Long recharge times of EVs are considered one of the major impediments to widespread consumer adoption. As the entire industry is identifying solutions to meeting aggressive recharge targets, the Department of Energy and its National Laboratories are also actively working on characterizing High Power EV Charging progress, analyzing gird impacts, and developing mitigation strategies. This… Read more »
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Panasonic Energy CEO talks about Tesla’s 4680 battery cells
Panasonic has been working on 4680 battery cells for Tesla for a year and a half now, and plans to begin full-scale production in Japan in 2023. Kazuo Tadanobu, CEO of Panasonic’s Energy Division, recently offered some details about the innovative cells in an interview with Bloomberg. Tadanobu stressed the difficulty of developing the new… Read more »
2023 Subaru Solterra: The ‘Love’ brand finally gets an electric SUV
Subaru’s outdoorsy buyers can now travel to their adventures in a zero-emission SUV with the company’s usual all-wheel drive. The new 2023 Subaru Solterra crossover utility vehicle is the first all-electric vehicle from the small Japanese maker known for its rugged, affordable, all-wheel-drive vehicles; adventurous owners; and ads featuring Golden and Labrador Retrievers. For a… Read more »
Simulation-driven thermal management design for electronics: Whitepaper
Sponsored by Simscale Adopting digital prototyping techniques to explore the full design space and reduce the typical trial-and-error approach of physical prototyping, has been stifled by the limited computational resources available to engineers. Local computing power does not scale up on-demand, nor offers continuously evolving full-spectrum simulation and analysis capabilities. In this whitepaper, we discuss… Read more »
EPA proposes new emissions regulations for heavy trucks
As expected, the EPA has released its proposed new rules to reduce emissions from heavy-duty vehicles. The new standards, which would take effect beginning with the 2027 model year, include the first proposed cuts to nitrogen oxide emissions for heavy-duty trucks since 2001. The EPA proposes to require cuts in NOx emissions from heavy trucks… Read more »
Stages of constructing the optimal battery module architectures (Webinar)
Join this webinar session at our Spring Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, presented by H.B. Fuller Company, where we will discuss the process of constructing a battery module and the use of innovative adhesive, sealant, and encapsulants for each stage of construction. We will go step by step from bonding cells to carriers all to… Read more »
TdVib works to commercialize acid-free process for recovering rare earths from electronic waste
Researchers at the Critical Materials Institute (CMI), a DOE Innovation Hub led by the Ames Laboratory, have developed a novel way to extract rare earth elements from the high-powered magnets in electronic waste, using a water-based process. Now Iowa-based electromagnetics specialist TdVib has licensed the technology, and hopes to commercialize it. Companies often shred items… Read more »
Duke Energy’s EV Make Ready Credit program will lower installation costs for charging station owners
The North Carolina Utility Commission has approved Duke Energy’s EV Make Ready Credit (MRC) program, one of several pro-EV initiatives that the utility has in the pipeline. As the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) explains, make-ready programs reduce the cost of deploying EV charging infrastructure for charging station owners by giving utilities the responsibility… Read more »
Tritium partners with Wise EV to roll out national US charging network
Charging station manufacturer Tritium (Nasdaq: DCFC) has formed a partnership with Wise EV, a subsidiary of renewable energy service provider Wise Power, to provide DC fast chargers for a new national EV charging network. The new network is expected to start with 25 locations at Florida gas stations. Florida is the number-two US state for… Read more »
Ceylon Graphite’s silicon-enhanced vein graphite shows increased discharge capacity
Graphite mining and product company Ceylon Graphite has announced test results for its silicon-enhanced vein graphite anode material. In independent tests performed by Warwick University, Ceylon’s silicon-enhanced vein graphite yielded a specific discharge capacity (SDC) of 446 mAh/g in comparison to vein graphite’s typical SDC of 393 mAh/g. Ceylon’s 13% higher SDC was achieved in… Read more »
