Peugeot has released a brief but interesting description (with photos) of the assembly and testing process for the battery packs that go into its plug-in cars and vans. Peugeot Product Director Jérôme Micheron described the automaker’s plug-in offerings: “Peugeot provides a wide range of electrified vehicles with the full-electric e-208 and e-2008. The New 408,… Read more »
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Rivian to build $5-billion battery and assembly plant near Atlanta
Rivian Automotive is the brightest rising star in the EV firmament at the moment, and it’s flush with cash following a $11.9 billion stock offering in November. Now the company has announced plans to put some of that nest egg to work at a new $5-billion battery and assembly plant east of Atlanta, which is… Read more »
Pressure Equalization in Battery Packs: An Edge Case Analyses
With the rapid commercialization of electric vehicles, the automotive industry is continually evaluating the impact of different load cases and duty cycles on enclosures that need protection. Battery packs, inverters and other enclosures may experience edge cases in their duty cycles that could lead to severe over-pressurization and vacuum conditions if not accounted for appropriately…. Read more »
Advanced Manufacturing for EV Powertrain Production
Automotive manufacturers at all levels in the industry are facing changes not seen in nearly 100 years as the pivot to electrification accelerates. To successfully meet the associated new production challenges, a scalable, modular approach to manufacturing critical components such as EV power electronics is required. In this session, we will present flexible, modular production… Read more »
Nuvve and Blue Bird use Fleet-as-a-Service leasing model for V2G-equipped electric school buses
Nuvve Holding (Nasdaq: NVVE), the developer of a proprietary vehicle-to-grid (V2G) platform, and iconic school bus manufacturer Blue Bird (Nasdaq: BLBD) plan to use the financing resources of Levo Mobility to allow customers to lease V2G-enabled electric school buses, charging infrastructure and energy management for a flat monthly fee. Levo Mobility is a joint venture… Read more »
Rheinland Air Service orders five Bye Aerospace eFlyer 800s
Rheinland Air Service (RAS), a European provider of aircraft maintenance and repair services, has ordered five all-electric eFlyer 800 aircraft from Bye Aerospace. RAS will provide service to eFlyer800 aircraft in Central Europe through its service and support facilities in Germany, and will be a designated reseller of the eFlyer800 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland…. Read more »
Jet It and JetClub order eFlyer 800 electric planes from Bye Aerospace
Electric aircraft manufacturer Bye Aerospace has secured a pair of launch customers for its eFlyer 800, an 8-seat all-electric twin turboprop-class airplane. Jet It and JetClub, North American and European sister companies that provide fractional aircraft ownership, have agreed to purchase a fleet of eFlyer 800 aircraft. Bye Aerospace expects the eFlyer 800 to deliver… Read more »
SiC MOSFET vs. Si IGBT In Electric Vehicle Applications
In the race to make the most efficient electric vehicle, the design of power electronics converters plays a vital role. Power losses, breakdown voltage, switching times, and thermal conductivity of semiconductor devices are critical factors when designing power electronics converter. Silicon power devices are widely used in power converters but suffer from major limitations such… Read more »
OXIS Energy to power luxury yacht with Li-S batteries
Yachts de Luxe (YdL) of Singapore has signed a ten-year contract with Oxis Energy valued at $5 million to build the world’s first luxury boat to be powered by Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries. The objective is to achieve a range of 70 to 100 nautical miles at cruising speed. Oxis will work with YdL to design… Read more »
New report identifies high-priority regions for electrifying trucks
Electric trucks are on the way, and academics are turning out papers to guide businesses and policymakers through the transition. The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) and the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) have collaborated on a report that proposes prioritizing geographic regions for electric truck deployments. The potential cash and emissions savings of… Read more »