Oshkosh Corporation, a purpose-built vehicles and equipment company, has invested in Eatron Technologies, a developer of Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered Battery Management Software (BMS).
Oshkosh’s investment in Eatron supports its vision to leverage advanced analytics and predictive modelling for lithium-ion batteries to manage its wide range of electric vehicles (EVs).
“The investment in Eatron Technologies is part of our broader strategy to collaborate with advanced technology companies to accelerate bringing best-in-class innovation to our customers,” said John Pfeifer, president and CEO of Oshkosh Corporation. “AI-enabled BMS aligns with our electrification and advanced analytics focus areas. It will bring enhanced safety and continuous performance optimization to our EV product line.”
Eatron is developing smarter battery management technology by implementing an intelligent software layer on top of existing battery control platforms that can be hosted on the cloud or on the edge. It’s BMS combines models of the battery with AI and advanced estimation methods to ensure accurate and reliable predictions about the battery’s state, health, and operation.
“Funding from Oshkosh Corporation will enable Eatron to develop and deploy new embedded and cloud-based features for our unique software platform,” said Umut Genc, founder and CEO of Eatron. “The world is increasingly moving towards software-defined vehicles and batteries, and we are at the forefront of offering intelligent software solutions to speed up this transformation.”
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