US potash producer Intrepid, water and process technology provider Aquatech and French lithium extraction firm Adionics have completed test work to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate from by-product brine at Intrepid’s Wendover, Utah potash facility. The test results demonstrate the ability to convert Intrepid’s Wendover brine and achieve a lithium extraction rate of 92.9% to produce… Read more »
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Urban Foresight leads study into floating charging hubs for electric boats
A consortium led by UK sustainability consultancy Urban Foresight has won funding from Innovate UK to lead a study called CoastalCoRRE, which will explore the concept of modular, floating electric boat charging hubs. The idea is that the portable charging hubs could help overcome the physical, electrical and environmental constraints of remote coastal locations, where… Read more »
Allegro MicroSystems expands gate driver portfolio to simplify 800 V SiC power design
Allegro MicroSystems has released its AHV85003 and AHV85043 isolated gate driver chipset, expanding its Power-Thru isolated gate driver portfolio. This chipset joins Allegro’s existing AHV85311 integrated solution, forming a product ecosystem for high-voltage silicon carbide (SiC) designs in EVs, data centers and other systems. Allegro says that this new offering addresses the challenge of power… Read more »
Research from ANL and UChicago PME looks to resolve battery degradation by mitigating nanoscopic strains
New research from Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) claims to have solved a battery mystery that has led to capacity degradation, shortened lifespan and, in some cases, fire. In a paper published in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers uncovered some of the root causes and ways to… Read more »
Infineon to supply 2,000 V SiC modules for Electreon’s wireless EV road charging
Infineon Technologies has announced that it will supply custom silicon carbide (SiC) power modules to Electreon for use in Electreon‘s dynamic in-road wireless charging system for EVs. This electric road system enables buses, trucks and other EVs to charge wirelessly while in motion using inductive charging via copper coils embedded beneath roadway surfaces. The system… Read more »
Cadillac Optiq: US luxury brand’s compact EV powerhouse
This largish “compact” crossover SUV is luxurious, quiet, and offers substantial range along with premium features, making it a truly competitive luxury EV—and shoppers are noticing. The conversion of GM’s luxury brand Cadillac to an all-electric product line has been a quietly seismic event over the last decade. The brand is finding (it says) newer,… Read more »
it’s electric to deploy 90 new curbside EV charging ports in Los Angeles
Curbside EV charging pioneer it’s electric has been selected by the Los Angeles DOT to deploy 90 new public curbside charging ports. The new chargers will replace those that were previously part of the BlueLA carshare network, and will go into service over the next 12 months. The first 15 chargers will open in November… Read more »
GreenPower obtains new financing, accelerates production of electric school buses to clear order backlog
GreenPower Motor Company has announced accelerated production of its electric school bus lineup, supported by a financing facility of up to $18 million, deployable in tranches of up to $2 million. The facility is designed to optimize cash conversion cycles, enabling GreenPower to match capital deployment with production timing as the company scales output. GreenPower… Read more »
EV charging industry veteran on charger reliability, credit card readers and the impending industry shakeout
Arcady Sosinov is a veteran of the EV charging industry. In 2014, he founded FreeWire to address the challenges of securing adequate grid infrastructure for DC fast charging sites. FreeWire’s solution, which pairs battery storage with chargers, is one that is now becoming the norm in the industry. Unfortunately FreeWire, as so many startups have,… Read more »
Edge Energy’s single-phase DC fast EV charging platform can cut installation time and cost
Edge Energy has collaborated with Lincoln Electric to develop a new charging platform designed to bring EV charging to locations that lack access to three-phase power. The single-phase 100 kW charging platform is built on Edge Energy’s solid-state digital phase conversion technology, and integrates Lincoln Electric’s Velion 50 kW DC fast chargers with DC America’s… Read more »