Full speed ahead for an e-propulsion solution for land, sea and air transport

If the EU is to meet its energy and environmental targets, it will have to find efficient alternatives to fossil fuel. Taking the transport sector, electrification is proving a promising avenue and an EU-funded project, ADEPT, is paving the way forward with its work on e-propulsion systems.

E-propulsion systems are the powertrain systems which provide electrical propulsion for fully electric cars, ships and aircraft. They typically consist of the electrical components, power electronic converters, control systems and batteries, necessary to enable movement in vehicles. If electric vehicles, offering less environmental pollution than fossil fuel powered varieties, are ever to become widely viable, these electric powertrain systems will have to be more efficient than is currently the case.

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