Q&A with Qmerit founder and CEO Tracy K. Price EV chargers aren’t the kind of hardware that’s typically installed by the customer—whether that customer is a homeowner who’s charging one EV, or a company with dozens of charging sites. An EV charger deployment generally requires the services of an installer (and larger projects sometimes involve… Read more »
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Vitesco Technologies presents new electric drive without rare earths
Vitesco Technologies has introduced an upgraded version of its electric axle drive platform for main and auxiliary drives that does not use rare earth elements. Vitesco’s fourth-generation Electronics Motor Reducer (EMR4) will be based on a non-permanent magnet rotor. This rotor powers an externally excited synchronous machine (EESM) without rare earths, which decreases rotor costs… Read more »
Why California needs to mandate bidirectional charging capabilities for EVs
Explaining the benefits of bidirectional EV charging: Q&A with Nuvve CEO Gregory Poilasne The term “game-changing” gets thrown around a lot in the EV field, but if there’s any new technology that really does deserve to be described this way (as California Governor Gavin Newsom recently did), it’s bidirectional charging. Going bi adds several nifty… Read more »
Is Toyota’s new CEO introducing a new, pro-EV strategy? Well, maybe.
EV boosters are hopeful that Toyota’s new CEO Koji Sato will preside over a new era at the world’s second-largest automaker, transforming the electrification laggard into a leader. In a recent “New Management Policy & Direction Announcement,” three of Toyota’s top execs assured us that the company is serious about electrification, but also reaffirmed a… Read more »
Developing standards for EV charging reliability
Q&A with Frank Menchaca, President of SAE International’s Sustainable Mobility Solutions The reliability—or rather, the unreliability—of public EV charging stations is nothing less than a scandal, and it’s holding back EV adoption. This tragedy involves a cast of many players—automakers, charger manufacturers, network operators, electric utilities, and often a lot more—and all need to start… Read more »
Renault 5 EV test mules undergo endurance testing and fine-tuning
Renault is testing the first nine prototypes of the new Renault 5 EV, which it will release in 2024. Alternating between static and dynamic fine-tuning and endurance testing, the mules are being put through their paces in low-grip ice and snow conditions in Arvidsjaur (Swedish Lapland) as well as average-to-high grip conditions at the Renault… Read more »
How to install high-powered EV charging now, without expensive and time consuming electrical service upgrades
Sponsored by Pioneer Power Solutions. As the deployment of high-powered EV chargers continues to grow across the US, the issue of connecting them into a facility’s existing electrical system becomes a complex problem. Level 3 EV chargers consume a lot of power, installing five of them can easily add 2,000 amps to the existing electrical… Read more »
Detecting latent defects in electric motors with partial discharge
Sponsored by Marposs. Motor testing is designed to check the integrity of an electric motor through the use of equipment that identifies potential issues within the motor. The main objective of motor testing is to reveal latent problems and to prevent unnecessary failure by evaluating static parameters like insulation, wire damage and electrical current leakage, as well… Read more »
ANSI invites public comment on its Roadmap of Standards and Codes for EVs
As the EV market expands at a rapid pace, many in the industry are lamenting the relative lack of EV engineering standards. Now the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has taken a major step forward, releasing a draft Roadmap of Standards and Codes for Electric Vehicles at Scale. The roadmap identifies key safety, performance, and… Read more »
Proposed California law would require bidirectional charging capability for EVs
A bill currently making its way through the California legislature would require all new EVs sold in the state to be equipped with bidirectional charging capability by 2027. SB 233, which has passed the Senate Energy Committee and will be heard before the Senate Transportation Committee on April 25, would also establish state goals for… Read more »