The Republican presidential candidate has said some pretty rude things about EVs over the years. In particular, he has called President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which despite its name is mainly a package of incentives for EV adoption and domestic production of EV components and raw materials, a “green new scam,” and has promised… Read more »
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Bollinger Motors counts down to September start of production for new B4 electric truck
Bollinger Motors, a US manufacturer of all-electric commercial chassis cab trucks, has announced it plans to start production of the Bollinger B4 on September 16, 2024. The B4 is a chassis cab electric truck. Thus far only pre-production evaluation vehicles have been manufactured but, in a few weeks, saleable B4 trucks will be coming down… Read more »
LG Energy Solution partners with Liontown to guarantee lithium supply
LG Energy Solution, a manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries, and Liontown Resources, a battery minerals producer, have announced a partnership that seeks to build on the two companies’ ongoing work in the lithium sector. The partnership will extend the offtake agreement between the two entities from 5 to 15 years and includes plans to investigate the… Read more »
DOE offers conditional loan to ENTEK for EV battery separator plant in Indiana
The US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has made a conditional commitment to provide a direct loan of up to $1.2 billion to ENTEK Lithium Separators to finance a new facility in Terre Haute, Indiana. The lithium-ion battery separators manufactured at the plant will be used primarily in EVs to strengthen the US supply… Read more »
Wildcat Discovery Technologies is building a US plant to produce next-gen LFP cathode and battery materials
Q&A with Wildcat President and CEO Mark Gresser. EV battery technology is advancing rapidly—it seems like every few days we read about a scientific breakthrough that will enable safer, cheaper, smaller and more energy-dense batteries. However, the road from the lab to the auto dealership is a long one—it typically takes several years of testing… Read more »
Xendee 2024 Commercial EV Charging Survey: utility grid limitations are a major roadblock, microgrids can help
Xendee, provider of a design and operation platform for distributed energy systems and EV fast charging infrastructure, has released the findings of its 2024 Commercial EV Charging Market Survey, the second in a series of annual research studies. Xendee asked leaders in the EV charging industry about challenges and potential solutions related to commercial EV… Read more »
Volvo issues EV battery passport 3 years ahead of EU requirements
Volvo Cars is launching what appears to be the world’s first EV battery passport for its flagship EX90 SUV, which is about to start production, the automaker told Reuters. A battery passport documents the origins of the raw materials and components used to manufacture an EV battery, as well as its recycled content and the… Read more »
Electrification gaining momentum in fleet vehicle industry
Sponsored by Parker Lord. The electrification of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and fleet vehicles, is gaining significant momentum globally. According to a report by Smart Energy Decisions, there were more than one million electric vehicles (EVs) in commercial and government fleets in the United States as of 2021, up from just over 300,000 in… Read more »
Avery Dennison’s new electrode fixing tapes for EV battery cells
Adhesives giant Avery Dennison has introduced new electrode fixing tapes for use in the assembly of EV batteries. The new products are “the latest addition to the company’s portfolio of functional bonding and protection tapes engineered to make EV batteries safer, more efficient and easier to assemble.” Electrode fixing tapes represent a highly specialized category… Read more »
China’s EV brands are coming to bury US automakers—or are they?
We EV pundits have been writing about the rise of the Chinese EV industry for years. In recent weeks, the mainstream press has picked up on the story—many articles describe the coming wave of Chinese exports in apocalyptic terms. A recent headline in the New York Times warned of a “wrecking ball” heading for Detroit…. Read more »