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Marelli Introduces Innovative Energy Management Solution

At the recent CTI Symposium 2025 held in Berlin, Marelli, a leading global supplier of mobility technology for the automotive industry, presented its groundbreaking solution for Intelligent Energy Management designed specifically for hybrid and electric vehicles. This advanced system utilizes proprietary software and integrates seamlessly with both vehicle and zonal control units, as well as thermal components, allowing for cohesive management of thermal flows, propulsion, and electronic energy domains.

Marelli’s Intelligent Energy Management technology emphasizes an all-encompassing strategy for vehicle energy optimization. By improving efficiency across all systems, this innovation provides several key benefits, including enhanced battery range, optimized fast charging capabilities, and prolonged battery life, all while ensuring a high level of comfort and operational reliability for passengers.

The development of this system involved cutting-edge digital twin methodologies combined with innovative software strategies. This approach notably reduces not only development time and costs but also promotes a flexible collaboration model with clients. By managing and optimizing thermal flows, the technology ensures precise temperature control necessary for heating and cooling within the vehicle. Utilizing advanced algorithms, the system efficiently regulates temperatures that optimize performance and prolong battery life. Moreover, it minimizes energy losses and promotes the effective reuse of excess thermal energy, substantially lowering operational costs and contributing to greater sustainability.

When it comes to the electric and hybrid propulsion sectors, Marelli’s Intelligent Energy Management System continuously analyzes power delivery, fine-tuning energy distribution to enhance battery efficiency and overall vehicle performance. Through effective energy recovery and balanced distribution, the system significantly extends the driving range while reinforcing the resilience needed for next-generation electric vehicles.

On the electronics front, this new solution improves the integration and intelligence of vehicle systems, facilitating smooth and efficient communication among all components. Robust communication protocols—ranging from CAN to Ethernet—enable direct management of sensors and actuators, ensuring higher responsiveness and better adaptability to the ever-evolving vehicle environments.

Additionally, Marelli has developed a digital twin application that accurately models every subsystem within a vehicle, including electronics, electromechanics, thermodynamics, and hydraulics. This fully virtualized modeling process enables automakers to test and iterate more efficiently, allowing for faster market introduction of advanced vehicles with increased confidence.

The innovative Intelligent Energy Management technology also highlights Marelli's capabilities in agile software development. The company is able to quickly customize and deploy solutions that cater to specific client requirements, simplifying system architecture while maintaining competitive costs and accelerating time-to-market.

Giovanni Mastrangelo, Marelli's Head of RD for Propulsion, emphasized the significance of effective energy management in the development of modern electric and hybrid vehicles. He stated, "Intelligent energy management is the central challenge facing today's electric and hybrid vehicle development. At Marelli, we address this by delivering solutions that not only optimize energy flow across thermal, electric, and propulsion domains, but also minimize losses and recover excess thermal energy. Through our digital twin and decoupled software approach, we empower our customers to reduce development timelines, gain flexibility, and accelerate the adoption of cutting-edge technologies, thereby driving the future of sustainable and efficient mobility."

Marelli’s presentation of this innovative technology occurred during the CTI Symposium, where key insights into advanced thermal management system designs were shared, showcasing the application of digital twin approaches and performance metrics related to vehicle electrification. From Marelli's ongoing commitment to transforming the future of mobility, it remains clear that the company stands at the forefront of industry innovation and sustainability efforts.

By employing a dedicated workforce of around 40,000 across over 150 locations globally, Marelli is uniquely positioned to influence the automotive sector positively, ensuring that its solutions contribute to a safer, greener, and better-connected world.