This week, Charged is hosting a virtual conference on EV engineering that’s free to attend. The conference includes live webinar sessions with interactive Q&As and on-demand webinars. All of the live sessions will be recorded and available to view after the broadcasts. The recorded videos can be accessed on each session’s registration page. Wednesday, September 17th Webinar Topics:… Read more »
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Vulcan Energy starts qualification process for its lithium battery material with offtake partners
Lithium producer Vulcan Energy has finalized a strategy to pre-qualify its battery-quality lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM) material prior to entering full commercial production. The company is developing its Phase One Lionheart Project to provide integrated lithium and renewable energy production for the battery electric vehicle industry in Europe. Vulcan is starting to produce and dispatch… Read more »
Estes Energy raises $11 million in seed round for multi-chemistry battery platform
US-based materials and manufacturing firm Estes Energy has raised $11 million in seed capital to finalize development of its multi-chemistry battery pack platform and establish manufacturing operations in the US. The platform is capable of using either nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells. The round was co-led by BMW i Ventures… Read more »
Panasonic Energy begins mass production of EV battery cells at new factory in Kansas
Panasonic Energy has begun mass production of 2170 cylindrical battery cells at a new factory just outside Kansas City. The company plans to establish an annual production capacity of approximately 32 GWh in the future. The Kansas Factory is Panasonic’s second EV battery production site in the US. The company’s Nevada Factory in Sparks, Nevada… Read more »
Auction to offer battery manufacturing, EV powertrains and R&D equipment in Michigan
BIDITUP Auctions and Heritage Global Partners will host a webcast auction on July 9–10, 2025, featuring surplus assets from a Tier 1 EV battery and energy systems manufacturer in Detroit, Michigan. The event will include late-model production equipment, R&D instrumentation, and facility infrastructure—much of it unused or recently installed. Key EV battery production assets include… Read more »
Toshiba launches high-speed 2-channel digital isolators for EV inverters, BMS and OBC applications
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation has announced a new line of high-speed, two-channel standard digital isolators aimed at automotive applications. The DCM32xx00 series comprises four distinct devices featuring high common-mode transient immunity (CMTI) of 100 kV/μs (typical) and maximum data transmission rates of 50 Mbps, supporting stable isolation and high-speed control communications. These devices… Read more »
Contactless battery management systems: how Dukosi’s chip-on-cell technology works
Battery technology continues evolving rapidly, but one key challenge persists: efficiently and accurately monitoring each battery cell. Dukosi, a company with over two decades of experience, has developed an innovative chip-on-cell technology designed to enhance the management of battery cells, offering solutions tailored for automotive, transportation, industrial, and energy storage applications. Charged recently talked to… Read more »
Chinese mine deploys 5G-A unmanned electric mining trucks
China Huaneng has put into operation a 100-unit unmanned electric mining truck cluster it calls “Huaneng Ruichi” at its Yimin open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia using a large-scale 5G-A based vehicle-cloud-network. The unmanned vehicle eliminates the cab, has a load capacity of 90 tons and can operate continuously in harsh temperatures as low as… Read more »
ZAPI GROUP, Technotrans, Moog and ZQuip target the off-highway electric vehicle market at bauma
The bauma construction trade show in Munich, Germany presented an opportunity for a number of companies to showcase their off-highway electric vehicle (OHEV) products, including ZAPI GROUP, Technotrans, Moog Construction and ZQuip. ZAPI GROUP, headquartered in Poviglio, Italy, introduced its next-generation solutions for vehicle electrification and fleet management, debuting the DCC3, a rugged, compact DC/DC… Read more »
NovaCHARGE’s new Flexx Mobile DC Fast Charger is designed to charge EVs on the go in demanding conditions
EV charging infrastructure provider NovaCHARGE debuted its new Flexx Mobile DC Fast Charger by Charge Rigs at the recent Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions (EVCS) conference in Las Vegas. The Flexx Mobile DC Fast Charger is designed to deliver rapid, efficient charging that fleet operators and emergency response teams can count on. In some cases, for… Read more »