Electric vehicles, autonomous driving, BASF flame retardant, sensor materials cheer!

Under the current development trend of the automotive industry, the materials used by car companies are facing new challenges and new opportuniti.

The advent of electric mobility and autonomous driving technologies will revolutionize the automotive industry and challenge current established car concep.

The modern automotive industry already relies heavily on material solutions provided by the chemical indust.

Safety first: BASF flame retardant plastics

The key to the success of electric mobility is whether the performance, weight, safety and especially efficiency of the electric drivetrain can be continuously optimiz.

Flame retardant plastics must be used to save weight and installation space required for high voltage componen.

In addition, the inherent insulating properties of these materials also contribute to improved vehicle safe.

BASF's long-selling Ultramid® EQ products (EQ means "electronic quality") are very pure and contain virtually no electroactive or corrosive substances such as halid.

Today's electronic drive systems still rely mainly on the metal industry to provide related produc.

Many components are now actively cooled, eliminating the need to dissipate heat through the housi.

Enclosures containing high voltage electrical components must be electrically shielded to prevent damage to surrounding are.

In addition, engineering plastics facilitate the integration of various additional functions into componen.

Sensors are critical to autonomous driving

In addition to electric mobility, highly automated driving will also revolutionize future mobili.

Vehicles will be equipped with a variety of sensors to ease the user's driving tas.

However, as autonomous driving technology continues to develop, we will also need to fit a whole new range of sensors into cars, including radar, lidar, infrared and ultrasonic senso.

These sensors not only provide functions such as lane assist, collision warning and distance control, but also emergency braking assistance, which is an essential prerequisite for fully autonomous driving in the futu.

Such solutions can only be mass-produced using plast.