DENSO Corporation has announced it is providing key electrification components to Toyota and Subaru’s all-new, all-electric bZ4X and SOLTERRA, scheduled to be released on May 12, 2022, and mid-2022 respectively. DENSO products help the battery electric vehicle (BEV) go farther, charge faster, optimize battery use, and most importantly, perform better.

Newly-developed DENSO products featured on the bZ4X and SOLTERRA include current sensor, which detects the flow of charging and discharging battery electricity, Electricity Supply Unit (ESU), which integrates the functions of battery charging, electrical power conversion, and electrical power distribution, Heat Pump System, which extracts heat from the air and uses it as a heat source for the vehicle climate control system and Radiant Heating System, which warms the passengers lower body, only for bZ4X.

In BEVs, the battery is their sole energy source. Minimizing the amount of energy needed and efficiently recovering energy in order to use all of the energy generated helps to make BEV more practical. To efficiently manage energy throughout the BEV, DENSO is developing technologies that help monitor the vehicle’s status and efficiently control energy use.

The efficient control and usage of energy in BEVs can make them more practical. The bZ4X and SOLTERRA will use DENSO’s new highly efficient heat pump system, which consumes less power, but efficiently extracts heat from the air for heating functions and radiant heating system.

The efficient control and usage of energy in BEVs can make them more practical. The bZ4X and SOLTERRA will use DENSO’s new highly efficient heat pump system, which consumes less power, but efficiently extracts heat from the air for heating functions and radiant heating system.

To achieve carbon neutrality, it is important to contribute to vehicle electrification and minimize CO₂ emissions. DENSO will continue to develop electrification technologies to help BEVs offer new value and provide a variety of sustainable solutions to vehicle users and society.

Source: DENSO