The Los Angeles Fire Department recently unveiled a new Rosenbauer RT pumper truck during the city’s annual Fire Service Day. Although the Los Angeles Daily News described the vehicle as the US’s “first all-electric fire engine,” it is in fact a hybrid, as a company spokesman clarified in a video. The batteries can operate the… Read more »
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Canada’s Innovation Supercluster Initiative spurs $76 million in zero-emission vehicle investments
NGen Canada, a non-profit organization that promotes advanced manufacturing, has announced a series of new innovation projects to support the zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) manufacturing ecosystem in Canada. In 2021, NGen launched a call for proposals to support R&D projects for ZEV manufacturing, systems, components, and batteries. Now the organization has announced 15 new industry-led consortia… Read more »
6K secures $102 million in Series D funding to accelerate battery material production and recycling
6K, a producer of engineered materials for lithium-ion batteries, has raised $102 million in the first of two Series D funding tranches. The round was led by Koch Strategic Platforms, an investment arm of fossil fuel giant Koch Industries, with participation by investors Energy Impact Partners, Albemarle, HG Ventures and others. 6K will use the… Read more »
2022 Ford F-150 Lightning First Drive: Ford’s most valued model is now electric
Ford knows trucks, and demand for its F-150 Lightning shows truck buyers may not be as afraid of EVs as many think. The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck may be the first real mass-market electric vehicle sold in the US. Used by individual owners and businesses alike, pickups are a massive part of the… Read more »
Ohio’s COTA orders 8 more battery-electric buses and infrastructure from NFI
The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), which provides public transit in the greater Columbus and central Ohio region, has exercised options for eight battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE NG 40-foot heavy-duty transit buses from New Flyer of America, a subsidiary of the NFI Group. The order also includes four ABB depot chargers from NFI Infrastructure Solutions. Supported… Read more »
Infineon releases a new series of battery management ICs
Infineon has introduced a new series of battery management ICs designed for battery modules, cell-to-pack topologies and cell-to-car topologies in EVs, hybrids and energy storage systems. The TLE9012DQU is a multichannel battery monitoring and balancing system that measures battery voltage for state of charge and state of health calculations, and can be controlled directly by… Read more »
Sion Power’s experimental lithium metal cells deliver 2,500 cycles
Sion Power says one of its multilayer lithium metal pouch cells has performed for over 2,500 cycles, retaining 70% of its initial capacity. The cell was charged for 180 minutes at the C/3 rate and completely discharged in 45 minutes at the 4C/3 rate. The experimental cell is part of Sion Power’s Licerion product line…. Read more »
Transphorm to demonstrate R&D results of its 1,200 V GaN FET for EVs
Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor designer and manufacturer Transphorm plans to demonstrate R&D results from its 1,200 V GaN Field-Effect Transistor (FET) at the upcoming International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD), and expects to have samples available in 2023. Designed for EVs, infrastructure power systems, industrial applications and renewable energy systems, the the… Read more »
New York’s MTA orders 60 more battery-electric buses from New Flyer
The New York City Transit Authority has ordered 60 Xcelsior CHARGE NG forty-foot heavy-duty electric transit buses from New Flyer of America (a subsidiary of the NFI Group). The order is supported by Federal Transit Administration funds. NYCT is already operating 15 New Flyer e-buses previously delivered to by. The NYCT and the MTA Bus… Read more »
Solving shock and vibration challenges for EV electronics
Sponsored by Hutchinson Reducing the electrical conductivity of vibration isolators with elastomer solutions When it comes to the electric vehicle market, it’s not just consumer cars that are getting all the attention. While electrified automobiles such as sedans, pick-up trucks and SUVs are becoming increasingly popular choices among buyers, EVs for commercial purposes are also… Read more »