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Charged EVs | Why planned desiccant dehumidifier service is so important for battery gigafactories (Whitepaper) - Charged EVs
Sponsored by Munters. Not all desiccant dehumidifier providers are alike, and very few suppliers have the service network to support this technology. When sourcing dehumidifiers, it’s essential to consider your supplier’s ability to support your system through every phase of its life cycle. Design, planning, and start up Building a battery gigafactory is a long... Read more »
Charged EVs | Video: Inside CHT’s silicone applications for EV battery efficiency and safety - Charged EVs
At the forefront of silicone innovation, the CHT Group offers advanced solutions that optimize EV battery performance. Charged recently chatted with Gerry Ellis from CHT to learn more about its silicone products designed to meet the rigorous demands of EV battery technology. With products ranging from lightweight elastomers to thermally conductive silicone foams, Ellis described... Read more »
Charged EVs | Argonne develops technique using magnetic fields to probe long-term battery aging - Charged EVs
Researchers at the DOE’)’s Argonne National Laboratory have demonstrated a novel method that uses nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to characterize the chemical evolution inside battery cells over years of operation. The technique characterizes chemical degradation in commercial-grade pouch battery cells while they operate for long periods. NMR spectroscopy relies on magnetic properties of atomic... Read more »
Charged EVs | Lectron cranks out 12,000 units per week of its NACS-to-CCS EV charging adapter - Charged EVs
Since Tesla opened up its Supercharger network, demand from drivers of other brands of EVs has been massive. So massive that Lectron, a provider of portable chargers, adapters and charging stations for all charging standards, has ramped up production of its NACS-to-CCS adapter to as many as 12,000 units per week. “Our expanded production guarantees... Read more »
Charged EVs | Mercedes-Benz unveils eIntouro electric intercity bus - Charged EVs
Daimler Buses has unveiled a new electric bus aimed at the interurban transport segment. The Mercedes-Benz eIntouro is a high-floor bus based on the diesel-powered Intouro. In terms of its electric drive, however, it has less in common with the Mercedes eCitaro electric city bus and more with the Mercedes eActros 600 electric truck. Daimler... Read more »
Charged EVs | Rio Tinto and China’s SPIC partner to test electric mining trucks with battery swapping - Charged EVs
Mining giant Rio Tinto will partner with China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) to demonstrate battery-swap-capable electric haul trucks at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia. The technology is already in use on haul trucks in mining operations in China, and this collaboration will enable Rio Tinto to demonstrate a complete battery-electric truck and... Read more »
Charged EVs | Wise Integration expands in North America with Ottawa Design Center to develop GaN devices - Charged EVs
Wise Integration, a French firm specializing in digital control of gallium nitride (GaN) and GaN ICs for power conversion, has opened its North American Design and Development Center in Ottawa, Canada. The company has two core product lines. WiseGan includes GaN power integrated circuits designed for high-frequency operation in the MHz range, integrating features that... Read more »
Charged EVs | Natural Resources Canada provides $13.3 million to deploy new EV chargers - Charged EVs
The Canadian government is investing 18.6 million Canadian dollars ($13.3 million) in EV chargers across the country. “The installation of these chargers will help EV drivers get to where they need to go with confidence and ease,” Natural Resources Canada said. The funds will be given to multiple organizations that will use them to install over... Read more »
Charged EVs | Littelfuse unveils high-performance power MOSFETs for battery storage and power supply - Charged EVs
Industrial technology manufacturing company Littelfuse has expanded its range of Ultra Junction X4-Class 200 V Power MOSFETs with low on-state resistance for battery energy storage and power supply applications. The IXTN400N20X4 and IXTN500N20X4 have around two times higher current ratings and a 63% RDS(on) reduction than existing X4-Class MOSFETs, according to the company, making them... Read more »
Charged EVs | Washington University deploys GreenPower electric student transport vans - Charged EVs
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri has taken delivery of eight electric EV Star passenger vans manufactured by GreenPower Motor, a company that produces a variety of high-floor and low-floor electric medium- and heavy-duty buses, shuttles and vans. This more than doubles the august institution’s fleet of five EV Star vans, which it acquired two... Read more »
