![]() The motor uses a new type of stator with thick copper “hairpins” instead of the more normal wire windings. The company regards the technology as being important enough to be developed and built internally. The HEAT uses a water-cooled, high-speed, externally excited synchronous motor built to BMW’s own design. The acronym “doesn’t quite work, but it’s close enough to have inspired the name.” “It’s a Highly Integrated Electrical Drivetrain,” Ilka Horstmeir, the company’s head of electric powertrain production, told us. While the HEAT name is currently just a working title, the company’s electrification engineers have been trying to find a designation that could turn it into an official acronym. ![]() It’s a key component in BMW’s plan to build future models that can be offered as EVs, hybrids, or internal-combustion vehicles, adjusting the mix to meet market demands of the moment. While the company’s previous electrical drivetrains have had their components spread around the cars they are fitted to, the HEAT unites the motor, a single-speed gearbox, and the power electronics necessary to run them into a single casing, creating an entirely modular unit that can be installed into a car in the same space that could, alternatively, house an internal-combustion engine. It didn’t look particularly radical or exciting, yet this family of modular powertrain units will be at the heart of the company’s dramatic expansion plans for electrification throughout the models spun from its forthcoming fifth-generation architecture. The ten ASEAN member states are: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.During a recent visit to BMW’s normally top-secret electric powertrain development center in Munich, we had the chance to take a closer look at the company’s next-generation e-power unit, known internally as the HEAT. The Seminar is organised by the Research Team of the Florence School of Regulation – Energy and open to all EUI members. Presenter: Shelly Hsieh, Policy Leaders Fellow, School of Transnational Governance If successfully operationalised, the LTMS PIP would demonstrate the feasibility of trading and governing electricity trade across liberalised and regulated markets, and potentially encourage other countries in Southeast Asia to link up in the APG. ![]() The LMTS PIP is being put to trial in the context of a broader power integration initiative involving all ten-member countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): the ASEAN Power Grid. Singapore is expected to join at a later date. The Laos-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project (LTMS-PIP) has commenced phase one, with Malaysia recently signing an agreement to purchase electricity from Laos through existing transmission networks in Thailand. It aims to explore the applicability of international experiences on this particular bloc of countries without fully built-out infrastructure and at varying stages of market liberalisation.įour countries in Southeast Asia are currently piloting the first multilateral electricity trade initiative in the region. ![]() This seminar presents the policy debates surrounding the development of multilateral electricity trade in Southeast Asia from the perspective of ASEAN policymakers, power sector stakeholders, and international consultants. ![]()
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