAQ: LFUS) is an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world. Across more than 15 countries, and with 17,000 global associates, we partner with customers to design and deliver innovative, reliable solutions. Serving over 100,000 end customers, our products are found in a variety of industrial, transportation and electronics end markets – everywhere, every day. Learn more at Littelfuse.com. Mouser Electronics, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is an authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor focused on New Product Introductions from its leading manufacturer partners. Serving the global electronic design engineer and buyer community, the global distributor's website, mouser.com, is available in multiple languages and currencies and features more than 6.8 million products from over 1,200 manufacturer brands. Mouser offers 27 support locations worldwide to provide best-in-class customer service in local language, currency and time zone. The distributor ships to over 650,000 customers in 223 countries/territories from its 1 million- square-foot, state-of-the-art distribution facilities in the Dallas, Texas, metro area. For more information, visit https://www.mouser.com. By Matt Cole, SVP, eMobility and Corporate Strategy, Littelfuse 5 7 Experts on Automotive Powertrains