As the electric vehicle (EV) market evolves, automakers remain focused on improving vehicle driving range to help address consumer adoption. Key enablers to improving range include lightweighting of components and improving overall thermal management system efficiency.
Cooper Standard will be presenting on thermal management efficiency at next week’s SPE’s Plastics in Electric & Autonomous Vehicles Conference. The show runs from April 8th to 10th in Troy, Michigan.
Dr. Brian J Cardwell, senior director of advanced fluid handling at Cooper Standard will be addressing the evolving thermal management needs of the automotive industry, presenting “Trends and Novel Solutions for Efficient EV Glycol Thermal Management” on Monday, April 8th at 11:30 a.m. (Conference Hall-I).
Cardwell will offer solutions that address the size and complexity of glycol thermal management systems, as well as novel integration opportunities to deliver improvements in overall system efficiency. He will also highlight how Cooper Standard is using advanced modeling, vertical integration, and lightweight thermoplastic materials to innovate a new family of scalable integrated fluid coolant control products called eCoFlow.
“Simplifying vehicle thermal management systems and improving system efficiency are the keys to unlocking improved electric vehicle range, while also significantly reducing the cost of the battery,” said Cardwell. “Our eCoFlow products significantly simplify fluid handling systems, improving efficiency and reducing vehicle weight to help achieve these goals.”
With the more recent proliferation of EVs with lower glycol coolant temperatures and pressures, Cooper Standard is bringing new, award-winning thermoplastic tube and connection technologies to the marketplace that enable automotive OEMs to improve vehicle range and reduce assembly costs.
The eCoFlow product line, developed in partnership with Saleri, allows Cooper Standard to deliver optimal innovative glycol thermal management system solutions to customers.
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