Japanese manufacturer TDK Electronics has extended the power capability of its Micronas high-voltage microcontrollers (HVC) 5x embedded motor controller family with its new HVC 5481G for automotive applications. The chips are designed for local interconnect network (LIN)-controlled automotive blowers, pumps and fans in thermal systems. They can also power smart brushless DC motor (BLDC) actuators… Read more…

Power Innovations International’s new line of DC fast chargers can accept a wide range of input voltages. There are three things everyone in the EV industry seems to agree on: (1) we need more charging infrastructure; (2) it needs to be more reliable; and (3) installation often takes much too long. Project delays very often… Read more…

Traction motors and transformers are the magnetic components that seem to get all the attention, but the humble inductor/choke is just as critical a component in modern power converters, and it has surprisingly profound effects on performance, reliability and cost. Another temptation for the bewildered design engineer (or one that is just short on time—but… Read more…

German automaker Porsche has launched a pilot project that aims to recover valuable raw materials from high-voltage batteries after their use in vehicles and to test a potential closed-loop raw material cycle. For the long term, the automaker plans to establish a recycling network for high-voltage batteries in collaboration with external partners. The pilot project… Read more…

The Council for the London Borough of Barnet has partnered with local charging provider char.gy to install up to 1,000 new on-street public chargers. The first 500 will be installed over the next three months, and the remaining 500 will be installed within three years, bringing the total number of EV charge points in Barnet… Read more…

Livium, previously known as Lithium Australia, has signed agreements with EV supplier BYD Australia and national metal recycling business Sell & Parker to expand battery recycling. Through its subsidiary Envirostream Australia, Livium has entered into a new expanded recycling agreement with BYD Australia to better address the growing requirements of the broader BYD business in… Read more…

Continental has developed a new sensor technology that measures the temperature inside permanently excited synchronous motors in EVs directly on the rotor. The company says its e-Motor Rotor Temperature Sensor (eRTS) delivers significantly more precise measurement results than the current software-based temperature simulation. This should enable vehicle manufacturers to reduce the amount of rare earth… Read more…

EV charging hardware provider Leviton has launched a new line of Level 2 chargers. The EV Series Pro Dual Port chargers are designed for fleet, MDU (Multi-Dwelling Unit), commercial and public use applications. The charger’s dual-port configuration is designed to offer maximum flexibility for charging one or multiple vehicles simultaneously. Each port can deliver up… Read more…

UK-based Electric Miles has officially launched the next evolution of its charge point management system, originally called Admin Miles. The new product, dubbed emPACT (Electric Miles Platform for Accelerating Clean Technologies), is “a smarter, more powerful CPMS designed to transform how businesses, fleet operators and bus depots manage EV infrastructure and electric fleets.” emPACT enables… Read more…

Battery technology continues evolving rapidly, but one key challenge persists: efficiently and accurately monitoring each battery cell. Dukosi, a company with over two decades of experience, has developed an innovative chip-on-cell technology designed to enhance the management of battery cells, offering solutions tailored for automotive, transportation, industrial, and energy storage applications. Charged recently talked to… Read more…

Candela, the company that designs and builds electric hydrofoil ferries, including the P-12, has announced that a crew from the company broke new ground by piloting an electric hydrofoiling Candela C-8 between Europe and North Africa. The voyage marked the first-ever intercontinental journey by an electric vessel, the company said. “This week, we flew across… Read more…

PACCAR Parts, a provider of aftermarket parts for all makes of trucks, engines, trailers and buses, has added Eaton DC fast chargers to its EV charger lineup. The Eaton chargers can be purchased from Kenworth and Peterbilt dealers, as well as TRP stores. They are available now in the US and Canada. Available power levels… Read more…

China Huaneng has put into operation a 100-unit unmanned electric mining truck cluster it calls “Huaneng Ruichi” at its Yimin open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia using a large-scale 5G-A based vehicle-cloud-network. The unmanned vehicle eliminates the cab, has a load capacity of 90 tons and can operate continuously in harsh temperatures as low as… Read more…

US-based test and measurement firm Tektronix has introduced its EA-BIM 20005 Battery Impedance Meter equipped with advanced multi-sine stimulus technology, enabling impedance measurements at multiple frequencies simultaneously. The EA-BIM 20005 can also perform sweep measurements, offering flexibility in testing approaches. The meter can test up to 20 channels with fast multiplexing and has a front… Read more…

US EV battery developer Sion Power has installed a new large-format battery cell production line, developed in partnership with Mühlbauer Group. The cells demonstrate the scalability of the company’s lithium anode technology for EV manufacturers and represent a step toward commercializing its Licerion battery. Licerion doubles energy density compared with graphite and silicon anode chemistries,… Read more…

German chemical manufacturer BASF and US silicon battery materials manufacturer Group14 Technologies have collaborated on a market-ready silicon battery solution using commercially available materials: BASF’s Licity 2698 X F binder and Group14’s silicon battery material, SCC55. BASF and Group14 claim they have developed a drop-in-ready solution that enhances the performance of batteries with silicon-dominant anodes,… Read more…

Daimler Buses has won a contract to plan and construct a complete electric bus depot and associated charging infrastructure as a general contractor. The client is the newly founded transit agency MOIN (Mobilitätsinfrastruktur und -betriebs Landkreis Lüneburg) in Lüneburg, Germany. The depot will be built on a greenfield site in the industrial area at the… Read more…

Ampcera, a US-based developer of solid electrolyte materials and battery technology and Xponential Battery Materials (XBM), have signed an agreement to collaborate on the production of a high-energy density, low weight and cost-effective sulfur solid-state battery for EVs. The collaboration establishes a lithium and sodium solid-state battery development partnership that aims to leverage both companies’… Read more…

US-based safety and certification organization UL Solutions has opened its Europe Advanced Battery Testing Laboratory in Aachen, Germany to test batteries used in electric vehicles, expanding the company’s battery technology testing capabilities and its European footprint. The lab provides testing, simulation and certification services addressing automotive and stationary battery research, safety and performance. Driven by… Read more…

Germany-based test and measurement specialist comemso electronics has released a new version of its Easy-Chester EVSE testing device. The Easy Chester is a mobile functional test device for AC and DC charging stations that fully simulates the communication of an EV—with no need for a real vehicle. The Easy Chester intelligently detects the connected plug… Read more…