Borg Warner is a legacy supplier that’s quickly morphing into an EV tech company. Abhijit Shinde, the sales manager for E-Mobility, demonstrates some of the company’s latest EV and FCEV components—some of which leverage Borg Warner’s manufacturing know-how from the legacy side of its business.

Caresoft is a company that specializes in vehicle teardowns and benchmarking. It has great insights into how Tesla designs its cars for modular assembly, especially in how Tesla eliminates fasteners and complexity. It even points the way to how Tesla will develop its new unboxed assembly process. Autoline’s John McElroy interviewed Caresoft’s Han LY at the IAA in Munich to see the front and rear assembly process of an Austin-made Model Y.

Martin Fisher, ZF Board Member, explains how their new synchronous motor works without rare earth magnets.

Harry Husted, the Chief Technology Officer at BorgWarner, discusses a new high voltage box the supplier developed, which combines the onboard charger and DC/DC converter.

Have you ever been driving and the sun is blinding you, but if you lower the sun visor it blocks your view? Gentex has a solution for that. Neil Boehm, Gentex’s Chief Technology Officer, takes us on a tour of Gentex’s booth at CES 2023.

Hackers are getting bolder and finding more creative ways to break into cars. They’re turning to apps and phishing attacks. How does that work? Shira Sarid-Hausirer, the VP of Marketing for a company called Upstream talks about their latest report of how cyber attacks are growing and how hackers are finding new ways to wreak havoc on cars.

The “software defined vehicle” is one of the hottest topics in the auto industry. Automakers and suppliers are heavily involved in trying to define their products in software, but it isn’t easy. That’s where ETAS steps in. It’s an enabling company that can help these companies get there faster. Dr. Thomas Irawan, the president and Chairman of ETAS explains where the industry stands in this effort and where it’s going.

Tesla’s approach to developing autonomous vehicles relies on collecting data from all the vehicles it has on the road. In this sense, it has an advantage over every other automaker. But it’s not enough. At the pace it’s collecting data it will take centuries to collect enough. Ziv Binyamini, the CEO of Foretellix, explains why automakers, truck makers and suppliers need to generate edge-cases with powerful software that can compress several centuries of testing down to a couple of years.

Who knew you could make so much money selling electricity back to public utilities with bi-directional charging? Manoj Karwa, the VP of sales for BorgWarner EV Charging, which is part of Borg Warner, explains how it works. He also talks about the advantages of their DC fast chargers that are made in Dearborn, Michigan.

Over a century ago Detroit was the Silicon Valley of its day. Inventors and innovators had easy access to investment money and the rest was history. Those heady days are long gone, but that spirit didn’t completely disappear. Now, Trevor Pawl, the Chief Mobility Officer for the state of Michigan, is fanning the embers of innovation. He talks about the developments that are taking place, and where it’s going in the future.