BREYER has supplied the calendering technology for V4Smart, the Porsche-VARTA joint venture producing cylindrical lithium-ion cells in Germany for high-performance applications including sports cars and hybrids. Calendering is one of the key steps in electrode manufacturing: after the slurry is coated and dried, the electrode passes through precision rollers that compress it to a controlled… Read more…
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Coperion launches RF400 roller feeder for uniform dry-electrode deposition in battery pilot lines
Coperion K-Tron has introduced the RF400 Roller Feeder for battery manufacturing, a feeding system aimed at improving consistency in dry-electrode processing at laboratory and pilot scale. The company says the RF400 is designed to provide uniform deposition of electrode dry blends while reducing waste and production variability. The system uses a grooved feed roller paired… Read more…
PPST broadens AC/DC power test portfolio with EA Elektro-Automatik battery cyclers and regenerative loads
PPST Solutions says it has been named a value-added reseller for EA Elektro-Automatik, expanding its test portfolio to cover both AC and DC power validation for electrification markets. Engineers increasingly need test coverage across the whole power-conversion chain, not just isolated AC or DC boxes. With the new arrangement, PPST now combines Pacific Power Source… Read more…
Harbinger partners with Frazer to electrify ambulances and mobile healthcare units
Commercial EV OEM Harbinger is on a roll. Just in the last few months, the company has launched a new line of battery storage products, acquired autonomous driving company Phantom AI, and unveiled a new medium-duty truck. CEO John Harris told Charged that his five-year-old company’s success is based on specialization and vertical integration (read… Read more…
Why EV charging breaks (and how testing labs prevent it)
Ensuring charging hardware and software compatibility: Q&A with BTC Power’s Bill Seamon EV charging, like most modern technological endeavors, depends on a stack consisting of hardware, software and services, which work together to deliver the desired result. Some companies offer the full stack (e.g. Tesla, or the many companies that offer Charging as a Service),… Read more…
Diodes adds 100 V, 1.5 mΩ MOSFET for 48 V automotive motor drives and OBCs
Diodes Incorporated has expanded its automotive-compliant PowerDI8080-5 MOSFET lineup with a new 100 V N-channel device that the company says offers industry-leading on-resistance for 48 V automotive designs. The new DMTH10H1M7SPGWQ features a maximum RDS(on) of 1.5 mΩ and is aimed at 48 V BLDC motor drives in applications such as electric power steering and… Read more…
Scalvy says its modular EV battery architecture hits 98.3% inverter efficiency, targets 15% longer pack life
Scalvy says a joint concept evaluation with Valeo has validated its modular battery-integrated power architecture for EVs under WLTC operating conditions, marking a step toward automotive deployment of the company’s distributed “Power Neuron” platform. Instead of using separate centralized inverters, DC-DC converters and onboard chargers, Scalvy’s architecture distributes those functions into compact modules at the… Read more…
SciMo bets automated flat-wire windings can beat hand-built specialty motors in high-performance niches
In electric motor engineering, copper is king, and winding architecture is one of the main levers engineers use to balance power density, efficiency, cooling and manufacturability. Higher copper fill in the stator can reduce winding resistance and improve current loading for a given package size, but only if the design also manages the magnetic, thermal… Read more…
HeyCharge’s MagicBox retrofit adds solar optimization and load management to existing home EV chargers
HeyCharge has launched HeyCharge Connect, a new product line of retrofit adapters for existing EV chargers, and the first product—the MagicBox—is aimed at turning ordinary OCPP-compatible home wallboxes into smarter, offline-capable charging systems. The Munich company says the MagicBox plugs into any OCPP-compatible charger and connects it to HeyCharge’s SecureCharge platform without an electrician visit,… Read more…
TI’s IsoShield isolated power modules deliver up to 3x higher power density, shrink designs by 70%
Texas Instruments has introduced two isolated power modules that use its new IsoShield packaging technology to raise power density in applications including EVs and data centers. The new UCC34141-Q1 and UCC33420 modules combine a planar transformer and isolated power stage in a single multichip package. TI says the approach can deliver up to three times… Read more…
