Rockwell Automation announces opening of Electric Vehicle (EV) Innovation Center
羅克韋爾自動化開設電動汽車創新中心

Rockwell Automation, a solutions and services provider to the automotive industry, opened an 8,000 square-foot Electric Vehicle (EV) Innovation Center in San Jose, California, within its Information Solutions development facility. The center will provide live manufacturing demonstrations, hands-on trials utilizing new technology and events showcasing collaboration with industry experts and Rockwell Automation partners.

作為汽車行業的解決方案和服務提供商，羅克韋爾自動化在其加利福尼亞州圣何塞市的信息解決方案開發中心開設了一個8000平方英尺的電動汽車（EV）創新中心。該中心將提供現場制造演示，利用新技術的實際試驗，以及展示與行業專家和羅克韋爾自動化合作伙伴的合作活動。

Utilizing augmented and virtual reality modeling, the EV Innovation Center provides automotive start-ups and established manufacturers an environment to learn new technologies and standards, enabling them to deliver electric vehicles to market.
 
電動汽車創新中心利用增強和虛擬現實建模，為汽車初創企業和老牌制造商提供學習新技術和標準的環境，使他們能夠將電動汽車推向市場。
 
The combination of Rockwell Automation technology with partner technology is what makes the center unique. Specifically, Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk InnovationSuite, powered by PTC, is an integrated solution that combines software from PTC and Rockwell Automation. Similarly, Eagle Technologies provides the battery pack assembly machine, and FANUC furnishes robot technologies, both integrated with Rockwell Automation technology.

羅克韋爾自動化技術與合作伙伴技術的結合使得該中心獨一無二。具體而言，由PTC提供支持的羅克韋爾自動化FactoryTalk InnovationSuite是一個集成了PTC和羅克韋爾自動化軟件的集成解決方案。同樣，Eagle Technologies提供電池組裝配機，FANUC提供機器人技術，兩者均與羅克韋爾自動化技術集成。
 
Hirata, a turnkey assembly line builder, provides an assembly cell that demonstrates electric drive unit assembly and testing. Emulate 3D, Rockwell Automation’s simulation software, helps to prototype and test machines before they’re built, teamtechnik performs functional testing to confirm performance before building the drive into the electric vehicle.

Hirata是一家交鑰匙裝配線制造商，它提供了一個展示電動驅動單元組裝和測試的組裝單元。羅克韋爾自動化的仿真軟件“Emulate 3D”有助于在機器制造前對其進行原型制作和測試，teamtechnik在將驅動裝置安裝到電動車輛之前進行功能測試以確認性能。
 
By 2040, it’s expected that 54% of new vehicle sales will be electric vehicles, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Batteries currently represent a third of the cost of an EV. As battery costs continue to fall, demand for EVs will rise, with up to 40 million new EV batteries needed annually to power new vehicles.

據彭博新能源財經報道，到2040年，預計新車銷量的54%將是電動汽車。電池目前占電動汽車成本的三分之一。隨著電池成本的持續下降，電動汽車的需求將會上升，每年需要多達4000萬節新的電動汽車電池來為新車提供動力。