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…

C-BATT, a joint venture between US lithium-ion battery components producer X-BATT and carbon and graphite products manufacturer CONSOL Innovations—a wholly owned subsidiary of US-headquartered CONSOL Energy—has launched the next phase of development and commercialization of Obsidia, its tunable silicon-carbon composite battery anode material made with domestically sourced carbon.  The aim is to improve the energy… Read more…

Wright Electric, a US developer of ultra-lightweight motors, generators and batteries for the aerospace and military sectors, along with its partners, which include NASA, DOE and DOD, has been awarded a $3.34-million grant from the FAA’s Fueling Aviation’s Sustainable Transition (FAST) program. The funding will be used to develop a new class of batteries for… Read more…

Rexel Energy Solutions, a company that specializes in producing EV chargers and smart building controls, and ChargeLab, a provider of hardware-agnostic software that manages EV chargers, are working together to help Canadian businesses install more EV chargers. The two firms are partnering to offer a service to assist eligible companies in securing grant funding to… Read more…

Join this webinar on functional safety design, featuring Intel Automotive Adaptive Control Solution (formerly Silicon Mobility’s OLEA Solution). Discover how the ISO 26262 safety work product packages, tailored for the ACU T222 (formerly OLEA T222 FPCU) and AC App Inverter, enable customers to accelerate the development and deployment of ISO 26262 ASIL-D compliant solutions for… Read more…

Canadian lithium producer Century Lithium has added a lithium carbonate stage at its Lithium Extraction Facility, a pilot plant in Amargosa Valley, Nevada, which is part of the company’s wholly-owned Angel Island Mine project. Concentrated lithium solutions from the pilot plant were previously treated by Saltworks at its facility in Richmond, British Columbia, to produce… Read more…

Canada-headquartered metals recycler Cyclic Materials has signed a collaboration agreement with SYNETIQ, a UK-headquartered vehicle salvage and recycling company, for the recycling of end-of-life electric motors containing rare earth elements.  The motors to be supplied by SYNETIQ include hybrid and EV drive motors, as well as auxiliary motors found in all vehicles. To help meet… Read more…

US electric truck manufacturer Bollinger Motors, a subsidiary of EV maker Mullen, has named truck and trailer dealer TEC Equipment as a Bollinger Motors dealer. TEC is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The addition of 20 TEC sales and service locations in Arizona, California, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota and Washington expands Bollinger’s dealer network… Read more…

The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) has opened a procurement bid opportunity under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. NDOT has issued request for proposal (RFP) Number R231-24 for the selection of one or more qualified contractors to build, own and operate DC fast charging stations at seven sites along the I-80 corridor…. Read more…

Designers of power conversion systems in EVs strive for maximum power density. Component packaging and cooling mechanisms become increasingly important in achieving this goal. Infineon and Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) collaborate to push the boundaries by going beyond current design requirements. Together, they develop new cooling concepts that can improve power density, simplify manufacturing, and… Read more…

Governor Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Transportation recently announced $31.7 million in grant funding to local governments, transit agencies and nonprofits for the purchase of 28 new electric transit vehicles. The Colorado Clean Transit Enterprise (CTE) will provide $15 million for the initiative, and the remaining $16.7 million will come from the Volkswagen… Read more…

Axim Mica, a US-based manufacturer and supplier of mica-based insulating materials, has announced that its advanced mica composites are designed to enhance EV safety. Axim Mica has produced more than 150 million mica parts for the EV market since 2011. The company says its composite products address growing concerns surrounding thermal runaway in EV batteries…. Read more…

South Korean electronic component company Samsung Electro-Mechanics has expanded its range of automotive high-voltage multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) products to support larger sizes. The trend towards using higher voltages in EV power electronic components, including onboard chargers, motor drive inverters, DC-DC converters, wireless power transfer systems, battery management systems, compressors and pumps is increasing demand… Read more…

Engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have identified cybersecurity vulnerabilities in DC fast charging EVSE. In a laboratory, the SwRI team exploited vulnerabilities in the power line communication (PLC) layer that transmits smart-grid data between vehicles and charging equipment, gaining access to network keys and digital addresses on both the charger and the vehicle. The… Read more…

Real-Time Location Accurate Within Centimeters Made Possible With Murata’s LF Antennas. The need for accurate position information is growing and there are several communication systems and protocols to choose from for your application. UWB has recently become popular since it was adopted by Apple and supported in the iPhone. However, it is not without its… Read more…

Japanese electronics company TDK Electronics has extended its ERU27M series of SMD high current flat wire inductors comprising an isolated alloy powder core and flat wire helical winding. The series of four variants is designed to meet the requirements for higher power densities and currents in automotive and industrial applications, by using an alloy powder… Read more…