Advanced electric vehicles call for equally advanced on-board charging systems that prioritize safety and reliability. This webinar explores how TDK’s portfolio of circuit protection components is designed to protect equipment and people from damage or harm. Protection products, including PTC inrush current limiters (ICLs), surge arresters (GDTs), leaded disc varistors, multilayer chip varistors, NTC thermistors,… Read more…

Battery manufacturer Electrovaya has launched several new battery system products designed specifically for airport ground support equipment (GSE). Developed in collaboration with a major OEM supplier, these systems are designed to support a broad range of electrified GSE applications, including airplane tuggers, baggage tractors, belt loaders and cargo loaders. The company will make its first… Read more…

Thermal testing and measurement of the battery is one of the most critical aspects of EV development due to the impact on both performance and safety. Excessive humidity inside the battery can enable corrosion, short circuits, and eventually battery failure and is therefore equally important. Until now, measuring both of these physical attributes has been… Read more…

Don’t look now, but public EV charging in the US is becoming a lot more widely available, and a lot better. EV drivers are fed up with buggy and broken chargers, and dismal locations in sun-baked parking lots. Charging providers have got the message, and the forward-looking companies are raising their games. One of these… Read more…

As commercial and municipal fleets look to transition to EVs, many operators face unfamiliar territory. From assessing charging infrastructure needs to coordinating across departments that have never had to collaborate before, the electrification journey can be daunting. Siemens aims to streamline this process with its Depot360 solution—a comprehensive, AI-enabled platform designed to make the switch… Read more…

South Korean battery and trading company SK On plans to accelerate its lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery business targeting North America’s energy storage system (ESS) market. The company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korean battery materials maker L&F to supply LFP cathode materials for the North American market. The agreement outlines… Read more…

Ionic Mineral Technologies, a vertically-integrated US producer of advanced materials for the energy, defense and technology sectors, has closed a $29-million Series B financing round. The oversubscribed round, which exceeded its initial $25-million target, will enable the company to expand capacity at its facility in Provo, Utah, accelerating production of its Ionisil and IonAl battery… Read more…

Q&A with EVpin CEO and founder Maythem Alsodani Whatever kind of EV charging facility you’re planning to deploy—from a Level 2 destination or multi-family site to a highway DC fast charging station to a commercial fleet depot—site selection is a critical part of the process. Many criteria need to be considered, including not only potential… Read more…

Kautex Textron has received an order from a major EV manufacturer for thermoplastic composite lower battery housing units. The order is for a lower housing component from the company’s Pentatonic battery enclosure portfolio. The Pentatonic product line features lightweight, customizable solutions using thermoplastic composite or composite-metal hybrid construction. Kautex says these technologies are intended to… Read more…

Watch this webinar, presented by Infineon, to learn about new preconfigured automotive high voltage gate drivers for efficient switching of the latest automotive IGBT, SiC MOSFET, and Si/SiC Fusion power modules. Key takeaways: Register now—it’s free! See the complete session list for the Virtual Conference on EV Engineering here. Broadcast live from September 15 to… Read more…

US semiconductor manufacturer Microchip Technology has signed a new partnership agreement with Taiwan-based Delta Electronics to use Microchip’s mSiC products and technology in Delta’s designs. Delta intends to leverage Microchip’s experience and advanced technology in silicon carbide (SiC) and digital control to accelerate time to market of its offerings for high-growth market segments such as… Read more…

Ultion Technologies, a fully-integrated US producer of advanced lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell technology, has closed a Series A funding round led by Torus, a Utah-based full-stack energy storage solutions developer. Nevada state-sponsored venture capital program Battle Born Venture, which is overseen by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), also participated in the… Read more…

Canadian battery materials developer HPQ Silicon’s French technology partner Novacium has launched industrial production of cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells incorporating HPQ’s third-generation silicon-based anode material, GEN3. Novacium says its battery cells offer a capacity of 4,000 mAh and 1,000 charge cycles, and are well suited to mobility, consumer electronics, telecom and defense applications. In response… Read more…

Hallcon, a North American provider of transportation and infrastructure services, has broken ground on its newest Electric Vehicle Operations Center (EVOC) in Redmond, Washington. The facility will be built in phases to align with client needs, and is scheduled for completion by the end of 2025. Hallcon offers turnkey EV infrastructure development, including Charging-as-a-Service (CaaS)…. Read more…

As electric vehicles evolve, so do the demands on the components that power them. In this webinar, WAFIOS will highlight how its BMF series and TWISTER² machines are shaping the future of flexible busbar production through innovative and cost-efficient solutions. The BMF series is ideal for producing compact, complex 3D-formed busbars with ultra-tight radii and… Read more…

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that an additional $200 million is now available for zero-emission school buses through the third installment of funding from the $4.2-billion Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022. The funding, distributed through the New York School Bus Incentive Program (NYSBIP), supports the purchase… Read more…

AZL Aachen is launching a new Joint Partner Project entitled “Thermal Runaway Testing for Battery Casings—Benchmarking Systems for High-Gradient Heating and Hot Particle Blasting,” focused on developing and implementing a realistic and reproducible fire testing environment for structural and functional materials used in EV battery housing systems. The project centers around the development and implementation… Read more…

German automaker ZF has introduced its cubiX tuner to complement its cubiX software for the complex calibration of individual actuators during the development process. Designed as a tool for OEMs, the cubiX Tuner automatically calculates the interdependencies between actuators. An electronic control unit (ECU) can now be configured with the manufacturer’s unique brand in just… Read more…

bp pulse, the EV charging subsidiary of oil giant bp, has opened a new EV charging hub, the company’s largest in the US. Located within two miles of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the new hub features 48 EV charging bays equipped with a mix of 400 kW and 150 kW DC fast chargers with… Read more…

The Power Distribution Unit (PDU) is an indispensable piece of hardware that directs/distributes power from a main power bus to a number of branch circuits. In addition, the opportunity is often taken to add control features and circuit protection to the application; typically, in the form of fuses, relays and/or circuit breakers. Traditionally, the PDU was… Read more…