Analog Devices Introduces Automotive Industry’s First Wireless Battery Management System for Electric Vehicles
September 09 2020 - 8:29AM
Business Wire
General Motors to use ADI’s Wireless Battery
Management System Across its Ultium Battery Platform
Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI) today announced the
industry’s first wireless battery management system (wBMS), which
enables automotive manufacturers increased flexibility to scale
their electric vehicle fleets into volume production across a wide
range of vehicle classes. This is the first wireless battery
management system available for production electric vehicles, and
it will debut on General Motors’ production vehicles powered by
Ultium batteries.
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The implementation of ADI’s wBMS eliminates the traditional
wired harness, saving up to 90% of the wiring and up to 15% of the
volume in the battery pack, as well as improving design flexibility
and manufacturability, without compromising range and accuracy over
the life of the battery.
ADI’s wBMS includes all integrated circuits, hardware and
software for power, battery management, RF communication, and
system functions in a single system-level product that supports
ASIL-D safety and module-level security building upon ADI’s proven
industry leading BMS battery cell measurement technology. By
delivering high accuracy for the lifetime of the vehicle, the
system enables maximum energy use per cell required for best
vehicle range and supports safe and sustainable zero-cobalt battery
chemistries, such as lithium iron phosphate (LFP).
“The transition of battery packs from wired to wireless
connectivity enables automotive manufacturers to scale their
electric vehicle platforms across multiple vehicle models to meet
growing consumer demand,” said Patrick Morgan, Vice President,
Automotive at Analog Devices. “Our wBMS solution not only
simplifies manufacturing, but also allows new systems to be built
on wireless data, accelerating the entire industry towards a
sustainable future. We are honored to bring this breakthrough
system innovation to market with General Motors.”
Additional system features enable batteries to measure and
report their own performance, increasing early failure detection,
and enabling optimized battery pack assembly. The data can be
monitored remotely throughout the battery lifecycle – from assembly
to warehouse and transport through installation, maintenance and
into a second-life phase.
ADI and General Motors recently announced a collaboration,
bringing the wBMS technology to General Motors’ Ultium battery
platform. The ADI technology helps ensure scalability of the Ultium
platform across General Motor’s future lineup, which will encompass
different brands and vehicle segments, from work trucks to
performance vehicles.
“We are pleased to collaborate with ADI to take the wBMS
technology to production as part of our ground-breaking Ultium
battery platform,” said Kent Helfrich, Executive Director, Global
Electrification and Battery Systems at General Motors. “ADI’s wBMS
technology enables the more widespread electrification of our
fleet, and we look forward to a continued collaboration with ADI to
deliver innovation in safety, quality, and performance for the
future.”
To learn more about ADI’s wBMS, please visit:
www.analog.com/electrification
Analog Devices, Inc.
Analog Devices (Nasdaq: ADI) is a leading global
high-performance analog technology company dedicated to solving the
toughest engineering challenges. We enable our customers to
interpret the world around us by intelligently bridging the
physical and digital with unmatched technologies that sense,
measure, power, connect and interpret. Visit
http://www.analog.com.
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General Motors
General Motors (NYSE:GM) is a global company committed to
delivering safer, better and more sustainable ways for people to
get around. General Motors, its subsidiaries and its joint venture
entities sell vehicles under the Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac,
Holden, Baojun and Wuling brands. More information on the company
and its subsidiaries, including OnStar, a global leader in vehicle
safety and security services, can be found at
http://www.gm.com.
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Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements
by Messrs. Helfrich and Morgan and other statements regarding the
expected opportunities, utilization, benefits, cost savings,
product and service offerings and developments relating to our
wireless battery management system that are based on current
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