been involved now for about a year and a half . Our partnership has been fantastic . Being involved with Jaguar TCS Racing has given us visibility into the future material requirements for EV . It ’ s really exciting !
FOR THOSE WHO DON ’ T KNOW MUCH ABOUT CHEMICAL PRODUCTION , WHY IS IT A CRITICAL PART OF EV ADOPTION ? Petrochemicals are going to be critical for the adoption and performance of future EVs . When you think about the battery , it ’ s nothing more than a chemical reactor . When you talk about a battery as the powertrain of the future , we need to protect that from things like crashes and battery fires . Chemicals , adhesive sealants , and thermoplastics are essential for driving the performance of EVs .
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ACCELERATE EV ADOPTION WITH NEXT-GENERATION FORMULA E VEHICLES The team working with racing drivers Sam Bird and Mitch Evans completed testing of the Gen 3 Formula E car in June 2022 , which marks a pivotal milestone for the sport . The car is the latest version of the EV used in motorsport and will be smaller , lighter and faster than anything the teams have raced with since the World Championship began .
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foams . This allows us to bring our chemistry set to tackle some of industry ’ s biggest challenges , such as battery fire protection , EMI shielding — to protect these components from crosstalk , so they function properly . It means we ’ re able to support them in thermal management so that these components dissipate heat properly and don ’ t overheat .
This is where Dow brings material science expertise . We ' ve been involved in the automotive industry for over a hundred years , and we ' re taking that knowledge and applying it to the future design of EVs .
HOW HAS DOW ADAPTED AS A COMPANY TO ENTER INTO THE MODE OF EVS ? In July 2020 , we launched Dow MobilityScience™ for the purpose of accelerating innovation — specifically around EV and automated vehicle ( AV ) technology . This brings the full power of Dow to the transportation industry . When you think about what ' s happening right now , the industry ' s going through a radical transformation , and Dow has one of the broadest product portfolios out of all the chemical suppliers in the industry .
We have a full range of polyenes acrylics , polyurethanes , engineered silicones and fluid
HOW HAS THE PARTNERSHIP WITH JAGUAR TCS RACING HELPED YOU OVERCOME BATTERY CHALLENGES ? The partnership with Jaguar TCS Racing has been phenomenal . Competing in formula E is , for us , like a high throughput laboratory . We can get materials into the design , we can put them on the track , we can get real-time data . We ' re seeing now what future requirements will transcend into the EVs on the road tomorrow .
WHAT WILL DOW BE WORKING ON OVER THE NEXT 12 - 18 MONTHS ? So thermal management is key , right ? We have to ensure that critical components remain at the right processing temperatures to function properly . This is why we ' re putting a tremendous amount of effort , right now , into thermally conductive materials that dissipate heat and remove it from those components .
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