Hybrid Vehicles Drive New Demands for Power Electronics Expertise

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Hybrid electric vehicle technology is changing the way automobiles are designed. It’s also changing the mix of engineering skills that automakers and their suppliers need to design and build cars. While electronics content has been growing in vehicles for decades, the introduction of HEVs has greatly increased the need for power electronics as the technology requires inverters, dc-dc converters, battery chargers and battery management circuits, motion control circuits, and other power management circuitry. But what do job listings mean to PE specialists who have been working in other segments of the electronics industry? Or to recent graduates of engineering programs? To get some answers I spoke with engineering managers and directors at a few automotive companies to get a broader picture of their requirements.

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David G. Morrison, Editor, How2Power.com , How2Power Today, Jan 01 2010

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