Sponsored by Avery Dennison Performance Tapes. Tapes can simplify complex processes, support robotic assembly, reduce scrap, and more. By Max VanRaaphorst Globally, more than 60 million EVs are now on the road. It’s a number that might have seemed unimaginable just a few years ago. It underscores how EV OEMs have moved beyond needing only… Read more »
CamMotive has opened a new battery testing lab in Cambridge, UK, with more than 800 high-current cell-cycling channels and the ability to deliver up to 800 A per cell. The company says the facility is aimed at speeding development and validation of next-generation batteries for automotive and other high-power applications. According to CamMotive, the lab… Read more »
Taseko Mines says it has harvested the first copper cathodes from the newly completed commercial production facility at its Florence Copper operation in Arizona, marking what the company calls the first new US greenfield copper production since 2008. The company had announced startup of Florence Copper’s electrowinning plant in late February. Now it says the… Read more »
Cary, North Carolina has deployed a Pierce Volterra plug-in hybrid fire truck. The city adopted its first light-duty electrified vehicles a decade ago, and chose to electrify this heavy-duty truck in order to improve public health and air quality, firefighter working conditions, and long-term fleet resilience. The Pierce Volterra features an Oshkosh parallel-hybrid drivetrain. Both… Read more »
Wieland Electric will showcase its new podis power bus system for EV infrastructure at the upcoming EV Charging Summit and Expo 2026 in Las Vegas. Wieland’s podis is designed to simplify, accelerate and future-proof EV charging installations. The podis decentralized power distribution system offers a modular, plug-and-play alternative to traditional hard-wired installations. It’s aimed at… Read more »
Aptera Motors (NASDAQ: SEV) was originally founded in 2006. However, while other EV startups from that area endeavored (and mostly failed) to follow a three-step iteration from a low-volume luxury vehicle to an affordable mass-market EV, Aptera took an entirely different approach. The goal was simply to build the most efficient EV possible with available… Read more »
Hoenle Adhesives has introduced Vitralit CIPG 60200, a UV-curable cured-in-place gasket material for automotive and e-mobility electronics housings. The company is positioning the blue fluorescent polyacrylate as an alternative to conventional solid gaskets and FIPG silicone systems for complex 3D sealing geometries. Hoenle says the material can be dispensed precisely with adhesive valves and programmable… Read more »
Battery electrode manufacturer LiCAP Technologies has announced a major expansion of its operations. The company recently secured a 40,500-square-foot industrial facility in Sacramento, tripling its work space. The new facility will serve as LiCAP’s dedicated manufacturing hub, enabling scaled production of its dry electrode platform and supporting development for energy storage and data center applications…. Read more »
Components borrowed from other GM EVs, a LFP battery, and up-to-date new software gives the classic Bolt a brief new life. The Bolt is back! The new 2027 Chevrolet Bolt has been available at some Chevy dealers since last month, and now we’ve driven it. GM’s lowest-priced EV remains what it always was: a practical… Read more »
Horse Powertrain has unveiled a new hybrid transmission motor that uses amorphous steel in the stator and, the company says, reaches 98.2% efficiency while delivering 140 kW and 360 Nm. The company says the motor’s stator uses amorphous steel alloy layers just 0.025 mm thick—about one tenth the thickness of steel used in conventional motors…. Read more »
