Trova Commercial Vehicles has launched a battery-electric terminal truck, the company’s first product to reach the market, and CEO Patrick Collignon sat down with Charged to talk about it. Terminal trucks are semi-tractor vehicles designed to move semi-trailers within a warehouse facility, cargo yard or intermodal facility. “One of the unique sides of Trova is… Read more »
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SK Enmove obtains international certification for new EV refrigerant
SK Enmove, a lubricant supplier for the automotive industry, has developed a next-generation refrigerant for vehicles to improve heating and cooling efficiency. Two of its products have received an R-Number, an international refrigerant certification, from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). They are also expected to meet the European Union’s expected… Read more »
Advancing BMS Testing With Accurate Battery Emulation For EVs
Increasingly accurate battery emulation is transforming how automotive companies validate their BMS, ensuring electric vehicles meet performance and safety standards. By integrating advanced tools like the xMove platform, engineers can emulate real-world conditions, such as voltage, current, and temperatures using a cell monitoring unit (CMU) and hybrid emulation modes. Join this session to learn how… Read more »
New standard helps companies comply with EU digital battery passport requirement
The German Institute for Standardization (DIN) and the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (DKE) have published a new standard to help companies implement the mandatory EU-wide digital battery passport, which comes into effect in February 2027. The standard, DIN DKE SPEC 99100, “Requirements for Data Attributes of the Battery Passport,” provides practical… Read more »
ABB: Bringing the energy transition to the other half of America
Global electrical/electronics giant ABB is a company we’ve often covered in these pages. NASCAR, the epitome of petroleum-powered racing, is not. But these two very different organizations have been working together for some time now with the goal of advancing the energy transition. Your correspondent is in Daytona Beach for NASCAR’s flagship event of the… Read more »
Rivian opens sales of its commercial van to all US fleets
Rivian Automotive is on a roll—the company’s electric pickup and SUV are earning rave reviews, other automakers are “knocking on the door” to license Rivian’s technology, and now the company is opening up sales for the Rivian Commercial Vehicle, the platform on which Amazon based its custom electric delivery van (EDV). Amazon’s exclusivity period ended… Read more »
EV charging platform Presto raises $15 million in seed funding
Presto, an all-in-one EV charging platform, has raised $15 million in seed funding from Union Square Ventures and other investors. The company was founded in 2023 by former Uber executives J.J. Raynor and Ashwin Dias. Its platform is used by electric fleets including Uber, Avis, Hertz and Zipcar. Presto will use the new funds to… Read more »
ChargeX Consortium identifies automated solution to EV charging failure
The ChargeX consortium has identified a new mechanism to automatically restart EV charging sessions that fail to initiate. Researchers participating in the ChargeX Consortium from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Idaho National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory, along with industry contributors, have identified the “seamless retry” mechanism to alleviate a common EV driver frustration… Read more »
LG Energy Solution collaborates with Qualcomm on SoC battery management system
South Korea-based LG Energy Solution has introduced its new system-on-chip (SoC)-based battery management system (BMS) diagnostic software, which is available on the Snapdragon Digital Chassis from Qualcomm Technologies. The two companies have signed a joint promotion agreement to accelerate the commercialization of SoC-based BMS diagnostic solutions. LG’s software aims to enhance safety, degradation diagnostic functions… Read more »
Solar array at New Terminal One at JFK Airport to be largest at a US airport, will provide 50% of total electricity needed
John F. Kennedy International Airport, the busiest airport for international traffic in North America, always seems to be reinventing itself. It opened in 1948 as New York International Airport, although it was typically referred to then as Idlewild. The airport was intended as the world’s largest and most efficient, with “no confusion and no congestion.”… Read more »
