Delivery and cargo vans represent an excellent use case for electrification, but US buyers have a limited selection of electric options, so it’s welcome news that Ram has unveiled its first EV for the US—the Ram ProMaster electric van. The new Ram ProMaster EV will eventually be offered in five configurations. The delivery model is… Read more »
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A wood-burning EV charger?
EV chargers come in all shapes and sizes to fit a variety of use cases, but we’ve never heard of a wood-burning EV charger until now. Florida-based Air Burners, a manufacturer of air curtain burner systems, collaborated with Rolls-Royce and Volvo Construction Equipment to develop a portable machine that turns biomass waste into energy. The… Read more »
The US and EU take different approaches to the threat of Chinese EV imports
Governments in North America and Europe are seriously concerned about China’s growing dominance of the EV industry. Chinese automaker BYD recently surpassed Tesla as the world’s leading seller of EVs, and it’s only one of several Chinese-owned brands that are already selling cars in the US and the EU. However, the world’s #2 and #3… Read more »
Carbon Brief offers a raft of resources to debunk misinformation about EVs
Here at Charged, we don’t devote much time to debunking anti-EV misinformation—the enemies of the future flood the zone with FUD 24/7, and responding to even a fraction of it might leave no time for anything else. However, a recent article in Carbon Brief is so comprehensive and well-researched that we just had to bring… Read more »
New studies indicate that battery-electric aircraft with 800 km range could be practical
Several companies are working on battery-electric aircraft, but electric aviation is a tougher nut to crack than electric cars, for physical reasons. It simply takes a lot more energy to keep an aircraft aloft than it does to propel a vehicle along a road, and every additional pound of battery weight takes a steep toll… Read more »
EnviroSpark to deploy Level 2 EV chargers for multifamily housing provider Scully Company
Georgia-based EVSE installation specialist EnviroSpark has signed a deal with Philadelphia-based multifamily housing provider Scully Company to roll out EV chargers to properties in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Florida. Family-owned Scully acquires, develops, builds and manages apartment communities. Initially, EnviroSpark will install new chargers at seven properties on the East Coast, including Scully’s headquarters in… Read more »
Thermally conductive potting compounds enable higher power-density electronics (Whitepaper)
Sponsored by Parker Lord. Now more than ever, we are seeing a strong trend toward the electrification of vehicles in the transportation industry, including automobiles, buses, trains, off-road vehicles, watercraft and aircraft. In these electric vehicles, long ranges and high horsepower require high power density from their electrical components such as batteries, motors and generators,… Read more »
Eaton shows a couple of innovative scalable EV charging solutions at CES
Electronics giant Eaton has broken some new ground in the EV charger segment, and the company is showing two innovative new charging systems at CES. Eaton’s Sai Murahari, EVCI Product Manager, showed Charged its EV Smart Breaker line of chargers, which combine an EV charger with a smart circuit breaker. The integrated device fits into… Read more »
Is curbside charging the solution for the Plight of the Drivewayless?
The Plight of the Drivewayless—those poor souls who live in urban locales where they can’t charge their EVs at home—has emerged as a major drag on the speed of EV adoption. Solutions from the clever to the silly have been proposed, but if we look at dense cities where adoption is already well advanced, we’re… Read more »
NETZSCH Pumps showcases fluid pumping solutions for lithium battery manufacturing
NETZSCH, a developer of positive displacement pumps, has demonstrated its fluid pumping solutions for lithium battery manufacturing. NETZSCH’s NEMO progressive cavity pumps are positive displacement pumps that have a rotating rotor and stationary stator. Rotors are round-threaded screws with one side hinged or elastically attached. The output axial position oscillates. Elastic hollow stators have the… Read more »