Fleet EV charging installations need smart controllers, and as a handful of industry execs recently told Charged, these processors are increasingly located on-site rather than in the cloud. i-charging’s new e-flow is a local controller designed to seamlessly manage and optimize the operation of EV charging installations, especially those relying on satellite units or installed in… Read more…

UK battery software developer Breathe Battery Technologies has raised $21 million in Series B funding and expanded its product portfolio from an embedded software program to a suite of battery simulation software, embedded software and battery services to support the full battery development process. The round brought in Swedish investment company Kinnevik, alongside previous investors… Read more…

As commercial fleets work toward integrating electric vehicles, many are faced with uncertainties around planning, financing, and infrastructure. Charged spoke with Jim Nachtman from International Financial about how his team supports fleets through every stage of the electrification journey—from initial planning to vehicle delivery and long-term cost management. International offers a comprehensive consulting approach designed… Read more…

Indian automaker Mahindra and German automotive equipment manufacturer FEV have developed a new lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery for Mahindra Electric Origin SUVs. The system has recently undergone an extensive series of tests, including fuel fire testing, nail penetration and rollover tests, to demonstrate its compliance with international safety standards. These tests were carried out… Read more…

Sponsored by Honeywell. A leading manufacturer of new energy vehicle inverters faced the heat dissipation problem caused by the inverter and needed a reliable solution to address this challenge. After diligently evaluating various options, they adopted Honeywell’s Phase Change Material (PCM) for its excellent thermal conductivity, high reliability, and suitability for thin gaps. As a… Read more…

As more commercial EV fleets adopt DC fast chargers, the weight and volume of charging cables introduce operational challenges that can impact safety, maintenance costs and vehicle uptime. Charged recently chatted with Eric Witkowski, Product Manager at Hubbell, to discuss an often-overlooked aspect of EV charging infrastructure: cable management. Hubbell’s Gleon Reel and related solutions… Read more…

Power Integrations, which supplies high-voltage integrated circuits (ICs) for power conversion, is offering five new reference designs targeting 800 V automotive applications, based on its 1,700 V InnoSwitch3-AQ flyback switcher ICs. Spanning power levels from 16 W to 120 W, the designs use wound and low-profile planar transformers and target automotive applications such as DC-DC… Read more…

South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution has selected US engineering firm Honeywell to provide building automation for its cylindrical EV battery manufacturing facility under construction in Queen Creek, near Phoenix, Arizona. Honeywell’s building automation technologies will help maximize operational efficiency at the 1.3-million-square-foot standalone facility, the company said. Honeywell’s Enterprise Buildings Integrator platform will… Read more…

A public charging or fleet charging site—or pretty much any installation larger than one or two Level 2 chargers—consists of more than just the chargers that drivers interact with. There’s going to be a transformer, a cabinet full of switchgear, and increasingly, microgrid elements such as battery storage and/or PV panels. ABB makes all kinds… Read more…

Q8, a Belgian fuel supplier that is expanding into EV charging, has selected energy storage and fast charging systems provider ADS-TEC Energy as its supplier for battery-integrated ultra-fast chargers to expand EV infrastructure across Belgium and the Netherlands. Under the terms of a recently awarded tender, ADS-TEC Energy will deliver more than a dozen innovative… Read more…

China-based Wanhua Chemical Group Battery Technology and IBU-tec, a German manufacturer of lithium iron phosphate materials, have signed a joint research and development agreement (JDA). Within the framework of the partnership, the companies aim to carry out a scale-up towards industrial production in the coming months. The partners expect to have results in the third… Read more…

Stellantis and Factorial Energy have announced the successful validation of Factorial’s automotive-size FEST (Factorial Electrolyte System Technology) solid-state battery cells. Solid-state batteries could offer higher energy density and faster charging than today’s lithium-ion batteries. The validated 77 Ah FEST cells demonstrated specific energy of 375 Wh/kg over 600 cycles, progressing towards automotive qualification. The cells… Read more…

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company pioneering electric aviation, will adopt the Combined Charging Standard (CCS) for its VX4, joining BETA Technologies and Archer Aviation in driving a universal, fast-charging system for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The move marks a step towards a common, industry-wide charging infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration… Read more…

Global EV charging network bp pulse, a subsidiary of bp with US headquarters in Houston, has opened an EV charging site near Boston Logan Airport—its first in Massachusetts.  The site is open to the public and offers 20 charging bays with a mix of 400 kW and 150 kW DC chargers. bp pulse has more… Read more…

US energy firm Barrell Energy has launched a Series A funding round for its portfolio company, Barrell Lithium, to finance the expansion of the company’s strategic acreage position within the Smackover lithium brine project in East Texas. The round follows seed funding that the company closed in November 2024. The primary objective of the Series… Read more…

DC fast charger manufacturer Tritium unveiled its new TRI-FLEX charging platform at the recent ACT Expo 2025 in California. The platform features a distributed architecture that enables charge point operators to scale from 4 up to 64 charge points easily. The platform is designed to allow charging operators to start with what they need today… Read more…

Evolectric, which builds electric conversion kits for fleets of internal-combustion engine trucks, debuted its Gen3CircularEV Kit. The new kit combines the highest available range and payload with the shortest available wheelbase for work truck electrification, the company said, without having to sacrifice customization options. The kit is compatible with Class 3-5 Isuzu models, supports 12-foot… Read more…

ZM Trucks, which at the start of the year announced the construction of its first North American manufacturing plant and regional headquarters, both in Fontana, California, announced a new collaboration with DS24, a manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty freight, refrigerated and specialty truck bodies. The partnership will allow ZM to provide highly tailored solutions combining… Read more…

Elevat, a tech company that specializes in crafting Internet of Things roadmaps for manufacturers of off-highway equipment, has formed a partnership with Microsoft to drive “digital transformation and offer enhanced connectivity and insights for businesses” in the off-highway industry. The collaboration will bring together Elevat’s Machine Connect and Microsoft’s Azure IoT Edge. “In today’s off-highway… Read more…

New Eagle, a company that offers engineering and design services to manufacturers of EVs and hybrids in off-highway and specialty vehicle markets, has announced an update to its Raptor platform, the Raptor High-Performance Compute Platform. The new platform comprises a rugged, GPU-enabled embedded controller built on a vision processing unit from John Deere. “Our Raptor platform… Read more…