Researchers from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU have teamed up with partners in the COOLBat joint research project to develop next-generation battery enclosures for EVs. The COOLBat project focuses on making lighter enclosures to reduce power consumption and increase driving range by combining individual systems, packing more functions into a… Read more »
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Italian EV charging firm Alpitronic expands to the US
Italian EV charger manufacturer Alpitronic has opened a new US headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina as it looks to expand across North America. Alpitronic’s Hyperchargers boast an average efficiency rate above 97.5% and support all EV brands. The company’s repair and service network can service chargers anywhere in the country. Alpitronic America has tested pre-production… Read more »
Daimler Truck opens Battery Technology Center in Germany
Daimler Truck has opened a Battery Technology Center (BTC) at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Mannheim, combining development with production to prepare for series production of the next generation of electric truck batteries. Daimler Truck’s product and process development for battery-electric commercial vehicles is carried out on an area of over 10,000 square meters. The BTC,… Read more »
Daimler Truck introduces its TruckCharge brand in Europe
Daimler Truck has unveiled its European TruckCharge brand, which consolidates in one package the company’s truck charging offerings. TruckCharge, which is available irrespective of truck brand, is designed for truck fleet operators and industrial companies with their own or an outsourced fleet. TruckCharge will officially launch in September. The brand’s Depot Charging package includes consulting,… Read more »
Sila raises $375 million to deliver Titan Silicon for EV series production
Battery materials company Sila has raised $375 million in a Series G funding round led by existing investors Sutter Hill Ventures, with participation by new outside investors as well as existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Coatue, Perry Creek Capital and others. The funding will secure the completion of the company’s Moses Lake plant in Q1… Read more »
Mercedes to use Alpitronic’s Hypercharger 400 for its HPC public EV charging network
Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging North America, a joint venture between Mercedes-Benz Group and MN8 Energy, is moving ahead with its planned $1-billion investment in public EV charging. As part of this investment, Mercedes-Benz HPC announced plans to deploy Alpitronic’s Hypercharger 400 throughout its network. Manufactured in Wisconsin, the Hypercharger 400 offers charging power levels up… Read more »
Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans
The Ram ProMaster is a Fiat design dating to 2014, but it now offers an up-to-date electric powertrain. In January, Stellantis said its Ram truck brand would start selling the ProMaster EV, a battery-electric model of the ProMaster van that it restyled and updated for 2023. That van, launched in 2014 as the Fiat Ducato,… Read more »
Mercedes uses Megawatt Charging System to charge an electric truck at one megawatt
The Megawatt Charging System (MCS), a new charging standard for heavy-duty EVs that industry experts call a game-changer for electric trucks, is in the final stages of standardization, and is expected to enter the implementation phase this year. Automakers and EVSE manufacturers are busily putting the new system through its paces. In the latest testing… Read more »
AMCI’s real-world testing offers a metric to compare EV charging speeds
Reading PRs for new EVs, one might get the impression that charging speed is the most important metric there is. Unfortunately, automakers’ charging speed promises don’t amount to much. How fast a particular EV charges on a particular day depends on so many factors—battery state of charge, preconditioning, even ambient temperature—that the charging times quoted… Read more »
Daimler Buses to supply electric public transport buses and charging infrastructure in The Hague
Daimler Buses’ e-infrastructure subsidiary, Daimler Buses Solutions, will supply charging stations and charging management, including software and operating concept, for an e-bus depot in the Dutch city of The Hague. The depot will be operated by public transport provider HTM Personenvervoer. Commissioning of the project is planned for the third quarter of 2024. Daimler Buses… Read more »