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Australian utility selects AMPECO as its software provider for kerbside EV charging

AGL Energy, an Australian electric utility that serves some 4.6 million customers, has selected AMPECO as its EV charging platform provider. This partnership has enabled AGL to deploy kerbside (curbside to us Yanks) charging solutions to serve the approximately 30% of Australians who lack access to dedicated parking for home charging. AGL says it isn’t… Read more »

Harbinger brings its medium-duty EVs to the Canadian market

Harbinger, a manufacturer of medium-duty electric and hybrid vehicles, has made its products available for purchase across all provinces and territories in Canada. The company is now accepting orders through its Canadian dealer Safetek Specialty Vehicles, and plans to expand its Canadian dealer network. Harbinger’s proprietary EV chassis platform is designed for walk-in vans, box… Read more »

NEO signs offtake deal for silicon battery material with North American battery company

Canada-based NEO Battery Materials has signed a four-year offtake agreement and a joint development agreement (JDA) with a North American lithium-ion battery company specializing in performance-intensive, specialty applications, including unmanned aerial systems (UAS), drones and defense-related mobile systems. Under the offtake deal, the customer has committed to a total purchase volume of 50 tons of… Read more »

it’s electric to install building-powered public curbside EV chargers in Alameda

Brooklyn-based curbside charging pioneer it’s electric has contracted with the city of Alameda, California to install the city’s first building-powered public curbside EV chargers at Everett Commons, an Alameda Housing Authority (AHA) property. The EV chargers—designed for residents without driveways or private garages—will use its electric’s low-impact Level 2 curbside system, which is powered directly… Read more »

Energy Fuels rare earth oxides mined in Utah have been qualified for use in EV motor magnets

Energy Fuels, a US producer of rare earth elements and other critical minerals, has announced that high-purity neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) oxide produced at its White Mesa Mill in Utah has been manufactured into commercial-scale rare earth permanent magnets for drive unit motors used in EVs. The permanent magnets were produced a South Korean manufacturer of drive… Read more »

Talga enters US battery anode market through partnership with United Catalyst

Battery materials and technology company Talga has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with United Catalyst, marking its entry into the US market and laying the groundwork for potentially building new battery graphite recycling and anode facilities. The three-year agreement combines UCC’s capabilities in automotive recycling with Talga’s expertise in battery graphite and anode materials. The… Read more »

HPQ to receive up to $3 million to commercialize silicon battery materials

Canada-based HPQ Silicon has been awarded up to $3 million in funding by the Government of Canada to accelerate the building of its first continuous production system to manufacture silicon-based material for lithium-ion batteries. The investment in the facility, which will have the capacity to produce 50 tons annually, comes from the Energy Innovation Program’s… Read more »

Layoffs and losses loom as GM kills its BrightDrop electric delivery van program

General Motors has ended production of BrightDrop electric delivery vans at its CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario, bringing an end to the automaker’s commercial EV program. The company announced the news alongside its third-quarter earnings. “The commercial electric van market has been developing much slower than expected and changes to the regulatory framework and fleet… Read more »

POSCO completes construction of EV drive motor core plant in Poland

South Korean steelmaker POSCO International has completed the European base for its global EV market strategy, building a drive motor core plant in Brzeg, Poland. The facility, in which the company invested a total of 94.1 billion won, is 100,000 square meters in size and has started trial production before entering full-scale mass production in… Read more »

TOSS unveils impulse heat-sealing technology for battery packaging

TOSS Machine Components, a manufacturer and distributor of impulse heat-sealing components and supplies, has introduced a new technology for EV battery packaging. As battery technology evolves, more batteries are being built directly into the devices they power, demanding contoured shapes that maximize space efficiency. TOSS says its new PIREG technology can adapt to complex shapes… Read more »