Digital transparency company Everledger and Ford have launched a battery passport pilot for tracking EV batteries. “The battery passport concept was launched by the Global Battery Alliance (GBA), a multi-stakeholder alliance that brings together 110 leading international organizations,” says Everledger. “The battery passport is the digital identity of a battery which includes information about its… Read more »
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Prototype interior permanent magnet synchronous motor achieves 100,000 rpm
A team at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney in Australia has built a new high-speed motor which can be used in EVs, large HVAC systems, high-precision CNC machines and the integrated drive generators in aircraft engines. Using its own optimization program, the team has built a prototype IPMSM motor with a patented… Read more »
Metis’s Battery Safety Sensor earns ISO certification, enters UK production
Metis Engineering has earned ISO certification of its Production Battery Safety Sensor, which designed to monitor the health of a lithium-ion battery pack and detect cell venting. The sensor was developed using ISO26262 processes, and has been tested to ISO Automotive Standards by Applus+ 3C Test, an independent testing house. Manufacturing of the production version… Read more »
Turnkey charging provider Loop Global secures $60 million in funding
Charging infrastructure provider Loop Global has completed a $40-million Series A funding round co-led by Fifth Wall Climate and Agility Ventures, and secured $20 million in senior secured credit from Keystone National Group. Loop will use the funds to expand its US operations and to expand beyond the 15+ countries it already supports. Loop Global… Read more »
GM launches new business to sell home energy products
The EV is much more than just a replacement for the legacy petroleum-fueled vehicle—it reaches its true potential as part of an ecosystem that also includes charging infrastructure, stationary battery storage, distributed renewable energy generation, and software to make it all work together. GM aims to bring all of these elements together under a new… Read more »
Tackling the peak demand charge problem to cost-effectively scale the EV revolution
Sponsored by ads-tec Energy. EVs are playing an increasingly important role in the transition to a net-zero emissions world and are expected to comprise at least two-thirds of global car sales by 2040. But even as EVs are becoming more widely available and affordable, the demand for fast, convenient charging is nowhere near to being… Read more »
Gabe Klein named to lead Biden administration’s EV charging program
The recently-passed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) created a new agency, the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation. Now the Departments of Energy and Transportation have announced that Gabe Klein will be the agency’s first Executive Director. The Joint Office will provide technical assistance and other support to state and local governments as they roll out… Read more »
New Hampshire utility to offer EV owners special rates in V2G program
Utilities around the country are experimenting with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems. Now the New Hampshire Electric Co-op plans to offer its members real-time energy rates that will allow them to earn revenue from their EVs and battery storage devices. The co-op plans to offer members a “transactive energy rate” as soon as the end of this… Read more »
Pickup truck lovers compare TCO of the Ford F-150 Lightning with the legacy gas version
When it comes to a comparison between Ford’s electric F-150 Lightning with the legacy gas version of the popular pickup, you can probably guess which model we at Charged prefer. But the folks at Pickup Truck + SUV Talk have a little different perspective. Publisher Tim Esterdahl, a self-described “truck guy,” has raised some reasonable… Read more »
Ford establishes requirements for dealers to sell EVs
Auto dealers have long been considered a bottleneck for EV sales, and automakers that are serious about selling EVs are working closely with their dealers to make the necessary changes (and to weed out those who really don’t want to go electric). Ford has now unveiled an electrification strategy to its 3,000-strong dealer network. Dealers… Read more »