Earth-moving equipment importer and dealer The Staad Group has announced the Staad 17W electric mobile excavator, saying it is “making a go” at producing zero-emission large equipment. The self-designed and -built “unique scoop” is a 16-ton excavator. Staad worked with the ELM Group to convert the machine from diesel to electric power and integrate an… Read more…

Public transport operator Go-Ahead Group is rolling out BetterFleet’s EV fleet charge management and operations platform across its national electric bus fleet in the UK. Go-Ahead will implement BetterFleet’s SaaS platform for over 1,000 EVs in operation at 20 bus depots, and has contracted to expand to more than 1,500 units at 30 depots by… Read more…

Nexperia has released a new portfolio of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection diodes engineered specifically for 48 V data communication networks in electric and hybrid vehicles. These are the first AEC-Q101 qualified ESD diodes optimized for legacy automotive protocols such as CAN, CAN-FD, LIN and FlexRay operating at higher board voltages. EVs and HEVs increasingly use… Read more…

Swiss electrical measurement technology specialist LEM (Life Energy Motion) has launched a new series of DC meters. The DCES600 and DCES1500 meters address a range of DC current-sensing requirements. They are designed to achieve Class B accuracy at charger level at currents of up to 1,500 A and operating temperatures from -40° to +85° C,… Read more…

Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries are all the rage these days. Although they offer lower energy density than batteries based on NMC (lithium nickel manganese cobalt) chemistries, they tend to be cheaper, and their ingredients are more readily available, less toxic and less controversial. Automakers including Ford and Stellantis are steadily building production capacity for… Read more…

The Washington State Department of Commerce joined the Clean and Prosperous Institute, Seattle-based Electric Era and charging site developer Skycharger to celebrate the opening of the first EV fast charging station funded by the Washington Electric Vehicle Charging Program. The WAEVCP is the largest EV infrastructure program under the state’s Climate Commitment Act. The program… Read more…

Fast Lane Transportation, a Southern California-based provider of intermodal and logistics services, is expanding its fleet of Orange EV electric terminal tractors (aka yard trucks). The company currently operates 9 Orange EV trucks and plans to grow its fleet over the next 18 months to meet rising demand. What began as a cautious first step… Read more…

US-based battery technology company Natrion has begun accepting pre-orders for its first-generation flagship separator, which is designed to boost energy density, reduce costs and offer manufacturers a source of US-made products. The Gen-1 active separator, which uses Natrion’s lithium solid ionic composite (LISIC) technology, mitigates common Li-ion battery cell degradation processes. It offers enhanced cell… Read more…

Parker Hannifin announced an agreement to acquire Curtis Instruments from Rehlko for approximately $1 billion in cash. Curtis Instruments designs and manufactures power electronics, instrumentation and input devices for a range of commercial vehicles. The transaction is expected to close by the end of calendar year 2025. Curtis expects 2025 calendar year annual sales of… Read more…

Hitachi Construction Machinery Nederland has expanded its electric construction machine lineup to include a total of five models during the past month, by adding two specialized excavators. The new ZE225 crawler excavator and the new 15.5-tonne ZE150W wheeled excavator are being added to the growing lineup of electric Hitachi models, which already included the ZX55U-6EB… Read more…

Hitachi Construction Machinery Nederland has expanded its electric construction machine lineup to include a total of five models during the past month, by adding two specialized excavators. The new ZE225 crawler excavator and the new 15.5-tonne ZE150W wheeled excavator are being added to the growing lineup of electric Hitachi models, which already included the ZX55U-6EB… Read more…

Sionic Energy has announced commercial availability of its Rapid Integration Silicon Platform, a drop-in, 100% silicon-anode solution designed for lithium-ion battery manufacturers and EV OEMs. The company says the technology replaces graphite entirely and delivers energy density of 370 Wh/kg, supports ultra-fast charging under 10 minutes and provides over 1,000 charge cycles with operating temperatures… Read more…

EV charging provider XCharge North America has partnered with Gateway Fleets, provider of an electrification platform built for last-mile delivery, to deploy a new EV charging depot in Riverside, California. Gateway, whose customers include medium-duty fleets and independent FedEx operators, developed and will operate the new charging depot. The new site features two dual-dispenser GridLink… Read more…

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation has announced a new line of high-speed, two-channel standard digital isolators aimed at automotive applications. The DCM32xx00 series comprises four distinct devices featuring high common-mode transient immunity (CMTI) of 100 kV/μs (typical) and maximum data transmission rates of 50 Mbps, supporting stable isolation and high-speed control communications. These devices… Read more…

Allotrope Energy has developed a new class of supercapacitors featuring Lignavolt, a nano-porous carbon material derived from pulp industry byproducts. The devices demonstrate 14–15 Wh/kg energy density—twice that of typical supercapacitors—enabling higher energy recovery and power output in hybrid-electric vehicle systems. The company claims that the supercapacitors are well-suited to regenerative braking applications, allowing for… Read more…

Lilac Solutions, a provider of direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology, has launched its first European field pilot at Neptune Energy’s operations site in Steinitz, Germany to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate from brine associated with gas production. The integrated pilot processes brine from the subsurface reservoir through a complete flowsheet encompassing filtering and pretreatment, lithium extraction… Read more…

comemso electronics, which provides test solutions for EVs and charging equipment, has published its comframe 1.1 software release. The software platform supports test engineers, developers and production teams in testing EV and EVSE components based on international charging standards. Comframe 1.1 features extended simulation functions for targeted manipulation of timings and timeouts in messages for… Read more…

Japanese supplier of specialty elastomers, polymers, and specialty chemicals Zeon has signed a strategic partnership with Sino Applied Technology, a Taiwanese manufacturer of advanced nanomaterials for next-generation batteries. As part of the collaboration, Zeon will lead a $20-million Series C fundraising round for SiAT to support the expansion of its production capacity for single-walled carbon… Read more…

The Implementation of Laser Drying Processes for Economical & Ecological Lithium Ion Battery Production (IDEEL) research project in Germany developed a laser-assisted roll-to-roll (R2R) drying process that could reduce the cost of lithium-ion battery manufacturing, according to German research organization Fraunhofer FFB. The hybrid process combines conventional, oven-based convection drying with laser drying based on… Read more…

EV apps—love ‘em or hate ‘em, they’re here to stay. A new study from auto market analyst J.D. Power indicates that an increasing number of EV drivers love ‘em—or at least, use ‘em regularly. (We’re talking about the apps provided by vehicle OEMs, not the far less popular apps required by public charge point operators.)… Read more…