pinfa webinar:  Materials challenges for e-mobility

pinfa webinar: Materials challenges for e-mobility

Worldwide growth in electric vehicles The global electric vehicle (EV) market was estimated at 160 US$ billion in 2019 and is expected to grow to over 800 billion US$ by 2027. Electric car sales increased 40% year-on-year in 2019, reaching around 2.6% of global car...
pinfa and fire safety in e-mobility

pinfa and fire safety in e-mobility

pinfa’s vision for sustainable fire safety Adrian Beard, pinfa Chairperson and Clariant, outlined pinfa’s vision, which is to improve fire safety and to reduce smoke impacts, whilst improving the environmental and health profile of flame retardants, their...
Materials fire safety challenges and solutions

Materials fire safety challenges and solutions

Franz Janson, TE Connectivity TE Connectivity has been developing and supplying connectivity and sensing products for over 75 years, including for transport systems and vehicles, industry and communications installations and equipment. Electric vehicles imply an...
Developments in fire standards for emobility

Developments in fire standards for emobility

Thomas Wagner, UL As Business Manager Automotive at UL (Underwriters Laboratories), Thomas Wagner outlined new standards available or under development to ensure the fire safety of electric cars. Testing is component based, and most parts in e-vehicles are the same as...
Fire risks of road vehicles and medical consequences

Fire risks of road vehicles and medical consequences

Paul Otxoterena, RiSE Fire contributes to road accident deaths: around 5% of road fatalities in Sweden involve vehicle fires, with cause of death attributable only to fire in one third of cases. In the USA, over 30 road vehicle fires per hour are reported. Around 12%...