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 »
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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 »
Comemso’s Easy Chester Gen. 2 EV charging station test device is now VDE-compliant and supports power levels up to 60 kW
Germany-based test and measurement specialist comemso electronics has released a new version of its Easy-Chester EVSE testing device. The Easy Chester is a mobile functional test device for AC and DC charging stations that fully simulates the communication of an EV—with no need for a real vehicle. The Easy Chester intelligently detects the connected plug… Read more »
SAE International publishes SAE J3400/2 Standard
SAE International has published a new standard, SAE J3400/2—Connectors and Inlets for the North American Charging System (NACS) for Electric Vehicles. Developed by SAE’s Hybrid-EV Committee, the new standard defines the physical architectural and mechanical specifications of the EV connector and inlet. SAE J3400/2 standardizes the physical architecture of EV connectors and inlets using 2D… Read more »
Nexperia earns automotive qualification for 1,200 V silicon carbide MOSFETs in D2PAK-7 packaging
Netherlands-based semiconductor company Nexperia has received automotive certification for its range of silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs suitable for applications like onboard chargers (OBC) and traction inverters, as well as DC-DC converters, heating ventilation and air-conditioning systems (HVAC). These devices (NSF030120D7A0-Q, NSF040120D7A1-Q, NSF060120D7A0-Q), which deliver RDS(on) values of 30, 40 and 60 mΩ and leading figures-of-merit… Read more »
Providing second lives for fleet EV batteries
Zenobe’s stationary storage business complements its turnkey EV offering for fleets. Here at Charged, we’ve covered a lot of companies that provide fleet electrification services. However, we’re far from done writing about them (and readers, I hope you aren’t tired of reading about them), because each one seems to have its own unique set of… Read more »
Infineon to supply Rivian’s R2 platform with power modules for EV traction inverters
Infineon Technologies, a producer of semiconductors for power systems and IoT applications, will supply Rivian’s R2 platform with power modules for traction inverters. The R2 platform will use silicon carbide (SiC) and silicon (Si) modules from Infineon’s HybridPACK Drive G2 family. Infineon expects to start delivering the components in 2026. HybridPACK Drive is Infineon’s power… Read more »