Lithium-ion battery producer Forge Battery, a subsidiary of materials science company Forge Nano, headquartered in Colorado, has begun shipping its first commercial product, Gen. 1.1 Supercell 21700 cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells, to existing and potential customers.  The prototype product is made from 90% US-supplied battery materials. It has received UN 38.3 and UL 1642 certifications… Read more…

Ford and Texas electric power provider TXU Energy, a subsidiary of Texas-based energy company Vistra, are partnering to offer the TXU Free EV Miles program. The program provides Ford EV customers with a credit on their TXU Energy bill for all home energy used for daily EV charging between 7 pm and 1 pm the… Read more…

Global logistics firm DSV has ordered 300 electric semi-trucks from Volvo Trucks. The deal represents one of Volvo’s largest orders to date for heavy-duty electric trucks, but it’s just a toe in the water for DSV, which operates a fleet of 20,000 trucks. (The company’s order from Volvo also includes 500 legacy fossil fuel-powered trucks.)… Read more…

dSPACE has developed a test library based on the conformance test standards for DIN and ISO-based communication that provides detailed insight into the development status of electric vehicle communication controllers (EVCC). In this presentation, the handling will be shown, and a live demonstration will be provided Join this webinar at the upcoming Charged Virtual Conference on EV… Read more…

UK rapid EV charging network InstaVolt is introducing off-peak pricing to encourage drivers to charge their vehicles during low-demand periods when electricity is cheaper. Under the initial rate schedule, drivers will be able to charge for 54 pence (p) per kWh between the hours of 10 pm and 6 am across InstaVolt’s network of more… Read more…

The DOE’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) has announced $50 million in grants for six states with significant automotive workforces to help small- and medium-sized suppliers adapt their manufacturing facilities to serve for the EV supply chain. The announcement on state allocations follows an April 2024 Request for Information, seeking input on… Read more…

As EV design evolves, companies throughout the supply chain are developing components and materials specifically designed for EVs. This includes the greenhouse or glasshouse (industry terms for a vehicle’s set of windows and other glass components). Eastman has launched a new lineup of interlayers (an interlayer is used to permanently bond two plies of glass… Read more…

Yellow machines are going electric. CASE Construction Equipment debuted its Project Zeus electric backhoe concept at CONEXPO in 2020. Since then, the company has used customer feedback to guide the development of a production electric model: the 580EV electric backhoe loader. CASE’s next-generation EV offers a zero-emission, low-noise solution suitable for work in urban centers… Read more…

Sponsored by Littelfuse, Inc. Ensuring circuit survival in the challenging automotive and electric vehicle environments. As vehicle electrification grows and adds functions, the electronic control architecture must evolve to manage operations efficiently, responsively, and safely. The architecture is shifting from a simple distributed system to a zonal control system, where zonal control units manage nearby… Read more…

From its early days, Tesla captured the imagination of car consumers, but when it comes to the fleet market, the company’s record has been more mixed. In January, rental giant Hertz announced plans to sell thousands of the Teslas it had purchased a couple years earlier, and replace them with gas-guzzlers. Competitor Sixt faced a… Read more…

For comprehensive testing and analysis of electric vehicles and subsystems, physical parameters from numerous sensor types in both low- and high-voltage environments must be acquired and analyzed. Precise evaluation of the data is only possible through synchronized acquisition of the data – not only from sensors but also from additional sources such as the high-voltage… Read more…

Drivetrain engineering firm hofer powertrain has announced that its new initiative set will reduce electric drive design time by 80% by using AI and Deeptech innovations, allowing for faster time-to-market for automotive customers. hofer has been utilizing in-house developed AI-driven approaches for some time and now has partnered with Deeptech engineering specialist Monumo. A cambridge-based… Read more…

Industrial chemicals firm Chemours, the maker of such well-known products as Freon and Teflon, is also a player in battery technology. Now the company has opened a new laboratory facility, the Chemours Battery Innovation Center (CBIC) at its Discovery Hub in Newark, Delaware. The CBIC will support the testing and scaling of Chemours’s next-generation EV… Read more…

Commuters as well as travelers who are planning to explore the northwestern shores of Saudi Arabia will have a new and green way of getting around starting in 2025. The operators of Neom, the massive faux-sustainable development that Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, the crown prince and authoritarian leader of Saudi Arabia, is creating in… Read more…

Paraclete Energy, a producer of silicon-based anode materials for the EV and battery markets, has reached a cost of $35/kWh for its SILO Silicon anode materials—below the typical cost of $53/kWh for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries using graphite anodes. Paraclete Energy’s silicon anode materials offer specific energy of over 520 Wh/kg, exceeding traditional graphite… Read more…

Another private community is installing charging stations in every unit. The Woodland Creek Homeowners Association of East Palo Alto, California—a condominium development that was formed in 2002 and consists of single-family semi-detached residences—is in the process of installing the Pando Smart Outlet at all 90 homes and three shared-use buildings in the community, including a… Read more…

Drivetrain engineering firm hofer powertrain is collaborating with engineering specialist Monumo to build new electric motor designs that can reduce cost and the use of permanent magnets, while improving the efficiency and performance of EV powertrains. Cambridge-based startup Monumo has developed a scalable engine called Anser, which can evaluate millions of detailed powertrain concepts within… Read more…

Join us to explore AVL’s innovative approach that combines ultra-high precision and accuracy testing methodology with advanced electrochemical simulation models to overcome the limitations of traditional BMS calibration methods. These advanced methods reduce the need for extensive physical testing, saving time and costs while enabling virtual testing that’s 3000 times faster than conventional testing. In… Read more…

Q&A with Charging Interface Initiative North America (CharIN) Executive Director Erika Myers. To the average EV driver, charging may seem to be a mundane, even boring, matter. You plug your EV in when you get home, and when you’re ready to drive again, it’s charged. And that’s the way it should be. But there’s a… Read more…

It took far too long to get here, but it may have been worth the wait. The 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV, GM’s smallest and least expensive battery-electric vehicle, is finally rolling into dealerships across the country. Now we’ve driven it, and it’s good. You can view the electric Equinox as the anti-Tesla. Where the Silicon… Read more…