San Diego battery startup South 8 Technologies has executed a $9.2 million grant agreement under California’s PowerForward Battery Manufacturing program, funding expansion of its LiGas® liquefied gas electrolyte production at its San Diego headquarters. PowerForward is a $67 million California Energy Commission program, administered by CALSTART, aimed at attracting and retaining zero-emission vehicle battery manufacturing… Read more »
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Hanon’s 16 kg HICE module integrates e-compressor, chiller and condenser for EV thermal management
Hanon Systems is supplying a highly integrated thermal management module for electric vehicles, combining seven refrigerant-circuit components into a single 16 kg (35 lb) assembly. The module has been deployed in BMW’s fully electric iX3 SUV. The unit integrates an eCompressor, electronic expansion valve block, water-cooled condenser, internal heat exchanger, chiller, A/C lines, and pressure… Read more »
Geely becomes second Chinese automaker to unveil 1,500 kW EV chargers
Chinese EV maker BYD made big headlines a few days ago when it unveiled a new version of its Blade Battery and a Flash Charger to go with it. Using these technologies, which are slated to appear in production vehicles this year, an EV driver can charge up just as quickly as a legacy gas… Read more »
Designing Batteries For Upcoming Regulations: No Flame Out, No Explosion
China’s updated standards set one of the strictest global EV battery safety standards, requiring testing under extreme conditions. The European market and U.S. manufacturers are expected to follow. What tools do battery engineers need in order to balance battery performance and safety? To meet these regulations and help ensure battery thermal safety across all applications,… Read more »
Chinese researchers devise high-energy, low-temperature battery based on hydrofluorocarbon electrolytes
Researchers from the College of Chemistry at China’s Nankai University have announced a battery breakthrough using a new type of electrolyte. In “Hydrofluorocarbon electrolytes for energy-dense and low-temperature batteries,” published in the journal Nature, the team explains how they designed and synthesized a series of new fluorinated hydrocarbon solvent molecules with fluorine coordination. Based on… Read more »
Carrar says its immersion-cooled battery architecture stops thermal runaway even with a cell above 800 °C
Carrar says testing at its R&D lab showed its Two-Phase Immersion Architecture can prevent thermal propagation between high-energy NMC pouch cells even under extreme failure conditions. In the test, a 72 Ah pouch cell was driven into thermal failure with a temperature rise exceeding 15 °C per second, and the triggered cell rose above 800… Read more »
Next year, your luxury Uber robotaxi may be a Lucid; how it all came together
From the sensor-packed ‘tiara’ on the roof to the Nuro software stack providing autonomous driving, the Lucid Gravity met all the qualifications for a self-driving luxury Uber. Lucid’s robotaxi is ready for the road—except for one small detail. It still needs to fit the microsprayers that will clean its various sensors to ensure they work… Read more »
Webinar: Designing batteries for upcoming regulations: no flame out, no explosion
China’s updated standards set one of the strictest global EV battery safety standards, requiring testing under extreme conditions. The European market and U.S. manufacturers are expected to follow. What tools do battery engineers need in order to balance battery performance and safety? To meet these regulations and help ensure battery thermal safety across all applications,… Read more »
Proventia and Morrow sign long-term master supply agreement for LFP battery cells
Finland-based Proventia and Morrow Batteries have signed an agreement for long-term delivery of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells for Proventia’s battery modules and packs used in off-highway machinery and industrial applications. The agreement covers prismatic LFP cells and allows the addition of future cell chemistries as they become commercially available. Under the agreement, Morrow… Read more »
BorgWarner to supply 800 V integrated drive module and dual-inverter generator for EREV trucks
BorgWarner has secured a contract with an unnamed major North American OEM to supply an 800 V integrated drive module (iDM) and a generator module with a dual inverter. The components will be used in a series of the automaker’s extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) trucks and large-frame SUVs, with production set to begin in 2029…. Read more »