General Motors has appointed battery expert Kurt Kelty to the newly created position of Vice President of Batteries. Does the name sound familiar? Kelty once drove battery development at Tesla. Read more…
Panasonic purchases synthetic graphite from Novonix
Panasonic Energy has signed a binding purchase deal with battery materials company Novonix for the supply of synthetic graphite for the anodes of electric vehicle batteries in the USA. This agreement provides for the supply of at least 10,000 tonnes over a four-year period starting in 2025. Read more…
Smart switch protects 800V battery packs
Kyocera AVX has developed a smart semiconductor switch for EV battery pack designs, writes Nick Flaherty. The switch supports voltage levels up to 930 V for 800 V battery packs and is able to withstand short current events up to several thousand amps. Using a scalable design, the switch can be adapted to different power classes up to 640 kW continuous performance and provides both a safety cutoff and also support for higher charging rates. Read more…
Abarth 600e is a 240 hp Fiat 600e with a sting
Calling the new Abarth 600e a pumped-up Fiat 600e is like putting pineapple on pizza – sacrilege for some, and perfectly fine for others. While we may anger some Abarth fans and upset the hard-working engineers who put hours of hard work into this project – after all the dust has settled, this is only a Jeep Avenger. Sorry, Fiat… Read more…
Quick Charge Podcast: February 8, 2024
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Read more…
Tesla adopts UWB connectivity on iPhone to improve Phone Key performance
Tesla now supports the iPhone’s Ultra Wideband chip for improved Phone Key performance, at least on some cars. Apple started including the Ultra Wideband chip with the iPhone 11, allowing for better nearby interaction between an iPhone and other devices equipped with UWB technology.. Read more…
Komatsu 3 ton electric mini excavator set for European debut in Paris
Komatsu has announced plans to debut its new PC33E-6 3-ton class electric mini excavator to European equipment buyers at the Intermat 2024 fair in Paris this April. Read more…
Rivian Standard pack R1S, R1T arrive: Up to 315 miles, no LFP yet
Rivian on Thursday revealed long-awaited Standard and Standard+ versions of its R1T pickup and R1S SUV—essentially ready to be delivered now, with what appears to be a $3,100 price drop, and likely qualifying for the same EV tax credit as other versions. They arrive with a twist: They’re not powered by the LFP battery pack or the new… Read more…
Rivian adds Standard battery pack option for R1T and R1S, plus a new option for even more range
One month from debuting its second all-electric line of vehicles, Rivian is expanding the configurator of its flagship R1T and R1S trucks to now allow the Standard pack as a selectable option to customers. Additionally, Rivian has introduced a fourth pack called Standard+, delivering more range at less cost. Here’s the latest. Read more…
Jaguar Land Rover delays two EVs as first electric Range Rover rolls out this year
Jaguar Land Rover is pushing back the launch of two key electric models amid “surprising” demand for its plug-in hybrids. The announcement comes as the company is seeing strong interest in the first electric Range Rover after orders opened in December. Read more…
Abarth unveils the 600e – its most powerful vehicle to date, in a limited ‘Scorpionissima’ edition
Italian performance car specialist Abarth has just debuted a new all-electric model called the 600e as its bright purple “Scorpionissima” launch edition undergoes final testing ahead of a commercial shoot. Abarth shared its first image of the 600e, which promises to be its most powerful vehicle to date. Read more…
The world’s first semi electric truck with 1,000 kWh capacity is plowing snow in Norway like a boss
For the first time, Norway has used a semi electric truck with 1,000 kWh battery capacity to clear heavy snow on challenging mountain passes. Read more…
Endera offers pre-built electric cutaway bus chassis for rapid delivery
Transit fleets are going electric, but long lead times for delivery represent a major bottleneck across the commercial EV industry. Endera, a provider of electric commercial vehicles and charging stations, has come up with an innovative solution: pre-built electric chassis that can be delivered quickly and customized to suit the customer’s needs. The Endera EV… Read more…
GM taps ex-Tesla battery chief to deliver cheaper EVs sooner
General Motors has hired former Tesla battery-development boss Kurt Kelty as its new vice president of batteries. In this newly-created position, Kelty will be tasked with bringing together GM’s development resources “to more quickly deliver profitable, lower-cost, higher performing electric vehicles to customers at scale,” and will report… Read more…
Rivian R1T And R1S Get New Standard, Standard+ Battery Options
The new range options lower the prices of entry-level Rivian R1 models. Read more…
Hyundai’s first EV trucks will probably be called Ioniq T10 and Ioniq T7
Hyundai has already very much established itself in the EV space with the Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6, not to mention the Kona. The Korean company isn’t satisfied with just launching cars and SUVs, though, it wants to get into the electric truck space to rival Ford’s F-150 Lightning. And it’s looking like it will do so with the Ioniq… Read more…
Here Come The Tesla Cybertruck Flippers
$275,000 for a Cybertruck? Maybe someone will bite. Read more…
Fermata Energy integrates its V2X platform with BorgWarner’s bidirectional chargers
Bidirectional charging pioneer Fermata Energy has integrated its Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) services platform with bidirectional EV chargers manufactured by BorgWarner. The integration of Fermata’s software with BorgWarner’s hardware, including both 60 kW and 125 kW UL-certified chargers, enables Fermata’s platform to optimize V2X bidirectional charging commands with a Combined Charging System (CCS) communication protocol. Fermata is… Read more…
GM hires EV superstar Kurt Kelty as Vice President of Batteries
It’s plain to anyone who follows the auto industry that there are pro-EV and anti-EV factions at every legacy automaker. For the last three decades, the OEMs’ interest in EVs has flapped this way and that in the winds of quarterly earnings and political shifts. Last fall, the “let’s wait awhile” contingent appeared to have… Read more…
New Sanlorenzo superyacht first to use Volvo Penta electric ready powertrain
Superyacht builder Sanlorenzo will become the first ship-builder to integrate the new Volvo Penta “electric-ready” marine powertrain system into two new upcoming customer yachts. Read more…
