Mikel Peral

CEO

Mikel is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in the electric mobility and power electronics sector. He currently serves as the CEO and co-founder of NX Technologies, a company specializing in the development of power electronics products for electric mobility applications, including battery management systems (BMS) and inverters for electric traction motors. Prior to his role at NX Technologies, Mikel held various positions in PwC as a strategy and corporate finance professional working for blue chip companies across Europe and America in sectors such as automotive, aerospace and defense, and renewable energy.

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Presentation

How to optimize powertrain efficiency with cost-competitive IGBT?

The presentation explores the current challenges and advances in electric mobility, focusing on motor controller efficiency. It evaluates the role of silicon carbide (SiC) technology in optimizing motor controller performance, particularly in electric vehicles (EVs). The discussion includes benchmarks of EV efficiency, energy loss analysis and comparisons between SiC and IGBT-based inverters. NX Technologies introduces its proprietary VarioSwitch motor control software as a competitive alternative, achieving SiC-like efficiency improvements with IGBT inverters with no extra hardware cost for the vehicle.