Charged EVs | GARO survey finds that UK EV owners would pay more to increase charging speed - Charged EVs
Sweden-headquartered EV charger manufacturer GARO reports that a recent survey of 500 EV owners in the UK found that they would be willing to pay £10-20 more per charge to reduce waiting and charging times by up to 15 minutes. The percentages of those willing to pay more were 55% in Cardiff, 49% in Northern... Read more »
Charged EVs | LEM launches automotive-grade sensor for bidirectional EV chargers - Charged EVs
Electrical measurement technology firm LEM has designed an automotive-grade residual current monitoring (RCM) type B sensor for bidirectional onboard EV chargers (OBCs). The new RCM type B sensor is designed to enable EV system engineers to progress towards transformer-less OBCs in a single unit while speeding up design architecture as it is ISO26262 Automotive Safety... Read more »
Charged EVs | ABB and Black Box Innovations to manufacture EV energy management system that helps avoid panel upgrades - Charged EVs
ABB Electrification Canada has announced a licensing agreement with Canadian electrical equipment supplier Black Box Innovations to manufacture EV energy management systems. The systems will use Black Box’s patented technology that supports the installation of EV chargers on an existing electrical panel. The range of energy management systems will be available through ABB’s distribution partners... Read more »
Charged EVs | Massachusetts offers Electrify Your Rideshare EV rebate program for ride-share and taxi drivers to go electric - Charged EVs
The state of Massachusetts wants to ”Electrify Your Rideshare” if you are a taxi or ride-sharing app driver in the Commonwealth. Ride Clean Mass will now offer drivers rebates of up to $6,500, in addition to any other local, state and federal incentives that the driver is eligible to receive. “Our mission is to put more... Read more »
Charged EVs | Renesas Electronics announces an 8-in-1 proof of concept EV eAxle - Charged EVs
Renesas Electronics, a semiconductor solutions company, has unveiled an 8-in-1 proof of concept for electric vehicle eAxle systems. The proof of concept was developed in partnership with Nidec, a Japanese motor manufacturer that makes “everything that spins and moves.” An eAxle is a drive unit that integrates into an axle structure the main components necessary... Read more »
Charged EVs | Boston-based Pure Lithium acquires cathode materials provider Dimien - Charged EVs
Boston-based lithium metal battery technology company Pure Lithium has acquired the assets of private US vanadium cathode materials company Dimien. The purchase aims to accelerate the development and commercialization of Pure Lithium’s lithium metal vanadium (LVO) battery. Dr. Brian Schultz, Dimien founder and CEO, will become Pure Lithium’s VP of Business Development and Technology, and... Read more »
Charged EVs | BMW Group posts 19% YTD growth in EV sales - Charged EVs
Munich-headquartered BMW Group, manufacturer of vehicles under the BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad brands, says that sales of its fully electric vehicles increased by 19.1% in the first nine months of 2024. A total of 294,054 vehicles were delivered. During this period, sales of fully electric BMW models rose by 22.6% to 266,151 vehicles... Read more »
Charged EVs | Delta to provide EV chargers for IZIVIA FAST charging network at McDonald’s outlets in France - Charged EVs
Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company Delta Electronics has announced its selection by France-headquartered EV charging network IZIVIA FAST to supply approximately 800 units of its 200 kW DC UFC 200 series EV charger for deployment at McDonald’s restaurant car parks throughout France. Each charger’s capacity can be divided into two 100 kW units for simultaneous charging... Read more »
Charged EVs | EV maker Canoo loses two senior executives, furloughs workers - Charged EVs
American EV manufacturer Canoo has announced the resignation of two key employees and the temporary furlough of 30 factory workers at its Oklahoma City plant. The beleaguered automaker was founded in 2017 as Evelozcity by Stefan Krause, a former Deutsche Bank CFO, and Ulrich Kranz, a former senior executive at BMW, after the two had... Read more »
Charged EVs | Electrovaya receives $3.5-million order for EV batteries, secures loan from US Export-Import Bank - Charged EVs
Lithium-ion battery manufacturer Electrovaya has received a purchase order valued at approximately $3.5 million for immediate delivery of its batteries from one of its OEM sales channels. The customer is a Fortune 100 e-commerce company, and it will use the batteries to power material-handling EVs in its warehouse operations. Ontario-based Electrovaya makes batteries and battery... Read more »
