Dalhousie University researcher and lithium-ion battery pioneer Jeff Dahn has been cooperating with Tesla since 2016, and the partnership has already resulted in significant progress that Tesla hopes will lead to the development of its vaunted million-mile battery pack. Now Professor Dahn, along with his Dalhousie colleagues Chongyin Yang and Michael Metzger, have received a… Read more »
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EV software provider Diode valued at £2.1 million following new funding round
Diode, a UK provider of electric vehicle tech, has closed a new investment round led by Haatch Ventures, with support from angel investors and NorthInvest, giving the company a valuation of £2.1 million. Diode’s web-based software platform is designed to be an easy-to-use, all-in-one solution that helps businesses assess their suitability for electrification, generate an… Read more »
California makes $17.5 million available for public charging in 13 rural counties
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has announced the availability of $17.5 million in incentives to install public EV chargers in 13 rural counties. Incentives available through the new Inland Communities Incentive Project will cover up to 75 percent of EVSE costs. More than a third of the funding is dedicated to installations in under-resourced communities…. Read more »
Pensana plans $125-million rare earth separation facility in England
Pensana plans to build a $125-million sustainable rare earth separation facility at the Saltend Chemicals Park in Humber, UK. Targeted annual production is around 12,500 tons of rare earth oxides, including 4,500 tons of magnet metal rare earth oxides (NdPr), which would represent approximately 5% of the 2025 projected world demand. The Saltend plant will… Read more »
New report: US transit fleet could electrify by 2035 for an investment of less than $89 billion
According to a new report produced by the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) at the request of Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), the entire US public transit fleet could replace its fossil fuel vehicles with battery-electric and fuel cell buses by 2035 at a cost of between $42 billion and… Read more »
AMPLY Power to manage charging of electric school buses in Palermo, California
AMPLY Power offers managed charging services to operators of EV fleets. Its newest customer is the Palermo Union Elementary School District in Northern California. AMPLY helped to secure funding from the Butte County Air Quality Management District, and local utility PG&E provided charger rebates and “make ready” EVSE incentives, eliminating the need for any upfront… Read more »
Ford unveils its 2022 F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck
The most popular vehicle line in the US now includes a battery-electric pickup truck. Is this the turning point for EVs? Wednesday evening, Ford unveiled its long-awaited battery-electric pickup truck, dubbed the F-150 Lightning. The name hearkens back to “the fastest truck in the world,” the Lightning F-150 SVT, which launched in 2002 with a… Read more »
US House advances measure to provide $8 billion funding to replace USPS trucks with EVs
The US Postal Service has been deliberating about a modernization of its ancient vehicle fleet for nearly a decade. The odds-on favorite to win the contract was the Workhorse Group, which had proposed an all-electric delivery vehicle, so many were surprised when the USPS awarded the contract to Oshkosh Defense. The surprise turned to outrage… Read more »
Electrify America details plan to invest $200 million more in EVSE, ports and EV education
Electrify America has committed to invest $800 million in EVSE and education programs in California, in four cycles over 10 years. Now the company has unveiled Cycle 3 of its California ZEV Investment Plan, which will invest another $200 million over the next 30 months. Building on its experience deploying EV infrastructure in California over… Read more »
Advanced Materials For Power And Torque Dense Electric Motors
Carpenter Technology soft magnetic materials are advancing the performance of electric vehicles, hybrid and full electric aircraft, drones, robots, and other size- and weight-sensitive applications. In this session, Dr. Nir Vaks will discuss Carpenter Technology’s disruptive laminations and stacks technology and how to achieve a significantly better motor by changing the motor material from the… Read more »