EV manufacturer Mullen Technologies has announced a strategic partnership making NexTech Batteries an EV battery supplier and partner for battery development and technologies. Mullen plans to produce more than 100,000 vehicles over 5 years using NexTech Li-S pouch format batteries. NexTech says its battery materials are fully recyclable, sustainable, readily available and inexpensive. “This technology… Read more »
As vehicle electrification increases, so does the requirement of power semiconductors to provide highly efficient power conversion at increasingly higher switching frequency. A move from traditional Si to WBG, in particular Power GaN FETs, coupled with Cu clip-bonded package technology instead of traditional wire bonded D2 and TO packages can address the demands of electrification… Read more »
With the development of its heat-stabilized Ultramid B3PG6 BK23238, BASF is expanding its product portfolio of polyamides for the high temperature range. The new P-stabilization offers a heat resistance of up to 190° C and prevents galvanic corrosion on electrical components due to its low-halogenide and metal-free stabilization. The polyamide, reinforced with 30% glass fibers,… Read more »
As global demand for EVs increases, many are questioning the adequacy of the existing battery supply chain. A recent article in Transport Dive discusses the challenges involved in building a global supply chain that can keep up with the anticipated growth in EV production. Elon Musk said in October that a shortage of battery cells… Read more »
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has selected Corvus Energy to supply the energy storage system for Asahi Tanker’s zero-emissions electric e5 tanker, which is currently under construction. The battery-powered vessel was designed by e5 Lab, a consortium of Japanese shipping and maritime services companies, including Asahi Tanker, set up to build infrastructure services focused on electrically-powered vessels…. Read more »
SAE International has announced an agreement with a contractor team, comprised of Eonti, DigiCert and VerSprite, to perform technical development of the SAE EV Charging Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) project, an industry-led research project aimed at strengthening EV charging system security. The PKI project was launched in May 2020. With the contractor team onboard, technical… Read more »
Researchers at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in Korea say they have developed an electrolyte additive that enables a high-energy-density Li-ion battery to retain more than 80% of its initial capacity, even after hundreds of cycles. In a paper published in Nature Communications, the scientists reported that when the substance was… Read more »
Heritage has launched a new division, Heritage Battery Recycling (HBR), to address the growing market demand for safe, sustainable solutions for lithium-ion batteries at the ends of their lives. HBR’s goal is to recover and reuse critical battery materials that exist in limited supplies across the globe. In collaboration with Romeo Power, HBR will develop… Read more »
The Spring 2021 sessions list for the Charged Virtual Conference on EV Engineering is out now. Just like the content Charged brings you every day, conference topics will span the entire EV engineering supply chain and ecosystem including motor and power electronics design and manufacturing, cell development, battery systems, testing, powertrains, thermal management, circuit protection,… Read more »
Scientists at Stanford University are harnessing machine learning (ML) to design better batteries. In addition to using ML to speed up scientific analysis by looking for patterns in data, the researchers combined it with knowledge gained from experiments and equations guided by physics to discover and explain a process that shortens the lifetimes of fast-charging… Read more »