US-based battery technology company Natrion has begun accepting pre-orders for its first-generation flagship separator, which is designed to boost energy density, reduce costs and offer manufacturers a source of US-made products. The Gen-1 active separator, which uses Natrion’s lithium solid ionic composite (LISIC) technology, mitigates common Li-ion battery cell degradation processes. It offers enhanced cell… Read more »
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Allotrope Energy unveils new supercapacitors for hybrid-electric powertrains
Allotrope Energy has developed a new class of supercapacitors featuring Lignavolt, a nano-porous carbon material derived from pulp industry byproducts. The devices demonstrate 14–15 Wh/kg energy density—twice that of typical supercapacitors—enabling higher energy recovery and power output in hybrid-electric vehicle systems. The company claims that the supercapacitors are well-suited to regenerative braking applications, allowing for… Read more »
Factorial’s Gammatron digital twin platform accelerates battery development
Solid-state battery developer Factorial has launched a new proprietary simulation platform designed to accelerate the development of next-generation batteries by improving how battery performance is predicted, validated and optimized. Factorial built its new Gammatron as a necessity-driven tool to address critical delays in battery development. Unlike traditional platforms focused solely on system-level modeling, Gammatron fuses… Read more »
Navitas and BrightLoop partner to provide hydrogen fuel cell charging
US-based Navitas Semiconductor has formed a partnership with BrightLoop to support BrightLoop’s latest series of hydrogen fuel cell chargers with its automotive-qualified Gen 3 Fast (G3F) silicon-carbide MOSFETs for heavy-duty agricultural transportation equipment. BrightLoop’s systems provide power conversion efficiencies over 98% and power densities up to 60 kW/L. The company’s high-voltage (HV), high-power multiverters paired… Read more »
SorbiForce says its metal-free battery could last for 30 years, serve as fertilizer at end of life
SorbiForce, a self-described Arizona-based Ukrainian startup, has announced a metal-free organic battery prototype that it believes will serve as a counter to the environmental effects of conventional batteries. “We were working for a game-changing technology in the storage market,” the company said, an effort that ended up producing “the optimal system for storing and balancing… Read more »
Amprius forms partnership with a South Korea battery manufacturer
Amprius Technologies, which is developing a silicon battery anode platform, has signed a new contract manufacturing agreement with an unnamed battery manufacturer in South Korea. Amprius said that the strategic partnership expands its global production footprint and enhances its ability to deliver high-performance SiCore cells at scale to meet rising global demand. The South Korean… Read more »
Hyundai Motor Group to demonstrate EV charging robots at Incheon Airport
Hyundai Motor Group has partnered with Incheon International Airport, which serves the South Korean capital Seoul, to deploy automatic EV charging robots as part of a demonstration project. Hyundai Motor Group will use its robotics expertise to streamline EV charging and accommodate an expected passenger influx following a planned major expansion of the airport. The… Read more »
Lynkwell launches next-generation Level 2 EV charger
Energy infrastructure provider Lynkwell is having a good year—it says it has achieved 200% year-over-year revenue growth in the first quarter of 2025. The company provides EV charging hardware, software, service and support. Manufacturing, engineering, software development, network operations and service teams are all based in the US, making the company’s products fully Build America,… Read more »
Dürr and GROB present new concept factory for battery cell production
German engineering companies Dürr and GROB have developed a new concept factory for lithium-ion battery cells using less space and energy while offering higher performance and battery cell quality. In addition to a classic production layout with wet coating, the partners have developed a concept factory that carries out dry coating of the electrodes, which… Read more »
A closer look at inductors and chokes In EVs
Traction motors and transformers are the magnetic components that seem to get all the attention, but the humble inductor/choke is just as critical a component in modern power converters, and it has surprisingly profound effects on performance, reliability and cost. Another temptation for the bewildered design engineer (or one that is just short on time—but… Read more »