eVerged and World4Solar pair solar canopies, batteries and EV chargers with zero upfront cost
eVerged has partnered with World4Solar to offer an integrated package that combines EV charging, solar generation and battery storage into a single turnkey system for commercial and municipal sites. World4Solar’s canopy-based solar hardware and batteries are being paired with eVerged’s EV charging and project-delivery model to create what the companies describe as a full energy… Read more…
EPC’s EPC91121 GaN motor drive board delivers 50 ARMS, switches to 150 kHz
Efficient Power Conversion has introduced the EPC91121, a three-phase BLDC motor drive evaluation board built around its seventh-generation EPC2366 40 V eGaN power transistor, aimed at rapid prototyping for drones, robotics, industrial automation, power tools, and other compact electromechanical systems. The board measures 79 mm x 80 mm and is designed for 24 V-class battery… Read more…
EV charging provider E-Plug chooses Nayax’s payment and charging management platform
EV charging network E-Plug (an Energy Plus NY brand), has named Nayax as its preferred payment platform provider. Energy Plus will be among the first operators in the US to adopt the combined Nayax and Lynkwell end-to-end solution for EV charging. Nayax now combines its payment technology with Lynkwell’s charging operations and management platform, which… Read more…
Uber and Rivian partner to deploy up to 50,000 autonomous robotaxis
Rivian and Uber have announced a partnership to deploy 10,000 fully autonomous R2 robotaxis in the first phase of R2 robotaxi deployment. Initial deployments are expected to begin in San Francisco and Miami in 2028. Uber will invest up to $1.25 billion in Rivian through 2031, subject to the achievement of certain milestones. The goal… Read more…
Renesas’ bidirectional 650 V GaN switch replaces back-to-back FETs with one 110 mΩ device
Renesas has introduced what it calls the industry’s first bidirectional 650 V-class GaN switch with integrated DC blocking, aimed at simplifying power-conversion topologies in applications such as solar microinverters, AI data centers and onboard EV chargers. The new TP65B110HRU is designed to block both positive and negative current in a single device, eliminating the need… Read more…
AMPECO launches new operations agent for EV charging networks
EV charging management software provider AMPECO has launched a new operations agent called CoOperator, which offers automated root cause diagnostics, a conversational interface, and the ability to execute operational actions in plain language. (Read our 2024 interview with AMPECO CEO Orlin Radev.) CoOperator is designed to enable AMPECO’s customers to manage growing networks “with the… Read more…
ActionPower’s PRO20 power supply scales to 6 MVA, NEO-PRO battery cycler supports 1200 V EV packs
ActionPower and its South Korean distributor RED Solutions used InterBattery 2026 to introduce two test-system products aimed at EV battery and power electronics development: the PRO20 regenerative AC programmable power supply and the NEO-PRO battery testing and cycling system. The headline product on the power side is the PRO20, a cabinet-based AC programmable supply built… Read more…
MATTER adds Iontra’s adaptive charging, real-time SOH sensing to AI-defined vehicle platform
Indian EV company MATTER is integrating Iontra’s battery intelligence technology into what it calls a core layer of its AI-Defined Vehicle platform, with the goal of making battery behavior more adaptive, health-aware, and predictive over the vehicle’s life. The companies say Iontra’s contribution centers on real-time state-of-health sensing and adaptive charge control. In practical terms,… Read more…
EV manufacturers say production is getting easier, cheaper and more predictable in ABB Robotics survey
Automotive manufacturers are showing more confidence in EV production as it shifts from a disruptive new process to a more established manufacturing discipline, according to ABB Robotics’ latest Automotive Manufacturing Outlook Survey. ABB says more than two-thirds of manufacturers expect EV production to increase in 2026 versus 2025. Just as notable, 51% of respondents said… Read more…
UK government funds 484 new electric buses in 10 English regions
The UK may not be in the first ranks of EV hotspots with Norway and The Netherlands, but Albion is moving ahead with electrification far faster than some other countries we could name. On the streets of London, electric buses, taxis and rideshare vehicles are common sights, as are curbside EV charging stations. The UK… Read more…
