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Moon Five receives $3.4 million grant to deploy over 450 EV chargers in California apartments

Moon Five Technologies has announced plans to install more than 450 EV charging units at multifamily properties in Los Angeles and San Francisco, following a $3.4 million grant from the California Energy Commission under the REACH 3.0 program. This initiative is focused on providing EV charging access to underserved communities, particularly renters in disadvantaged areas,… Read more »

Recirculate project pioneers robotic EV battery disassembly system

Recirculate, an EU-funded project focused on advancing innovations for second-life batteries, is developing a robotic EV battery disassembly system. This innovation addresses one of the battery industry’s most pressing bottlenecks: safe and efficient automated disassembly. The project has successfully completed its first phase: the creation of a set of tools and machine learning models for… Read more »

myenergi offers OVO Energy customers cheaper EV charging

UK smart home energy technology manufacturer myenergi has formed a new partnership with utility company OVO Energy. OVO Energy will offer myenergi’s range of zappi EV chargers to its customers at a discounted rate. OVO’s Charge Anytime tariff is available as an add-on for new or existing OVO customers to provide access to cheaper charging…. Read more »

EV Minivans! VW ID.Buzz, Lucid Gravity expand electrics into family van territory

One’s a retro icon, electrified, the other’s a fast, sleek luxury seven-seater—but they both qualify as minivans if you squint. Remember minivans? The hugely practical family vehicles with three rows of seats, superb cabin access, sliding side doors, and features like hidden floor compartments and vanishing third rows? They hit their height of popularity in… Read more »

CarbonScape pioneers a process to produce graphite locally from forestry byproducts

Cracking the carbon code Graphite, a crystalline form of carbon, is a critical ingredient in EV battery anodes, but it comes with some baggage. Most graphite is made from fossil fuels, and what’s worse, the vast majority of it comes from China, and establishing reliable sources of supply elsewhere is a long and complicated process…. Read more »

Korean researchers develop artificial polymer nanolayers to improve zinc battery stability

Researchers at Chungnam National University in South Korea have developed a new zinc-bonded polyacrylic acid (ZHP) layer that prevents dendrite growth and stabilizes the anode in zinc-ion batteries. Aqueous zinc-ion batteries are gaining attention as a safer and more affordable alternative to lithium-ion batteries. However, previous protective coatings developed to prevent side reactions and sharp… Read more »

Wallbox launches virtual power plants in California and New York

EV charging and energy management provider Wallbox has announced the launch of its virtual power plants (VPPs) in California and New York, powered by a new partnership with Leap, a platform for building and scaling VPPs. The initiative is part of Wallbox Rewards, a new program that enables Wallbox users to earn incentives by contributing… Read more »