One of the biggest current trends in car design is the shift to hybrid and fully electric vehicles. Less obvious to the public, perhaps, is a fundamental change in the architecture of vehicles’ electronics, with the introduction of 48V DC systems to work alongside the 12V DC systems we have used for decades.

But what is driving this change, what will it mean for companies developing vehicle electronics, and the component suppliers that serve them? Martin Keenan investigates in the latest post on Engineers' Insight.