Williams Advanced Engineering was the sole supplier of the battery system for the entire Formula E grid since the fully-electric FIA racing series began in 2014 to the end of season 4 in 2018.
As the main support series for the FIA Formula E Championship, the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY Championship is a test-bed for production-based technology.
This article will examine two of the main product lines supplied by Relec Electronics and describe the exacting standards which the company’s products must fulfil in order to be acceptable and compliant with the standards applicable in the industries they serve.
For many years, lead-acid batteries have been used almost exclusively in DC-UPS systems for industrial use. However, users have had to deal with the disadvantages of the limited lifetime, restricted temperature range and high weight of such batteries.
Suppose you are designing an inspection drone for an offshore oil platform where human inspection is dangerous and precision flight is key. In your developmental testing, you realise that the flight control is becoming unstable as the drone flies near and under the steel structure. You determine this loss of control is due to GPS outages and magnetic inference from the bridge both of which negatively impact the drone’s attitude control system.