Allison Transmission has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Dana’s Off-Highway business for approximately $2.7 billion. The acquisition, anticipated to close late in the fourth quarter of 2025 pending regulatory approvals, aims to expand Allison’s existing powertrain and electrification product lines, significantly enhancing capabilities in hybrid and electric drivetrain systems for commercial and industrial applications…. Read more »
Switzerland-headquartered electrical engineering firm ABB has agreed to acquire French power electronics firm BrightLoop to accelerate its electrification strategy for industrial off-highway vehicles and marine vessels. The acquisition will expand ABB’s capabilities in delivering compact, rugged and intelligent power conversion systems tailored for construction and mining equipment, electric ferries and offshore vessels. BrightLoop offers a… Read more »
Sponsored by Chroma. EV battery voltage ratings are trending upward from 400 V to 800 V, while those of large energy storage systems are increasing from 600 V-900 V toward 1,500 V. As test engineers evaluate hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) requirements for the battery management systems that manage these batteries, they face a trade-off between simulated cell… Read more »
Dutch semiconductor company Nexperia is now offering a portfolio of 16 new low VF optimized planar Schottky diodes in CFP2-HP packaging. The portfolio includes eight industrial (e.g. PMEG6010EXD), as well as eight automotive AEC-Q101 qualified (e.g. PMEG4010EXD-Q) products. The release supports the growing trend for manufacturers to replace devices in SMA/B/C type packaging with smaller… Read more »
EV charging management software provider AMPECO (see our interview with CEO Orlin Radev) has partnered with i-charging, a manufacturer of DC charging hardware, to deliver a fully NTEP/CTEP-compliant EV charging solution. The California Type Evaluation Program and National Type Evaluation Program require EV Charge Point Operators (CPOs) to provide customers with accurate information about the… Read more »
US-based solid-state battery materials developer Ampcera has launched its new nano-sulfide solid electrolyte powders for all-solid-state batteries and has started global shipments to customers. Ampcera’s nano-sulfide powders feature high ionic conductivity and super-fine particle sizes in the hundreds of nanometers, addressing a bottleneck in solid-state battery development and manufacturing. The powders enable higher energy density… Read more »
US battery recycling firm Ecobat has commissioned three lithium-ion battery recycling facilities within a year. Located in Hettstedt, Germany; Casa Grande, Arizona and Darlaston, England, the facilities are fully operational and capable of processing up to 10,000 tons of lithium-ion batteries annually. The company plans to scale the capacity up to 25,000 tons. The plants… Read more »
US-based Efficient Power Conversion (EPC), which supplies enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN) power devices, has released a high-performance 25 ARMS, 3-phase BLDC motor drive inverter reference design. Powered by the EPC2304 eGaN FET, the EPC9196 inverter is designed for medium-voltage (96-150 V) battery-powered motor drive applications, including steering systems in automated guided vehicles (AGVs), traction motors… Read more »
Sponsored by TTI. The automotive industry is focusing on providing faster charging infrastructure. Today’s available DC fast chargers, providing between 50 to 200 kilowatts of power, typically can add about 200 miles of driving range in one hour. This may be sufficient for many use cases, but for long-distance travel, a one-hour charge simply isn’t… Read more »
APM Terminals Pier 400 at the Port of Los Angeles will deploy 20 electric terminal tractors from Orange EV by the end of July. The EVs represent nearly 30% of Pier 400’s diesel terminal tractor fleet. Kansas City-based Orange EV has deployed more than 1,400 of its electric Class 8 terminal trucks with some 300… Read more »
