Nissan and Eaton have announced a partnership that will use their respective expertise in lithium-ion batteries and power electronics to create commercially viable energy storage and control centers that offer a productive second life for Nissan’s EV batteries after their days on the road. The two companies will deploy a module that combines retired LEAF… Read more »
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Eaton DC hyper charger charges at rates of up to one megawatt
Power management company Eaton has announced an addition to its EVSE product line. The DC hyper charger is designed to serve mass transit EVs such as buses, and is scalable from 250 kW to 1 MW charging rates. Eaton’s engineers collaborated with product testing firm Intertek to devise a testing regimen for the new charger…. Read more »
Eaton’s new HyperCharger cranks out one megawatt of power
Like EVs themselves, charging stations come in all shapes and sizes. Power management giant Eaton has announced the release of what may be the world’s highest-capacity charger. The new HyperCharger is capable of fast-charging EVs at power levels up to one megawatt (MW). Designed to charge fleets of electric buses and other mass transit vehicles,… Read more »
Eaton to supply EV charging stations to federal Electric Vehicle Pilot Program
The US government is cleaning up its energy usage, both to save money and to encourage high-tech manufacturing. The feds have plans to cut government petroleum consumption by 30 percent. Part of that involves the Electric Vehicle Pilot Program (EVPP), a targeted investment to incorporate EVs and charging infrastructure into federal vehicle fleets. The EVPP… Read more »
Eaton Corp’s Pow-R-Stations hook up with Coulomb’s ChargePoint Network
Coulomb's ChargePoint Network includes service plans, automated billing and payment processing, 24/7 driver support and services that show real-time station availability.
Electrovaya collaborates on DOE-funded project to develop next-gen energy storage for critical infrastructure
Battery manufacturer Electrovaya will participate in a DOE-funded project led by Binghamton University to develop and demonstrate a next-generation energy storage system for critical infrastructure applications. The project, supported by a $5-million award from the DOE under its Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER) program, will focus on the design and deployment of a 1.2 MWh… Read more »
How the biggest US EV charging networks got their starts
The US charging network 2.0—The evolution of a revolution: Part 1 The US public charging “network” didn’t emerge from a single master plan. It grew out of grants, bankruptcies, corporate settlements, acquisitions—and one automaker that decided it couldn’t wait. Since the current generation of EVs emerged more than 15 years ago, the “network” of EV… Read more »
Reset Instead Of Replace: Solving EV Circuit Protection Challenges
The rapid evolution of electric vehicles has introduced new challenges for high-voltage circuit protection. Traditional solutions, such as fuses and pyrotechnic devices, are single use, leaving OEMs and fleet operators facing costly component replacements, extended downtime, and even full battery pack swaps after minor fault events. Breaktor® circuit protection technology changes this paradigm. By combining… Read more »
Webinar: Reset instead of replace—solving EV circuit protection challenges
The rapid evolution of electric vehicles has introduced new challenges for high-voltage circuit protection. Traditional solutions, such as fuses and pyrotechnic devices, are single use, leaving OEMs and fleet operators facing costly component replacements, extended downtime, and even full battery pack swaps after minor fault events. Breaktor® circuit protection technology changes this paradigm. By combining… Read more »
EV charging station reliability platform ChargerHelp announces new partner program
ChargerHelp was founded to address the scandalous reliability problems that have plagued public EV charging providers. The company provides Reliability as a Service (RaaS) to fleets, site hosts and networks. (Read our 2025 interview with CEO Kameale Terry.) Now ChargerHelp has announced several growth milestones that “underscore the industry’s shift toward data-centric operations and proactive… Read more »