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Coveme electric motor slot and battery spacer insulation for high-voltage applications

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With motor voltages in many e-mobility applications effectively doubling from the 400V region to 800V or more, one of the issues that arises is preventing breakdown of the insulation within the motor slots, the key stressor being partial discharges. Italian insulation specialist Coveme has developed processing improvements to DuPont Nomex dielectric material capable of withstanding such discharges – improvements that allow the material to be applied at scale by existing production machinery. The company has also launched a new humidity resistant Nomex material for battery cell and module spacers, writes Peter Donaldson. Read more…

Oakland school district now has a 100% electric, V2G-capable school bus fleet

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The transition to electric school buses is well underway in California—school districts in the state had ordered over 2,000 electric buses as of late 2023. In May, the Oakland Unified school district announced the conversion of its entire school bus fleet to EVs. (And none too soon—the American Lung Association recently reported that the Bay… Read more…

Audi debuts all-new electric drive architecture 

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Audi has unveiled a new all-electric drive architecture that it says offers greater efficiency and noticeably improved performance over its current platforms. The new Premium Platform Electric platform, designed in partnership with fellow Volkswagen Group brand Porsche, is intended to be the foundation of Audi’s EV strategy going forward. In developing PPE, Audi completely redesigned… Read more…

Honda is more American than Ford, Tesla still 3/10, Jeep deals, and Fisker goes under

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On today’s Quick Charge, it’s a tale of two CEOs – one getting a $56 billion payday while the other one pulls the plug on his namesake company for the third time. Also: the Honda Ridgeline is the most American pickup you can buy, Jeep’s new EV is already getting a price cut, Hyundai’s building IONIQ 5s in Georgia, eVTOLs, and all the federal EV incentives you can get. Read more…

DHL opens EV Center of Excellence in Italy

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DHL Group has opened an EV Center of Excellence to support EV manufacturers and their logistics networks. The facility, located in Pozzuolo Martesana, near Milan, “will offer solutions for the entire EV supply chain, encompassing everything from component procurement to vehicle delivery to aftermarket logistics support.” The new 10,000-square-meter facility will serve as an inbound and… Read more…

Fisker files for bankruptcy

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The EV startup Fisker has officially filed for bankruptcy. The company filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware on June 17 with estimated assets ranging between $500 million and $1 billion, while the liabilities amount to anything between $100 million and $500 million. After operating at a huge loss for some time and accumulating hundreds of millions of dollars in losses,… Read more…

Rio Tinto and BHP to test battery-electric haul trucks in the Australian Outback

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Metals and mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto have announced plans to test large battery-electric haul truck technology in Australia’s Outback. The two companies will collaborate with both Caterpillar and Komatsu to test the latter two’s battery-electric haul trucks in the rugged weather and terrain of the Pilbara, which has an arid and tropical climate… Read more…

Congress takes aim at Chinese battery companies, including EV maker BYD

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A bill aimed at cutting major Chinese battery manufacturers out of the Department of Homeland Security’s supply chain recently advanced in the US House of Representatives. The Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act, which was sponsored by Congressman Carlos Gimenez (R—Florida), has strong bipartisan support and appears likely to pass. The proposed legislation would… Read more…