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weaponisation prevention


Battery


Colin Freeman of battery pack specialist company, Potenza Technology, will deliver a presentation on how battery management systems must change to provide protection beyond the battery pack alone and mitigate against potential attacks in an increasingly connected environment. As all


to revolution Dyrr Ardash of Williams Advanced Engineering will give


cars are becoming more connected, Freeman says there is a real danger that warfare moves to a model where connected assets are attacked, including cars charging in garages. He will explain how compromised high-power bat- tery systems can lead to thermal events that can be highly destructive.


the keynote address with “The Road to EV: Spark to Revolu- tion” in which he’ll discuss how the automotive industry can improve the attractiveness of EVs to consumers in terms of


range, safety and performance. Ardash considers how the inter- nal combustion habits of over a century need to be broken in a way that is attractive to car owners who may have reservations about making the leap of faith required to switch to EVs.


Spark


power composites


Sang Nguyen of Imperial College believes the development of lighter vehicles using composite materials and the reduction of emissions


through electrification present a compelling opportunity to combine both benefits by using “structural power composites”. Imperial college has a decade of experience working on the development of such composites in collaboration


with Volvo. The academic institution proposes the use of composite laminate struc- tures using resins that provide the capability of energy storage. In this way, automo- tive composites of complex shapes can be created to be used as structural


components in the vehicle whilst also storing energy. The composite structures can be plugged in and charged up like a battery so that the car can then use the stored energy in its electrical systems, thus further improving battery range by taking the operation of auxiliary systems away from the primary drive batteries.


Structural


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