AMPECO offers a white-label, hardware-agnostic EV charging management platform that covers public, private and home charging and currently serves over 160 clients across 60 markets and powers some 120,000 charging stations on all 6 continents. The customer list includes (in Europe) E.ON Drive Infrastructure, ChargeGuru, INDIGO Group, Wattif and Elaway; as well as (in the… Read more »
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EV maker Canoo loses two senior executives, furloughs workers
American EV manufacturer Canoo has announced the resignation of two key employees and the temporary furlough of 30 factory workers at its Oklahoma City plant. The beleaguered automaker was founded in 2017 as Evelozcity by Stefan Krause, a former Deutsche Bank CFO, and Ulrich Kranz, a former senior executive at BMW, after the two had… Read more »
Nissan to give second life to LEAF batteries at corporate HQ, takes stake in ChargeScape
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor has announced it will take a 25% stake in ChargeScape, a software company that connects electric utilities, automakers and drivers, and that it is deploying two power management systems using second-life batteries from the Nissan LEAF. ChargeScape is a joint venture founded in 2023 by BMW, Ford and Honda, each with… Read more »
Constellium-led research project achieves weight reduction in EV battery enclosures
Paris-based global aluminum products manufacturer Constellium has announced that its ALuminium Intensive Vehicle Enclosures (ALIVE) collaborative research project has achieved weight savings in its structural aluminum EV battery enclosures. The project reduced the weight of the enclosures by between 12% and 35% compared to existing aluminium and steel OEM designs, while meeting or exceeding performance targets…. Read more »
Wildcat Discovery Technologies is building a US plant to produce next-gen LFP cathode and battery materials
Q&A with Wildcat President and CEO Mark Gresser. EV battery technology is advancing rapidly—it seems like every few days we read about a scientific breakthrough that will enable safer, cheaper, smaller and more energy-dense batteries. However, the road from the lab to the auto dealership is a long one—it typically takes several years of testing… Read more »
Three perspectives on China’s EV industry (spoiler alert: legacy brands are toast)
Jeremiads lamenting China’s takeover of the global auto industry are everywhere these days. Three recent accounts stand out from the pack. These articles cover three different aspects of the tragic tale, but all are authoritative, fact-filled pieces written by journalists with first-hand knowledge of what’s going on in the Middle Kingdom, and I recommend that… Read more »
EV lithium consumption rises 40% in 2023, led by Europe and Americas
Adamas Intelligence data shows that 408,214 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) were deployed globally in new passenger EV batteries last year, up by 40% from 2022. Europe and the Americas accounted for 40% of global deployment, rising by 38% to 163,423 tons in 2023. Across the three continents, Tesla took the top spot with… Read more »
CATL warrants its new EV battery to last for a million miles or 15 years
More bad news for the ubiquitous anti-EV trolls: the million-mile EV battery is in sight. Chinese battery supplier CATL and bus maker Yutong have partnered to launch an EV battery that’s warranted to last 1.5 million km (932,000 miles) or 15 years. The new battery pack is designed to power commercial EVs such as buses… Read more »
2024 Dodge Charger Daytona: the ‘Brotherhood of Muscle’ goes electric
The Charger sedan and Challenger coupe exuded testosterone, courtesy of snarling V-8s. Dodge says the EVs that replace them will be just as noisy. The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona is a Detroit anomaly: it’s a passenger car in an age of trucks and SUVs, it’s battery-electric when U.S. makers seem to be in an EV… Read more »
EVs are for everybody—but how to get Republicans to buy them?
Here at Charged, our position has always been that EVs are for everybody, and we’ve watched in disappointment as e-mobility has become a political football. Many others agree, including some red-state policymakers who have supported pro-EV measures in their states. Mike Murphy is a veteran GOP political consultant who has advised John McCain, Arnold Schwarzenegger,… Read more »