EV testing specialist Unico is launching a brand new EV battery testing platform. The Quantum Drive Platform is on show on the Worldwide Battery Seminar in Orlando, Florida.

The Unico Quantum Drive Platform permits a number of pack, module, and cell check channels for use in a single system for back-to-back battery testing. The discharge vitality from one channel can be utilized because the cost vitality for one more. The system will also be outfitted with a second-life battery vitality storage system. This mixture, with correct sequencing, can scale back the necessity for substantial utility connections, and permits nearly net-zero battery check purposes.

The Unico Quantum Drive Platform permits multi-channel, high-power AC and DC purposes in a single system, and gives galvanic isolation between all check channels without having for low-frequency transformers.

Options embody:

• DC channels for cell, module, and pack channels
• A number of channels of every kind, and completely different output voltage ranges, may be mixed in a single system
• Unico’s AC drives may be added to create a versatile answer for multi-purpose check techniques with each AC and DC outputs
• Open software program interface permits corporations to make use of their alternative of knowledge acquisition and controls

Pilot deployments of the Unico Quantum Drive Platform will start this summer season, and buyer deliveries are to start in Q3 2023.

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“Creating and testing batteries for electrical autos requires the validation of cells, modules, and packs throughout a large working vary,” stated Don Wright, VP of Engineering at Unico. “This testing requires a number of high-power feeds and important flooring house, which ends up in excessive set up and operational prices. The brand new Quantum Drive Platform from Unico goals to deal with these challenges by permitting corporations to recirculate the vitality from completely different items of check tools.”

“Unico’s new Quantum Drive Platform is a strong answer for decreasing the utility energy necessities of our check techniques,” stated Dustin Harrison, Managing Director, UTAC. “This expertise represents a major step ahead in our efforts to reinforce vitality effectivity and scale back the carbon footprint of our check services.”

Supply: Unico