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TE AUTOMOTIVE /// TREND PAPER /// Electrifying a Movement Page 5 CHARGING A BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE To address these challenges, TE Connectivity works close- ly with our customers to provide a broad range of solu- tions to address the needs today and well into the future: • Charging inlets, with integrated sensing and actuation capability, to safely and reliably allow for intelligent charging control while providing touch-safe operation and charging state feedback. These inlets are scalable to fit varying customer electrical/electronic architec- tures inside the vehicle, from discrete point-to-point operation, or via distributed intelligent control. TE's architecture and electronics teams delivers solutions to fit varying charging station approaches. • High voltage contactors (electronically-controllable switches) and connectors enabling safe and efficient power switching and distribution for intelligent and optimized charging. • Thermal modeling and simulation capability, allowing for optimized design of components and subsystems that can be stressed by the high charging voltage and current needs. • Application tooling expertise, ensuring manufactur- ability focus on TE's customers. We turn theory into practice by working directly with our customers' man- ufacturing methods and practices. STORING POWER IN A BEV TE's areas of focus include: • High voltage, physically compliant, battery module contacts and connection interfaces for cell-to-cell and module-module connections enabling battery pack scalability for our customers. • Robust, harsh environment interconnects with integrat- ed current, voltage, and temperature sensing enabling smart control of battery management (state-of-charge and state-of-health). • Design, manufacturing, and application tooling exper- tise in miniaturized and compliant interconnect tech- nology enabling small, robust packaging for high ca- pacity battery packs. ELECTRIFIED & CONTROLLED PROPULSION TE Connectivity is proud to be working with our custom- ers to help develop optimized solutions for the industry's needs. Areas of focus for TE include: • A suite of sensors enabling intelligent control of EV's. These include: position sensors, wheel speed sensors, motor speed and position sensors, current sensors, temperature sensors, voltage sensors. • Integrated electronics solutions – minimizing size (and weight) while maximizing design flexibility for our cus- tomers. The ability to supply a single component that combines sensing, intelligent data processing & com- munication, and robust connection all in one robust package. • Actuators (electronically-controllable switches) that can be used to switch various loads, controlling and minimizing energy waste. • High speed data connectivity, enabling vehicle-vehicle and vehicle-infrastructure communications and intel- ligent vehicle control. The ability to leverage across multiple industries when it comes to high speed data connectivity, both wired and wireless. BEV HARSH ENVIRONMENT WHERE FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION TE Connectivity is focused on providing connectivity solu- tions for the harshest of environments: • Leveraging across multiple industries (Commercial and Heavy-Duty Trucking, Aerospace and Defense, Energy, Consumer, Appliance) to bring automotive-focused solutions for our customers. • Material Scientists and Contact Physicists working closely with our customers and pushing developments forward with proactive investment. • Environmental test and development laboratories at our design locations to support both ends of the prod- uct development cycle. • Investing in tools and equipment to optimize designs to ever-evolving operating environment needs. ADDENDUM