Charged EVs | XCharge and Grensol partner to improve recycling solutions for EVSE supply chain waste - Charged EVs
XCharge North America, a provider of DC fast charging solutions, is working with Swiss startup the Grensol Group to address the challenge of reducing the end-of-life waste associated with EVSE—specifically EV charging cables and modules. Effective immediately, XCharge NA will provide broken or worn-down EVSE materials to Grensol and its research partner Worcester Polytechnic Institute... Read more »
Charged EVs | NXP announces ultra-wideband wireless battery management system - Charged EVs
NXP Semiconductors has unveiled a new wireless battery management system (BMS) solution with ultra-wideband (UWB) capabilities. UWB technology uses high-bandwidth pulses instead of a modulated carrier frequency (sinusoidal signal) as used in 2.4 GHz narrowband technologies such as Bluetooth Low Energy. This provides higher resistance to reflections and frequency-selective fading for improved data transfer, according... Read more »
Charged EVs | Software and maintenance—the keys to making fleet EV charging work? - Charged EVs
Q&A with EO Charging’s John Walsh How is providing charging infrastructure for EV fleets like running a web site or a cell phone network? All of these worthy endeavors (among others) depend on a stack, which is a hip way of describing a system of interrelated hardware and software products that function together. Some layers... Read more »
Charged EVs | Pickering to launch reed relays for test and measurement - Charged EVs
UK-based reed relay manufacturer Pickering Electronics is releasing its Series 125 miniature double-pole, single-throw reed relay. The new Series 125 2 Form A reed relays stack on a compact 5 mm x 5 mm pitch, achieving high packing density for a two-pole relay, according to the company. The relays support up to 1 A and... Read more »
Charged EVs | GM and Reliant offer free nighttime charging to Chevrolet EV owners in Texas - Charged EVs
Reliant and GM Energy are rolling out a new program that will offer free nighttime charging for Chevrolet EV drivers. Some 150 Chevy dealerships in Texas can now offer the plan upon vehicle purchase. The Reliant Free Charge Nights plan, available to Reliant electricity customers, provides a monthly bill credit that offsets the energy charges... Read more »
Charged EVs | The technical considerations and components needed to design a high-performance wireless EV charging system - Charged EVs
Sponsored by Littelfuse.Ditch the plug! Make wireless EV charging a reality now! Unique components ensure safety, efficiency and reliability. Imagine an EV charging experience that’s as seamless and intuitive as parking your car—just “park, charge, and go.” For the end-user, the appeal is clear: EV owners envision pulling into their garage, a designated parking spot,... Read more »
Charged EVs | Australia gives the green light for vehicle-to-grid installations - Charged EVs
Standards Australia has instituted a new standard that will allow EV owners to begin using vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, The Driven reports. “If you’ve got a car with V2G capability and a bidirectional device, you could be using that car to power your house before the end of this year,” Federal Energy and Climate Minister Chris... Read more »
Charged EVs | Altilium's new battery recycling plant can recover 95% of cathode material from 150,000 EVs per year - Charged EVs
UK-based Altilium is building a new EV battery recycling plant in Plymouth, as the company embarks on the next phase of its ambitious growth plans. The 18,000-square-foot facility will use Altilium’s proprietary EcoCathode technology to recycle old lithium-ion batteries from EVs and recover the critical metals needed to power new EV batteries. Located in Plymouth’s... Read more »
Charged EVs | AP Racing unveils new EV-specific caliper - Charged EVs
UK-based brake and clutch supplier AP Racing has launched a new caliper designed specifically for EVs based on its Radi-CALTM technology. The new Radi-CALTM e, which increases low drag efficiency while improving braking performance, will be available off the shelf as a four- or six-piston system, taking inspiration from AP Racing’s WR1, WR2 and Mono... Read more »
Charged EVs | Video: Up to 90 percent of battery manufacturing data is wasted and Siemens plans to change that - Charged EVs
As EV battery manufacturing ramps up worldwide, Siemens is working to address critical data challenges through a digital transformation. Charged recently chatted with Puneet Sinha—Senior Director, Global Head of Battery Industry at Siemens Digital Industries Software—to learn how it’s bringing a new level of precision and efficiency to the process. Traditional battery manufacturing is often... Read more »
Charged EVs | Evoy Vita to enter US boating market with 300 hp fully electric outboard - Charged EVs
