Dr. Zhou spent 28+ years at Ford in global leadership roles, including VP of Asia Pacific/China Quality and New Model Programs and Corporate Executive Technical Leader. He led quality strategy, operating systems, and new-model launches across more than 10 plants.
He has trained 15,000+ professionals in 20+ countries, published 30+ papers, holds a U.S. patent in vehicle durability, and has received numerous industry awards, including ASQ Quality Professional of the Year.
Topic: Reliability of Electrical Vehicles
As EVs start to make up an increasing number of vehicles on the roads, there are still hurdles that are slowing their adoption. One of those hurdles is reliability of this new type of vehicle. This lecture will review the current state of EV reliability, introduce a 5-Step Product Development for Electric Vehicle Reliability, and discuss the strategies for avoiding failure modes in hardware, software, and human errors. The discussion will include the following topics:
- Current EV Reliability (Recall, Reliability Ranking, Initial Quality)
- Battery Cell, Module and Pack
- Major Battery Loadings
- Major Battery Failure Modes
- EV System Engineering V Models
- EV Robust Design and Robust Engineering
- Battery Module Design for Reliability (series systems and parallel systems)
- Computer Simulation for Reliability
- Reliability (Mechanical, Electronics, Software)