In the evolving motor and drive technology field, optimizing performance and addressing system inefficiencies are pressing concerns. A better understanding of the key interactions between inverters and motors (with a special focus on torque production and advanced measurement techniques) can help developers and engineers tackle these challenges. Join this webinar presented by Yokogawa Test &… Read more…

The Stockport, UK, outlet of France-headquartered sporting goods retailer Decathlon is opening a new 15-bay ultra-rapid EV charging hub, installed by UK charging network Be.EV.  Located in the town of Stockport, which is part of Greater Manchester, the site receives up to 20,000 visitors per week, and is minutes from the busy M60 motorway. Decathlon… Read more…

Sponsored by Parker. Much of the focus on electrifying commercial trucks has been on optimizing electric powertrains and solving challenges like battery capacity, maximum battery voltage, eAxles and safety considerations. Long haul trucks present significant challenges to electrification due to battery size & cost and charging infrastructure. A quicker path to electrification is often for… Read more…

ION Storage Systems, a Maryland-based manufacturer of solid-state batteries (SSBs), has reached a milestone towards commercialization by achieving 800 cycles in its SSB cells. ION cells cycle without compression or volume change, a key SSB adoption barrier. ION’s SSB requires no compression, swell budget, extensive cooling system or heavy fire barriers. In early 2024, ION… Read more…

Beam Global, the maker of an innovative solar-powered off-grid EV charging solution, has acquired Belgrade-based Telcom, which engineers and manufactures specialized power electronics, including inverters, charge controllers, power supplies and LED lighting. The acquisition of Telcom will enable Beam to replace third-party power electronic components with in-house engineered and manufactured solutions. Beam says its suite… Read more…

Measurement and control specialist Yokogawa Electric will release a new online sheet thickness gauge—the OpreX Battery Web Gauge ES-5—as part of the OpreX Quality Control System family, in January 2025. Since the release of its first online thickness gauge for sheet manufacturing equipment in 1962, Yokogawa has been delivering ever-newer versions of these products, which… Read more…

US-based Terbine has launched its Mission Control system for EV infrastructure to provide monitoring and management of complex, multi-vendor charging networks. Combined with the company’s cloud-based Charging Network Management Platform (CNMP), Mission Control is designed to make operating and maintaining charging systems more straightforward by giving network operators automatic detection, diagnosis and remedies for field… Read more…

Germany-headquartered Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has introduced cell caps and nonwoven cell stack envelopes for prismatic battery cells. The battery cell envelopes use nonwoven materials that wrap the cell stack and, like conventional films, protect it during the assembly and provide electrical insulation. Nonwoven envelopes consist of a fiber network forming an ultra-homogeneous pore structure. The… Read more…

How can science help OEMs to meet electric vehicle safety regulations and improve cooling system reliability? This webinar will look in detail at how engineered fluids and polymers can help OEMs to meet these new regulations. Presented by Lubrizol, a team of experts will discuss how dielectric fluids can be used in place of water… Read more…

General Motors is merging its BrightDrop division, which designs and manufactures light electric commercial vehicles, into Chevrolet, in order to leverage the latter’s sales and service network. BrightDrop was founded by GM in 2021. Chevrolet was founded 112 years ago in 1911. The move is intended to provide commercial customers with greater convenience when it… Read more…

The cities of Athens and Thessaloniki in Greece have ordered 89 FUSO eCanter trucks from Portugal-headquartered truck maker FUSO, which is owned by Daimler Truck, for waste collection in their metropolitan areas.  Forty of the trucks are expected to be deployed in November, and the rest will be delivered over the course of 2025. The… Read more…

The global transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is accelerating, driven by a combination of environmental policies, technological advancements, economies of scale for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), compelling business cases, and shifting consumer preferences. As this momentum builds, the demand for robust EV infrastructure, particularly charging stations, is surging. This is particularly so when converting fleets… Read more…

The new stationary energy storage system (ESS) that supplies power to the Porsche plant in Leipzig covers an area nearly as big as two basketball courts and is made up of 4,400 end-of-service-life Taycan batteries salvaged from pre­-series and works vehicles. The system has a total energy capacity of 10 MWh, and can deliver up… Read more…

Bollinger Motors, a US manufacturer of all-electric commercial chassis cab trucks, has announced it plans to start production of the Bollinger B4 on September 16, 2024.  The B4 is a chassis cab electric truck. Thus far only pre-production evaluation vehicles have been manufactured but, in a few weeks, saleable B4 trucks will be coming down… Read more…

South African electricity supplier Eskom has launched an EV pilot at the Eskom Academy of Learning (EAL) in the town of Midrand, Gauteng Province. The pilot project includes the procurement of 20 vehicles ranging from light delivery vehicles to light trucks for operational use. The company will install 10 charging stations in partnership with South… Read more…

Join this webinar at the Charged Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, presented by Schunk Sonosystems North America, to learn about the benefits of ultrasonic metal welding in various applications in EVs. In this presentation, we’ll explore and discuss the battery tab, wire splicing, and terminal with bus bar welding for low- and high-voltage applications. Reserve… Read more…

Sponsored by Telsonic. Telsonic’s advanced torsional SONIQTWIST® welding technology has been successfully applied in a groundbreaking solution for fixing silver-plated aluminum busbars using screws. This innovation, developed in collaboration with the KERN-LIEBERS Group, a producer of precision stamped parts, promises to set new standards for reliability and conductivity in electrical connections for industrial applications.  The… Read more…

The City of Pueblo has installed solar-powered EV charging systems for use by the general public as well as the Pueblo Police Department, Parks and Recreation and the Fleet Department.  The systems are from Beam Global, a San Diego EV charging infrastructure and technology company.  Beam’s wireless, grid-independent EV ARC units, which generate and store… Read more…

Southwest Airlines and Archer Aviation have announced a partnership to develop plans for electric air taxi networks that will use Archer’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft at California airports where Southwest has a presence. The memorandum of understanding signed by the two companies specifies that the service will utilize Archer’s Midnight eVTOL aircraft,… Read more…

Airport ground support equipment (GSE) presents a perfect use case for EVs. The specialty vehicles that service aircraft on the ground travel short distances, and can conveniently charge right on the airport apron. Goldhofer, a German-headquartered global provider of specialty vehicles, unveiled an electric version of its AST-2 towbarless aircraft tow tractor (aka Phoenix E)… Read more…