EV Realty has opened its flagship multi-fleet truck charging hub in San Bernardino with 76 high-power charging ports and 9 MW of capacity, sufficient to serve over 200 medium- and heavy-duty trucks per day. The site is designed to serve all makes and models of medium- and heavy-duty trucks with both CCS and MCS charging… Read more »
Battery-integrated EV charging specialist XCharge North America and EV charging operator JOJO Superfast EV Charging will collaborate to deploy nine new public EV charging sites in Illinois. The two companies will bring 800 kW of ultra-fast charging capacity to nine initial locations in the Chicagoland region, located at branches of the home improvement chain Menards…. Read more »
Volvo Construction Equipment has started serial production of its A30 Electric and A40 Electric articulated haulers at its Braås facility in Sweden, becoming the first manufacturer to bring electric articulated haulers of this size into serial production. The A30 Electric has a 29-tonne payload; the A40 Electric handles 39 tonnes. Both can operate for up… Read more »
H55 has delivered conforming certifiable battery modules to BRM Aero for the Bristell B23 Energic, a fully electric aircraft aimed at the pilot training market. In aviation certification, conforming hardware refers to components built to the proposed type design—used for official integration testing rather than prototype work. The delivery moves the B23 Energic program into… Read more »
Arteco has added two patented coolants to its Freecor EV Milli range—Freecor EV Milli 20 (Si-OAT) and Freecor EV Milli 30 (P-OAT)—completing a three-product lineup of low-electrical-conductivity (LECC) formulations for indirect cooling systems in battery electric vehicles. The existing Freecor® EV Milli 10 uses standard OAT technology; the two additions bring silicate-OAT and phosphate-OAT variants…. Read more »
Michigan has reached a milestone in its implementation of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, unlocking the remaining funds for the state’s EV charging buildout. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has approved the state’s fiscal year 2026 EV Infrastructure Deployment (EVID) Plan, and Michigan has received “fully built out” certification under the NEVI program…. Read more »
The ongoing process of transport electrification sometimes resembles a tug of war: forward-looking companies, environmental and consumer advocates, and (sometimes) government agencies pressure industries to electrify, while automakers, freight haulers and their trade groups pull in the other direction, trying to preserve the fossil fuel-dependent status quo as long as possible. Arguably, the only pressure… Read more »
HPQ Silicon has reported that 21700 cylindrical cells made with Novacium’s GEN4 silicon-based anode material achieved an average discharge capacity above 6,600 mAh, with a record cell reaching 6,696 mAh at 319.9 Wh/kg gravimetric and 906.2 Wh/L volumetric energy density, under standard industry test conditions (0.1C discharge, 4.2–2.5 V, 25 °C). Commercial 21700 graphite cells… Read more »
Purem by Eberspächer is bringing its high-strength steel battery housing to the European EV market, following the start of series production in China at volumes exceeding 100,000 units per year from the second half of 2026. The company will present the technology at AABC Europe 2026 in Mainz, Germany, from May 18–21 (booth 606). The… Read more »
EV charging roaming provider Emobi and software provider DIMO have collaborated to launch a device that enables electric vehicle fleets to implement Plug & Charge using Emobi’s ISO 15118-based JustPlug solution. Plug & Charge is a system based on the ISO 15118 standard that handles user authentication and payment automatically, with no need for apps,… Read more »
