Along with its industry giant partner Alcoa, Israeli startup Phinergy says it has aluminum-air batteries for EVs in the can. More than 550 feet over the National Mall in Washington, DC, the single most significant piece of American aluminum triangulates a point between the White House, the US Capitol, and the Lincoln Memorial. It is… Read more »
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DC-America’s prefab charging platforms offer flexibility as well as savings
A modular approach to solving EV charging’s installation bottleneck. At the moment, the big bad bottleneck for commercial EV deployment is charging infrastructure. However, the problems don’t generally have to do with the hardware or software—EVSE manufacturers offer a wide selection of AC and DC chargers, functionality and reliability are steadily improving, and sophisticated software tools… Read more »
Hoenle’s Structalit 8205 underfill for automotive power electronics survives 1,000 thermal cycles
Hoenle Adhesives (formerly Panacol) has launched Structalit 8205, a board-level underfill designed for flip chips, BGAs and CSP packages in automotive electronics, power electronics and high-performance computing applications. Underfills mechanically reinforce solder joints by filling the gap beneath packaged components and redistributing thermal stress—critical in automotive applications where power electronics and ADAS control modules are… Read more »
2027 Volvo EX60 First Drive: Volvo starts over on EVs with midsize SUV
Quiet, calm, and identifiably a Volvo, the EX60 expands the brand’s EV lineup into the popular midsize SUV segment—in a variety of performance levels and prices. The 2027 Volvo EX60 is only the brand’s second ground-up battery-electric vehicle, after the larger US-built three-row EX90 SUV launched in September 2024. That model had major teething troubles… Read more »
As other automakers retrench, Toyota has four new EVs in the works
WTH is Toyota thinking? Is it serving up new EVs as the US market collapses? Not at all—its methodical approach validates the EV transition. When an auto reporter gets pretty much the same question on the same day from two different people—one at a major auto brand, the other a fellow reporter—his attention is naturally… Read more »
This week’s electric truck news—Einride, Range Energy, Volvo, Tesla, Windrose
Sweden’s Einride to deploy 75 electric trucks for Amazon Swedish electric truck provider Einride will deploy 75 electric heavy-duty trucks and supporting charging infrastructure for retail oligopoly Amazon at five US locations. Reuters reports that Amazon is increasingly relying on truck-as-a-service operators such as Einride, which provide vehicles, charging infrastructure and fleet-management software, allowing the… Read more »
CATL unveils six battery innovations including 350 Wh/kg condensed cells
CATL held its Super Technology Day in Beijing, unveiling six battery technologies spanning fast charging, energy density records, hybrid systems, sodium-ion industrialization and an integrated charging and swapping network. Chief Scientist Wu Kai framed the strategy as deliberately multi-chemistry: LFP is approaching its theoretical energy density limit and is best suited for extreme fast charging;… Read more »
High-potential testing for EVs: why reed relays raise confidence in insulation and safety
Sponsored by Pickering Interfaces. EV platforms live at the intersection of high voltage, high power and strict safety requirements. From battery packs and traction inverters to DC fast chargers and cable harnesses, engineers must prove that insulation is sound during development and at end-of-line. That is the role of high-potential testing. In a withstand test… Read more »
A modern-day Luther nails 12 theses to auto dealership door, demanding that they sell EVs
Is the car dealership model comparable to the medieval Catholic church? In both cases, doctrine holds that an individual cannot attain salvation (spiritual or automotive) directly, but requires the mediation of an extremely powerful, legally sanctioned and historically hidebound organization. In a satirical piece written for CleanTechnica, Michael Barnard has (figuratively) nailed a set of… Read more »
Dukosi chip-on-cell monitoring system enables Nordic Marine Power’s PowerStack to achieve DNV type approval
Dukosi’s cell monitoring system has enabled Nordic Marine Power to achieve DNV type approval for its PowerStack battery system, certifying it for installation on all vessels classed by DNV. The Dukosi Cell Monitoring System (DKCMS) places a cell monitor chip directly on each battery cell, measuring temperature and voltage on every cell simultaneously and relaying… Read more »