Mercedes-Benz is in the process of building out hubs for the production of EVs and batteries around the globe, and plans to build its EVs in six plants on three continents. By 2022, Daimler plans to have at least one electrified option in all Mercedes model series. The company will offer more than 50 electrified… Read more »
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Revolutionary continuous mixing process for producing Li-ion electrode slurries: Lower costs and higher quality
Sponsored by Bühler By Dr. Adrian Spillmann, Head of Market Segment Battery Solutions with Grinding & Dispersion Technologies at Bühler The manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries are currently in the process of massively expanding their global capacity. These investments are being driven by rising demand for electric vehicles, among other things. By 2025, the market for such vehicles… Read more »
Musk to stay at the wheel of Tesla for another decade
It’s always been understood that Elon Musk would remain in the CEO chair at Tesla until his three-part master plan was realized. “What the world really needs is a great, affordable electric car,” Musk told Bloomberg in 2013. “I’m not going to let anything go, no matter what people offer, until I complete that mission.”… Read more »
Los Angeles DOT orders 25 Proterra e-buses
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) has committed to fully electrifying its fleet of 2,200 buses by 2030 – in August it agreed to buy 95 electric buses from New Flyer and BYD. Now the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), which operates a fleet of 359 buses, has made the same… Read more »
PG&E’s EV Charge Network to install 7,500 new charging stations
Under its new EV Charge Network program, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) will install 7,500 new Level 2 charging stations at condominiums, apartment buildings and workplaces across Northern and Central California. The focus is on increasing access to charging in locations where it has traditionally been limited and where cars often sit for longer periods… Read more »
Fuel cell truck maker Nikola gets investment from safety specialist WABCO
WABCO Holdings (NYSE: WBC), a global supplier of technologies and services for commercial vehicles, has made a $10-million strategic investment in Nikola Motor Company, developer of a Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell truck. The two companies also agreed to work together to develop safety technologies specifically designed for electric commercial vehicles, including electronic braking systems… Read more »
A redesigned Nissan LEAF arrives in 2018, joining the new generation of plug-ins
When some future author writes a book about the most influential cars in automotive history, the Nissan LEAF will be right up there with the Model T, the VW Beetle and the Tesla Model S. The LEAF was the first EV aimed at the mass market, and as of this writing, it remains the best-selling… Read more »
VGI’s coming of age: Automakers, utilities and charging companies are developing business models for vehicle-grid integration
By Scott Shepard, Senior Research Analyst with Navigant Research’s Transportation Efficiencies program Vehicle-grid integration (VGI) is a topic that tends to be at the fringes of coverage of transportation electrification. Developments in the VGI field are often overshadowed by Tesla Model 3 delivery timelines or by the range specs of the next-generation Nissan LEAF. Regardless,… Read more »
2017 plug-in sales up 26%, Tesla and Chevy on top
Plug-in sales have failed…to reach the milestone of 200,000 units. Total US sales for 2017 were 199,826 (according to InsideEVs), a 26% increase compared to 2016’s 158,614. Worldwide sales were well over a million. December saw the biggest US monthly sales in history, and was the 27th consecutive month that sales were greater than the… Read more »
Workhorse to spin off SureFly personal helicopter business
Workhorse Group (NASDAQ:WKHS) has several electric irons in the fire, so to speak. It says it has pre-orders for over 5,000 units of its W-15 plug-in pickup truck (profiled in the May/June 2017 issue of Charged); it has an electric truck on the short list to be selected as the next delivery vehicle for the… Read more »