Long Beach Transit in California has ordered 20 next-generation battery-electric 35-foot Xcelsior CHARGE NG transit buses from NFI subsidiary New Flyer of America, under a three-year contract. This order is supported by Federal Transit Administration funds. Long Beach Transit serves over 23 million customers annually in Los Angeles County and Orange County. The agency plans… Read more »
Considering the massive media coverage of Tesla over the last decade, it may seem surprising that there aren’t more books about the company. When I first released my history of Tesla in 2014, I expected to have a short window of exclusivity before a “real” book—one with a hard cover and celebrity blurbs on the… Read more »
Sponsored by Munters In the past year, electric mobility and the demand for lithium-ion batteries has surged beyond expectations and this trend is set to continue. This is leading to a boom in lithium-ion cell production facilities all over the world. As countries look to reduce or ban vehicle-related emissions, some as early as 2030,… Read more »
Eaton has introduced the EVK Series, a new line of Bussmann series fuses. The high-voltage fuses are designed for high-powered EVs, and offer ratings up to 1,000 VDC and 600 amps. Eaton says it can verify proper fuse-life performance and reliability for the lifetime of the vehicle. When severe short circuits occur due to a… Read more »
Allegro MicroSystems has introduced the new A89307 automotive-qualified gate driver integrated circuit (IC). Designed for battery cooling fans and HVAC systems in EVs and hybrids, the A89307 offers ultra-low noise and vibration by using a Field Oriented Control (FOC) algorithm to drive continuous sinusoidal current to the load. The company claims its algorithm can help… Read more »
Cummins and Gillig have announced the production of the 100th Gillig battery-electric bus built since the two companies began their collaboration on transit vehicles in 2019. The milestone bus will be delivered to Metro Transit in St. Louis, Missouri. “We’re thrilled that our 100th electric bus is going to Metro, an agency that we have… Read more »
It’s an interesting pairing—an iconic luxury and racing brand that was founded in 1909, and an EV startup that was founded in a garage and invented the Croatian auto industry in 2009. Rimac Automobili has officially combined with Bugatti Automobiles to form a new company called Bugatti Rimac. The two will continue to operate as… Read more »
BorgWarner is the recipient of a $4.97 million DOE award for the development of a Scalable Ultra Power-dense Extended Range (SUPER) inverter. This project is one of 24 university and industry-led projects that collectively were awarded $60 million in an effort to reduce emissions from the transportation sector. BorgWarner is leading this 39-month project and… Read more »
ABBs digital e-mobility venture, PANION, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are testing a jointly developed cloud-based solution for real-time management of EV fleets and charging infrastructure. The new PANION EV Charge Planning solution enables operators to monitor energy usage and schedule charging across their fleets. ABB is developing technical infrastructure to offer a Platform as… Read more »
Commercial EV manufacturer Lightning eMotors (NYSE: ZEV) has partnered with Tier 1 supplier Ricardo to assemble commercial EVs for the UK market. Lightning will build fully electric powertrains at its plant in Loveland, Colorado, and ship them to the UK, where Ricardo will assemble and integrate those powertrains into medium-duty commercial fleet vehicles. Ricardo will… Read more »
