Despite what you may hear on Fox News, which recently aired an anti-EV rant (the latest of many) that was riddled with misleading statements, by no means all conservatives are opposed to electric vehicles. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been taking flak from both left and right since his administration approved a new rule… Read more »
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United Auto Workers union comes calling at Tesla factory
Tesla, the classic auto industry outsider, may soon be dealing with an issue that has defined Detroit for decades. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the United Auto Workers has set up an organizing committee at Tesla’s Fremont factory. UAW President Bob King also said in August that union representatives had met with CEO Elon… Read more »
European Union official says chargers are the chicken for the EV egg
European Union Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard has come out in strong support of a pending plan to deploy 795,000 charging points in the EU by 2020, the Copenhagen Post reported. The proposal must be approved by the European Parliament and all 27 member states before it goes into effect. “We can finally end the discussion… Read more »
Union of Concerned Scientists releases comprehensive study of EVs’ impact on climate change and charging costs
The UCS's report is titled State of Charge: Electric Vehicles’ Global Warming Emissions and Fuel-Cost Savings Across the US.
Consumer’s Union: EVs cost a lot less per mile
Consumer Reports published an article on Thursday that confirms what most of us already know: EVs are cheaper to run than ICE vehicles. A lot cheaper.
Hanyang University pins minimum LNO coating at 2.5 nm for sulfide solid-state battery cathodes
Researchers at Hanyang University have identified 2.5 nanometers as the minimum coating thickness required to effectively protect cathode materials in sulfide-based all-solid-state batteries—giving the field a quantitative lower bound it has been missing. The study focused on lithium niobium oxide (LNO) coatings applied to NCM811 cathode powders via rotary powder atomic layer deposition. Sulfide-based solid… Read more »
Trinseo’s new lithium-ion anode binder reduces DCIR and surface resistivity with uniform electrode distribution
Trinseo has launched VOLTABOND 211, a water-based styrene-butadiene (SBR) binder for graphite- and silicon-based lithium-ion battery anodes. Compared to the company’s second-generation VOLTABOND 029, the new material delivers a 5% reduction in electrode surface resistivity and up to 18% lower direct current internal resistance (DCIR) across a full cell—validated in a 4 Ah pouch cell… Read more »
How government helped build America’s EV charging market
The US charging network 2.0—The evolution of a revolution: Part 2» Read part 1 here: How the biggest US EV charging networks got their starts The US public charging market did not emerge from private capital alone. From ARRA to IIJA, IRA and rural grant programs, federal policy repeatedly stepped in to create baseline charger… Read more »
Inside Henkel’s Battery Application Center, where adhesive formulations meet production-line robots
Most adhesive and materials companies ship samples. Henkel built a factory inside its lab. The Battery Application Center in Madison Heights, Michigan, is set up with production-intent dispensing equipment, a six-axis ABB robot and pump systems sized for full-scale EV battery housings. OEMs and battery manufacturers can bring their actual components in, run them through… Read more »
Workhorse sells 100 electric trucks to Gateway Fleets
Workhorse, a North American manufacturer of electric trucks, step vans, shuttles and buses, has sold 100 W56 electric step vans to Gateway Fleets, a California-based provider of bundled EV and charging solutions for commercial delivery operators. California truck dealer Kingsburg Truck Center (KTC) will handle delivery. Gateway Fleets offers a bundled model to fleet operators,… Read more »