Japanese startup KG Motors (whose investors include Toyota Gosei) makes a tiny, affordable city EV called the MiBot. The single-seat MiBot is aimed at drivers who have short urban commutes—it has about 100 kilometers of range, a top speed of 60 km/h, and a rock-bottom price tag of ¥1 million (around $7,000). KG delivered the… Read more…

UK-based electric motor manufacturer Helix has developed a bespoke dual-motor propulsion system for the McMurtry Spéirling, the single-seater electric fan hypercar that holds records at Goodwood and Laguna Seca. Customer deliveries of the production car are set to begin in 2026. The system pairs two Helix SPX242-94 motors at the rear of the vehicle, delivering… Read more…

Curbside charging is the solution for urban drivers who want to go electric, but who lack private parking spaces and can’t install their own chargers. A pioneer in this space is it’s electric, which we profiled in our July-September 2024 issue. Now Washington DC’s District Department of Transportation (DDOT) has partnered with it’s electric on… Read more…

Berlin-based traceability firm Minespider has launched Recircle.market, a digital marketplace designed to connect companies across the EV battery reuse, refurbishment and recycling value chain. The platform enables listing and trading of second-life batteries with verified technical and lifecycle data, sourcing of recycled battery materials and components, and connecting with service providers for testing, diagnostics, logistics,… Read more…

Lithium-ion battery technology has played a significant role in the advancement of electric vehicles and other consumer electronics. As market competition intensifies, manufacturers are striving to achieve higher power densities and production throughput. While lithium-ion technology has matured, electrical shorts can still develop inside the cell after passing production tests due to burrs or particles… Read more…

Turntide Technologies has unveiled a modular axial flux electric drive unit (EDU) that integrates motor, inverter and gearing with shared cooling in a single package. The company says the axial flux design delivers 53% higher torque density than a comparable radial flux motor in 58% less volume and at 37% less weight. The platform supports… Read more…

Supra Elemental Recovery, a spinout from the University of Texas at Austin, has launched with a $2 million pre-seed round to develop technology for recovering critical minerals—including gallium and scandium—from domestic waste streams such as industrial byproducts, mine tailings and electronic waste. The US is currently 100% import-dependent for both gallium and scandium, elements essential… Read more…

Navitas Semiconductor has launched its 5th-generation GeneSiC technology platform, a 1200 V SiC MOSFET line based on what the company calls Trench-Assisted Planar (TAP) architecture. The design combines the ruggedness of a planar gate structure with the performance benefits of a trench in the source region. The headline improvement is a 35% better RDS(on) x… Read more…

On-street charging is the solution for urban EV drivers who don’t have dedicated parking spaces, and London is at the center of the action. Now the London Borough of Harrow is rolling out 500 new on-street EV charge points in partnership with EV charging provider char.gy. The charge points are attached to lamp columns and… Read more…

BorgWarner has secured a contract with an unnamed major North American OEM to supply an 800 V integrated drive module (iDM) and a generator module with a dual inverter. The components will be used in a series of the automaker’s extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) trucks and large-frame SUVs, with production set to begin in 2029…. Read more…

Xos has unveiled its 2026 model year Class 6 strip chassis at a starting price of $99,000, which the company calls the most competitive price point in the commercial EV segment. The 23,000 lb GVWR chassis is purpose-built for return-to-base fleet operations, offering approximately 120 miles of range on the standard configuration and up to… Read more…

EV charging providers don’t seem to have gotten the memo about the demise of EVs—they’ve been deploying new chargers in record numbers in the US and Europe. Retail chains also seem to be ignoring the steady drumbeat of doom—Walmart, Kroger, Wawa and others are planning to open thousands of new charging locations over the next… Read more…

EV charging infrastructure provider i-charging has expanded its charging ecosystem with MAX, a 1.6 MW modular charging power unit designed to be expandable to accommodate changing needs. MAX integrates seamlessly with i-charging’s existing user interface portfolio to support installations ranging from mixed urban fleets to megawatt-scale public charging sites. “Traditional high-power charging solutions require operators… Read more…

Karma Automotive and solid-state battery developer Factorial have announced what they describe as the first solid-state battery production program in the US for passenger vehicles. Factorial’s FEST (Factorial Electrolyte System Technology) cells will be integrated into Karma’s next-generation vehicle platform, starting with the all-electric Kaveya super-coupe—a 1,000+ hp vehicle with a top speed exceeding 200… Read more…

US-based Ionic Mineral Technologies has expanded the lease rights for its Silicon Ridge rare earth project in Utah and completed a strategic step-out drilling program for its Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA). The 4,100 additional acres of land consolidate the company’s strategic land package to roughly 13,000 contiguous acres. The expansion is strategically significant, as it… Read more…

US-based lithium-ion battery fire extinguishing products manufacturer Full Circle Lithium has launched six new lithium-ion fire extinguisher sizes, initially in North American markets. The extinguishers include four retail-focused models—20 ounces, 1 litre, 2 litres and 3 litres—and two industrial-size units—30 litres and 50 litres—designed to address the risks associated with lithium-ion battery use across residential,… Read more…

Focus Graphite Advanced Materials, which is developing high-grade flake graphite deposits and graphite materials, has announced that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has allowed its Canadian patent application for battery anode materials. Patent No. 3,209,696, entitled Advanced Anode Materials Comprising Spheroidal Additive-Enhanced Graphite Particles and Process for Making Same, covers proprietary processes and compositions for… Read more…

Silicon-enhanced battery materials and components firm NEO Battery Materials has developed and manufactured its first battery cell designed for drone applications. NEO received its first purchase order from an Asian manufacturer for drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) late last year. The NBM Drone Cell, which is intended for reconnaissance and surveillance applications, achieves an… Read more…

U.S. Energy has added a smaller model to its Volt Vault mobile EV charging line. The Volt Vault Lite is a trailer-based DC fast charging unit built on a 22-foot platform that can be towed by a mid-sized pickup truck. The unit offers two ports of Level 3 charging at up to 60 kW and… Read more…

As the power electronics industry shifts from silicon IGBTs to SiC MOSFETs—driven largely by the efficiency demands of EV inverters, onboard chargers and DC fast charging—one persistent headache has been the gate driver. Legacy designs built around optocouplers and opto-emulators typically need significant rework to handle SiC’s faster switching speeds and higher noise immunity requirements…. Read more…