Peninsula Clean Energy, the official electricity provider for the California communities of San Mateo County and Los Banos, recently installed 92 EV chargers at Middlefield Junction, a new 179-unit affordable housing community in North Fair Oaks. The chargers include 76 Level 1 chargers and 16 Level 2 chargers, which can be assigned to households based… Read more »
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Ford rotor built with 100% recycled rare earth magnets passes durability test
A UK consortium has completed an end-to-end circular rare earth supply chain for electric vehicle motor magnets, with Ford validating the results at its R&D facility in Dunton, UK. The chain ran as follows: Ionic Technologies, a Belfast-based subsidiary of Australia’s Ionic Rare Earths (ASX: IXR), recycled scrap NdFeB magnets and alloy into individually separated… Read more »
Ford launches a new stationary battery energy storage business
Several EV manufacturers have branched out into the stationary battery biz, including Tesla and BYD. Now that the data center bubble is puffing up at an impressive (or alarming) rate, beaucoup businesses are bounding onto the battery bandwagon. Automakers are better qualified than most to address this market. The latest to jump onboard is Ford,… Read more »
Automotive CoolGaN™ Enabling Highly-Efficient & Affordable E-Mobility
100 V Gallium Nitride (GaN) is transforming automotive power electronics with higher efficiency, faster switching, and compact system designs. Join us for an engaging session on how CoolGaN™ Automotive Transistor 100 V G1 is shaping the future of automotive power electronics. This webinar will cover the fundamentals of GaN technology and its unique advantages in… Read more »
Webinar: Automotive CoolGaN™ enabling highly-efficient & affordable e-mobility
100 V Gallium Nitride (GaN) is transforming automotive power electronics with higher efficiency, faster switching, and compact system designs. Join this webinar at our March Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, presented by Infineon, for an engaging session on how CoolGaN™ Automotive Transistor 100 V G1 is shaping the future of automotive power electronics. This webinar… Read more »
Zūm launches fully electric school bus fleet in Branford, Connecticut
Student transportation provider Zūm will deploy a fully electric school bus fleet for Branford Public Schools in Connecticut, beginning in the 2026-27 school year. All the e-buses will feature built-in bidirectional V2G capabilities. In 2024, Branford Public Schools awarded Zūm a 10-year student transportation contract with the goal of transitioning the district to a 100%… Read more »
Ford dials back EV efforts, will focus on high-margin fossil fuel trucks
As expected, Ford has cancelled production of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. Also no surprise to those of us who follow the industry: the company has issued a pair of press releases designed to frame the failure as a positive development. And it may be—if the company’s goals are to shore up its bottom… Read more »
Ford and CVE use electron beam welding to improve EV motor stator production
Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE) and Ford have demonstrated that electron beam welding can enhance both the quality and repeatability of electric motor stator production for EVs. The project, supported by the Innovate UK Driving the Electric Revolution Challenge, could accelerate the industrial adoption of electron beam welding for EV motor applications. CVE says that its… Read more »
Ford Pro and Southern Company report results of managed EV charging pilot
Ford Pro (the division of the automaker that serves fleet customers) and Atlanta-based utility Southern Company have completed a six-month pilot program to test managed charging for fleet EV operations and evaluate its impact on the electric grid. The pilot demonstrated how Southern can shift charging for its fleet to lower-cost time periods and respond… Read more »