Norway-headquartered Evoy Vita, a manufacturer of electric boat motor systems, has partnered with Finnish boat manufacturer Axopar to supply its Evoy Storm 300+ hp fully electric outboard motors for Axopar’s AX/E electric sub-brand of leisure boats. The AX/E boats will be available in the US in 2025. The Evoy Storm 300+ hp will also be... Read more »
Charged EVs | Integrals Power begins distributing samples of UK-made LFP and LMFP battery cathode materials - Charged EVs
Battery materials producer Integrals Power has begun distributing samples of its Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) and Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate (LMFP) battery cathode materials to customers in both Europe and the US. This milestone follows the successful production of these materials at Integrals Power’s UK pilot plant. The LFP and LMFP cathode materials were fully... Read more »
Charged EVs | Bolt opens EV charging hub for its rideshare drivers in Stockholm - Charged EVs
Estonia-headquartered shared mobility company Bolt has launched a new EV charging hub in central Stockholm to service its rideshare drivers. Bolt says the hub’s four chargers are capable of adding 50 km of range in 10 minutes. Using the Monta app, operated in collaboration with JB Charge, drivers can further save time by accessing the... Read more »
Charged EVs | Voltpost chooses AT&T to provide connectivity for curbside EV chargers in Michigan - Charged EVs
New York City-headquartered Voltpost, which retrofits lampposts as Level 2 EV chargers, has partnered with AT&T to provide IoT connectivity to EV charging posts across Michigan, including the Metro Detroit area. Voltpost provides scalable curbside and parking lot charging infrastructure to public and private customers, including government entities, real estate developers, universities and parking facility... Read more »
Charged EVs | The role of thermal material in modern electronic devices (download now) - Charged EVs
Sponsored by Honeywell. With the continuing trend of reduction of electronic device dimensions, there is a growing demand for effective cooling solutions as the electronics required to be more powerful and compact, and the increased data transfer speed and processing of 5G devices will generate elevated levels of heat. In this application note, we’ll examine... Read more »
Charged EVs | Bollinger Motors delivers first Class 4 B4 electric trucks to West Coast - Charged EVs
Michigan-based electric truck maker Bollinger Motors, a majority-owned company of California-headquartered Mullen Automotive, has delivered three 2025 Bollinger B4 Chassis Cabs to TEC Equipment dealerships on the West Coast. The trucks, equipped with 158 kWh battery packs, were delivered to Lacey, Washington; Fontana, California; and Oakland, California. TEC is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and has... Read more »
Charged EVs | ZF sells over 250 million electric parking brake units - Charged EVs
German mobility products manufacturer ZF announces that it has produced a total of 250 million units of its electric parking brake (EPB), a technology that the company pioneered nearly 25 years ago by introducing the motor-on-caliper brake. ZF says the EPB improves fuel economy by reducing weight in the brake system and enables advanced functions when... Read more »
Charged EVs | Mitsubishi Chemical invests in $13.5-million Boston Material's Z-axis carbon fiber technology - Charged EVs
Diamond Edge Ventures (DEV), the US-based investing arm of Japan’s Mitsubishi Chemical, has invested in Boston Materials, a US startup manufacturing critical materials for semiconductors, aerospace parts and automotive components. Boston Materials has developed a manufacturing process that produces a new class of materials that are conductive and durable like metal yet light like plastic.... Read more »
Charged EVs | SCAD students throw out traditional auto design ideas, create two fully functional EV concept cars - Charged EVs
To design an automobile, a car designer does not merely just sit at a well-lighted desk, headphones firmly in place, an infinite cup of coffee nearby, sketching next year’s Any Car. No, to become a car designer, one must have a firm grasp of a number of subjects, including the history of the automobile, branding,... Read more »
Charged EVs | Blue Whale EV and SWTCH collaborate to deliver EV charging to commercial properties - Charged EVs
Maryland-based EV charging infrastructure and services provider Blue Whale EV has partnered with Canada-headquartered SWTCH Energy, an EV charging provider focused on multi-tenant buildings, to deliver scalable, turnkey EV charging services tailored for multifamily, commercial, workplace and municipal properties in North America. The partnership’s first project will be an installation at Prospect Bay Country Club... Read more »