Podium Advanced Technologies started deliveries of Automobili Amos Delta Futurista

28 February 2020

Pont Saint Martin, 28 February 2020 – The first of a limited edition of 20 Automobili Amos Delta Futurista was delivered today, boasting an iconic custom Martini livery.

It took almost a year to complete the testing and validation work that Podium Advanced Technologies carried out on the first prototype of the Automobili Amos Delta Futurista, owned by the visionary founder of the company himself, Eugenio Amos, in order to guarantee the required quality and reliability on the limited edition batch of 20 cars that were sold out in few weeks when the program was announced last year.

Only when Mr Amos’ prototype was fully validated, homologated and registered with an Italian license plate, he authorized the start of production of the limited edition batch of 20 units  to be delivered to his customers.

Each car was ordered with unique custom features and configuration, to suit owner’s personal choices as well as localization needs dictated by the country of destination.

“It has been an absolut first for us – said Luca Ciancetti, Head of the Automotive Business Unit in Podium Advanced Technologies – as we are used to developing road and racing protototypes and one-offs, but we never engaged ourselves in a small series production, as limited as it could be. However, as these beautiful cars are unique objects, specified by their owners one different from the other for a whole series of details and features, we like to think of  them as a series of one-offs, yet sharing the same level of construction quality and care for the smallest details.”

Assembly process

Sorting, Testing and Stacking Cylindrical
- Fully automated station
- 100% cells state of health testing (including open circuit voltage, resistance/AC impedance, temperature
- Stations able to handle module up to 1200 mm length
- Different cooling strategies can be handled within this station
- Similar capacity cells can be sorted and included in a module
- Fast and tack-free led lamp curing
- Accurate pressing operation
Sorting, Testing and Stacking Cylindrical
Sorting, Testing and Stacking Prismatic and Pouch
- Fully automated station
- 100% cells state of health testing (including open circuit voltage, resistance/AC impedance, temperature
- Stations can handle different cell dimensions and different thermal extraction strategies
- Accurate pressing operation
Sorting, Testing and Stacking Prismatic and Pouch
Bus Bar Laser Welding
- Cutting edge laser beam technology that guarantees robust joints for several type of busbar connections
- Possibility to weld challenging reflective materials such as CU, Al and dissimiral combination of materials
- Internal development of welding parameters
- Extensive quality control such as weld penetration in process monitoring and resistivity checks
- Stations can handle module up to 1200 mm length and 600 mm width
Bus Bar Laser Welding
Ultrasonic wire bonding
- Fully automatic station
- Wire bonding with the highest axis accuracy
- Continuous real time monitoring of wire condition and process
- Integrated quality control
Ultrasonic wire bonding
Pack assembly stations
- Stations equipped with manual assistors and process dedicated tools to allow assembly teams to work in perfect ergonomic and safe conditions
- Stations equipped with torque monitored tools
- Control tracking system to verify process completion and quality monitoring
- Junction box assembly and quality control
- Controlled sealing application completed after functional test
Pack assembly stations
EOL Testing
- Battery module and pack functional tests
- BMS firmware and software flashing
- Pack cooling system integrity test
EOL Testing

Main features

  • Safety: BMS Design compliant for ISO 26262
  • Scalable slave-master architecture, handles systems
    up to 1.000 V
  • Cell dissipative balancing

Functionalities

  • Real time monitoring cells & components voltage
    and temperatures
  • Advanced algorithms for SOC/SOH estimation
  • Advanced SOP estimation with realtime cell
    thermoelectrical models
  • Electromechanical components feedback monitoring
    and degradation estimation (fuses, contactors)
  • Control and monitoring of the thermal management system
  • Sensing of current, water leak, internal humidity, etc
  • Ground fault monitoring of grounded or ungrounded systems

Services related to BMS

  • Testing and modelling of battery cells
    and systems
  • Experimental characterization of cells
    for accurate state estimation algorithms
    (e.g., SOC, SOE, SOH, SOP)
  • BMS hardware and software development
    for specific applications
  • Prototyping of high-performance
    battery systems
  • Consulting in the field of battery systems

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