Hello,

Since our last newsletter, some interesting buzz on grid battery storage (BESS) and electric vehicles where three phase power for the grid and for traction motors is directly synthesized from the battery stack by reconfiguring the XsYp configuration of its modules.

An absolutely brilliant innovation - the plot twist near the end of my writeup explains why I think this tech, which reduces energy consumption by 10% in an EV, and eliminates the traction inverter and AC charger, is nothing short of brilliant.

A lot of favorable 30%'s coming from Eaton and Chargepoint in their latest generation of EV chargers. Murray gets us the lowdown on this one.

Calculating junction temperature is always a challenge and getting it right has a huge impact on things like cost, weight, sustainability, etc. There's a contributed article in today's mix that goes through the process.

Lee gives us a look at TDK's latest SMT inductor for the automotive space, and we wrap up today's newsletter content with this year's EDGE awards winners.

As always, I welcome your subject matter expertise for our worldwide readers to appreciate, so please pop me a paragraph or two about what you'd like to write about and we'll take it from there.

enjoy,

andyT