As regular Charged readers know, most folks in the EV charging field believe chargers should be online, for many reasons—remote diagnostics, user information, participation in V2G applications, etc. However, anything that’s hooked up to the net can potentially be hacked, and EVSE is no exception. A recent Wired article recounted several recent incidents in which… Read more »
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Lohmann offers high-conductivity tapes for thermal management in EV batteries
Lohmann, a German adhesive tape company, has expanded its range of EV battery bonding solutions for damping, sealing, electrical insulation, conductivity and thermal management. Lohmann’s new DuploCOLL TC (thermally conductive) acrylic transfer tapes have ASTM D 5470-tested thermal conductivity of up to 2 W/mK. TC tapes are free of silicones, halogens and solvents and they… Read more »
Tesla says it’s “building” a new product. Is this the long-awaited Model 2?
Less-affluent EV fans have been hoping Tesla would produce a budget-priced EV since…well, since the company’s founding. Over the last few months, we’ve seen growing evidence that a cheaper Tesla—which the chattering classes have unofficially dubbed Model 2—is in the works. In April, Tesla revealed Master Plan Part 3, which included teaser-level info about three… Read more »
Alkegen launches commercial production of new silicon battery anode material
Specialty materials developer Alkegen has begun commercial production of SiFAB, its new silicon fiber anode material, at its manufacturing facility in New Carlisle, Indiana. Large-scale production of the product, says Alkegen CEO John Dandolph, is intended “to meet growing demand from customers across a wide range of industries, including EVs, renewable energy storage and consumer… Read more »
Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs
Q&A with Zeem Solutions CEO Paul Gioupis. Charging-as-a-service is a hot business proposition these days, and for good reason. Electrifying a vehicle fleet is a complex undertaking that requires specialized skills and resources that most companies don’t have. It makes sense for organizations to focus on their core activities, so just as they outsource things… Read more »
Bonding, sealing and potting as key technologies for battery production
Sponsored by bdtronic. The transformation process in the automotive industry caused by digitalization and electrification brings with it numerous new requirements for production technology. For manufacturers of systems for dispensing potting materials, liquid seals, adhesive beads, or thermal conductive pastes, this opens up numerous new fields of application. Adhesive bonding is a proven joining technology… Read more »
UK Research and Innovation competition offers £1.5 million for battery firms ready to scale up to commercialization
If you’ve got a UK company that’s working on innovative battery tech, check in with the funding body UK Research and Innovation, which has launched a new £1.5-million competition to support UK small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) working in the battery sector. The competition will give SMEs the opportunity to work with the UK Battery… Read more »
UK Research and Innovation competition offers £1.5 million for battery firms ready to scale up to commercialization
If you’ve got a UK company that’s working on innovative battery tech, check in with the funding body UK Research and Innovation, which has launched a new £1.5-million competition to support UK small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) working in the battery sector. The competition will give SMEs the opportunity to work with the UK Battery… Read more »
Volvo Trucks delivers heavy-duty electric concrete mixer truck to CEMEX
The iconic cement mixer truck, which fascinated so many of us in our childhood, is considered one of the most challenging vehicle classes to electrify, due to heavy loads and the need for continuous mixing of the concrete. However, Volvo Trucks and global construction materials company CEMEX have been working together since 2021 to make… Read more »
A closer look at high-power interconnects and disconnects
In the electrical/electronic world, the terms interconnect and disconnect both refer to a means of joining two sides of a circuit together. The subtle—and entirely informal—difference is that an interconnect is directly or manually operated (inserting a plug into a jack, for example) while a disconnect is indirectly or automatically operated, for example the moving… Read more »