International Meeting of the Powertrain Community
As an international industry meeting point, DRITEV 2027 provides a platform for professional exchange on the latest developments across the entire powertrain value chain. The conference focuses on current innovations in electric motors, power electronics, batteries, fuel cells, charging infrastructure, and powertrain system integration, as well as advances in digitalization, artificial intelligence, and sustainable technologies.
We warmly invite you to help shape the future of powertrain technology. Submit your contributions on technological innovations, scientific findings, and practical applications, and present your solutions to an international audience of experts from industry, research, and academia.
We look forward to receiving your submission and to shaping the mobility of tomorrow together with you.
Call for Papers opens in mid-August – Experts wanted
Submit your abstract by 9 October 2026.
Become a Speaker
We invite submissions in the following topic areas:
1. Market/Customer/Legislation/Environment/Sustainability
1.1 Mobility concepts, Eco-Systems
1.2 Regional strategies and legislation
1.3 Geopolitical constraints
1.4 Cost optimisation (TCO)
1.5 Voice of customer
1.6 Circular economy, sustainability and ESG compliance
1.7 CO2 emissions reduction, LCA
1.8 Resilient supply chains, material availability
2. Digitalisation & artificial intelligence in the powertrain
2.1 AI in the product development process
2.2 AI in the product
3. Drive Concepts
3.1 Drivetrain Topologies (ICE, xEV)
3.2 Integration and optimization of electrified powertrains
3.3 Efficiency rate and system performance
3.4 EE-architectures and vehicle power supply (LV and HV)
3.5 NVH & acoustics
4. Transmission/Drive units
4.1 Architectures/products
4.2 Axle drives, all-wheel system, torque vectoring and disconnect
4.3 Transmission components (clutches, gears, synchronizations)
4.4 Power density
4.5 Cooling, lubrication, tribology
4.6 NVH, active and passive vibration damping
4.7 Functional and physical integration
5. E-Motor
5.1 Technologies (PSM, ASM, FSM, AFM)
5.2 Dimensioning, calculation, simulation
5.3 Power density, efficiency rate, NVH
5.4 Design features – cooling concept, insulation system
5.5 System optimization: Inverter – e-motor
6. Inverter
6.1 Inverter architectures
6.2 Dimensioning and simulation
6.3 Power switches and their impact on power density, efficiency and costs
6.4 Functional and physical integration
6.5 Housing, cooling, sealing concepts and crash performance
7. Batterie, Fuel Cell, Hydrogen
7.1 Structure and design of storage system
7.2 Vehicle integration and crash concepts
7.3 Cell technology, contacting systems, cell interconnections
7.4 Cooling & conditioning
7.5 Intelligent storage management
7.6 Thermal propagation
8. Charging Systems
8.1 On-Board charging system: Architecture, executions, vehicle integration
8.2 Charging infrastructure
8.3 Bidirectional charging system
8.4 Charging capacity and efficiency
9. Thermal Management
9.1 Thermal management architecture
9.2 Dimensioning and simulation architectures
9.3 Driving range optimization
9.4 Functional and physical integration
9.5 Operating strategies
9.6 Single components
9.7 Air-conditioning compressors
10. Simulation, Test and Validation
10.1 Innovative development methods and tools
10.2 Operating strategies
10.3 Driving profiles and load configuration
10.4 Test and validation
Important Dates:
Abstract submission deadline: 9 October 2026
Notification of acceptance: End of November 2026
For any questions, please contact Antje Elbers (elbers@vdi.de) or Nadine Schwarz (nadine.schwarz@vdi.de).
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