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Greenlane wins $15-million grant to deploy commercial EV charging infrastructure in California

Greenlane, an EV charging joint venture owned by Daimler Truck, NextEra Energy Resources and investment firm BlackRock, has secured a $15-million grant from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). The grant will allow Greenlane to accelerate the development of its first commercial EV charging corridor along Interstate 15. SCAQMD’s funding will be used… Read more »

Eaton’s smart breakers and home energy management system streamline solar and energy storage installations

Energy management systems aren’t just for vehicle fleets anymore—as homeowners add EVs and/or solar panels to their electrical empires, it increasingly makes sense to have a comprehensive system to manage it all. Intelligent power management company Eaton offers a suite of home energy management solutions for both retrofit and new construction projects, including smart breakers,… Read more »

Porsche powers plant in Germany with second-life EV batteries

The new stationary energy storage system (ESS) that supplies power to the Porsche plant in Leipzig covers an area nearly as big as two basketball courts and is made up of 4,400 end-of-service-life Taycan batteries salvaged from pre­-series and works vehicles. The system has a total energy capacity of 10 MWh, and can deliver up… Read more »

Munich Airport to deploy 14 Goldhofer electric aircraft tractors

Airport ground support equipment (GSE) presents a perfect use case for EVs. The specialty vehicles that service aircraft on the ground travel short distances, and can conveniently charge right on the airport apron. Goldhofer, a German-headquartered global provider of specialty vehicles, unveiled an electric version of its AST-2 towbarless aircraft tow tractor (aka Phoenix E)… Read more »

Ford Pro provides free EV chargers to California businesses

Ford’s commercial division, Ford Pro, is supplying its Smart Charging Bundle to businesses in California—one of the largest commercial fleet markets in the US—under a new initiative to help make it easier to add EVs to their fleets. The bundle offers a complimentary Ford Pro Level 2 48 A charger or a Level 2 80… Read more »

Able Electropolishing enhances its analytic and testing capabilities with new inspection equipment

Able Electropolishing has acquired new in-house laboratory equipment that brings significantly enhanced analytic and testing capabilities. Electropolishing removes surface imperfections that can compromise mission-critical metal parts used in the automotive, semiconductor and many other industries. Able’s new equipment is designed to further improve the precision and effectiveness of electropolishing for improving the finish, fit and… Read more »

Sakuu to collaborate with SK On to industrialize dry-process EV battery manufacturing platform

Sakuu, a provider of commercial-scale equipment and technologies to the battery manufacturing industry, has announced a joint development agreement (JDA) with EV battery manufacturer SK On. Central to the agreement is the industrialization of Sakuu’s dry-process Kavian platform. Sakuu says its dry-process manufacturing, together with its electrode printing technology, eliminates the use of solvents and… Read more »

DHL opens EV Center of Excellence in Italy

DHL Group has opened an EV Center of Excellence to support EV manufacturers and their logistics networks. The facility, located in Pozzuolo Martesana, near Milan, “will offer solutions for the entire EV supply chain, encompassing everything from component procurement to vehicle delivery to aftermarket logistics support.” The new 10,000-square-meter facility will serve as an inbound and… Read more »

Ricardo teams with Wuzheng to develop electric agricultural machinery

UK-headquartered engineering consultancy Ricardo has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturer Wuzheng to research and develop powertrains for electric tractors and agricultural machinery. The companies will work together to investigate new technologies and more efficient powertrains for Wuzheng’s agricultural machinery equipment product range. Ricardo’s global network of automotive engineers and energy… Read more »