Thermal testing and measurement of the battery is one of the most critical aspects of EV development due to the impact on both performance and safety. Excessive humidity inside the battery can enable corrosion, short circuits, and eventually battery failure and is therefore equally important. Until now, measuring both of these physical attributes has been… Read more »
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What’s going to happen to the NEVI EV charging infrastructure program? We asked two experts.
The NEVI Formula Program, established as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, provided $5 billion in funding that states could use to build EV charging infrastructure if certain conditions were met. In February, the DOT suspended the program, and rescinded prior approval of states’ spending plans. In June, a federal judge temporarily blocked the US… Read more »
Kempower approves Formula Space’s forensic anti-theft solution for use with its EV charging cables
Kempower, a Finnish manufacturer of DC fast charging systems, has approved Formula Space’s CableGuard anti-theft solution for use with its EV charging stations after conducting eight weeks of in-house testing. According to Kempower, it is the first to validate a third-party solution that uses DNA traceability to deter cable theft. CableGuard includes a cut-resistant sleeve… Read more »
John Deere’s electrification efforts trickle down to consumer lawnmowers
Charged tests the Z380R electric zero-turn mower. As regular Charged readers know, the makers of off-highway vehicles and equipment are steadily electrifying their products. John Deere is no exception. The company was started in 1837 when a blacksmith named (you guessed it) John Deere invented a new type of steel plow that made it easier… Read more »
Stardust Power and Ohio University to develop lithium refining technologies
Stardust Power, a US-based developer of battery-grade lithium products, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ohio University to form a strategic partnership to develop extraction and refining technologies, including potential applications of direct lithium extraction (DLE). The partnership aims to accelerate scientific and technical research around the production of lithium and refined lithium… Read more »
Zeta Energy makes a breakthrough in lithium-sulfur battery technology
Cheap, abundant and sustainable. Sulfur may not be the most glamorous of elements—some may associate it with rotten eggs, stinky well water, or even the devil, as invoked in a country preacher’s fire-and-brimstone sermon. But as a component of an EV battery cathode, sulfur has a lot to offer. The yellow stuff is lighter and… Read more »
EV Minivans! VW ID.Buzz, Lucid Gravity expand electrics into family van territory
One’s a retro icon, electrified, the other’s a fast, sleek luxury seven-seater—but they both qualify as minivans if you squint. Remember minivans? The hugely practical family vehicles with three rows of seats, superb cabin access, sliding side doors, and features like hidden floor compartments and vanishing third rows? They hit their height of popularity in… Read more »
CarbonScape pioneers a process to produce graphite locally from forestry byproducts
Cracking the carbon code Graphite, a crystalline form of carbon, is a critical ingredient in EV battery anodes, but it comes with some baggage. Most graphite is made from fossil fuels, and what’s worse, the vast majority of it comes from China, and establishing reliable sources of supply elsewhere is a long and complicated process…. Read more »
Electric Era’s EV fast chargers use battery storage to reduce peak energy consumption
Perhaps the biggest challenge in deploying DC fast charging is the large amounts of power required, especially at peak times. Power-hungry EV chargers can cost site hosts big bucks in the form of utility demand charges, and securing sufficient power for a new installation can result in delays of months or years. This is why… Read more »
Lincoln Electric introduces 50 kW mobile DC fast charger for EV fleet and field operations
Lincoln Electric has announced the launch of its Velion 50 kW DC fast charger, expanding its electric vehicle charging product line. The new offering is a compact, mobile charging unit with scalable output and flexible deployment options, targeting demanding field environments such as construction sites, emergency response and fleet operations. The Velion 50 kW charger… Read more »