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First Drive: For 2025, updated Hyundai Ioniq 5 adds XRT “off-road” model to growing lineup

It’s still the Ioniq 5 you know and love, with some useful tweaks plus hot-rod and XRT versions. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 crossover utility vehicle is now a familiar site in regions where electric cars are popular. Entering its fourth model year in North America, the square-edged hatchback gets some minor updates to styling, inside… Read more »

Teradyne to acquire Infineon’s automated test equipment technology

US-based automated test equipment supplier Teradyne has entered into a strategic partnership with German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies to advance power semiconductor testing. As part of the relationship, Teradyne will acquire part of Infineon’s automated test equipment team in Regensburg, Germany. This will allow Teradyne to accelerate its progress in the power semiconductor segment while… Read more »

ENAPI secures seed funding to accelerate growth as a clearing house for EV charging

Berlin-headquartered ENAPI, developer of an EV charging software platform to facilitate communication of transaction data between charge point operators (CPOs) and e-mobility service providers (eMSPs), has raised €7.5 million in a seed funding round led by venture capital firm Voyager Ventures. This latest round brings ENAPI’s total funding to €10 million. The company’s network encompasses… Read more »

comemso announces MCS-ready EVSE/EV test platform

comemso, a provider of high-precision test and measurement solutions for electromobility, has announced the integration of Megawatt Charging System (MCS) capabilities into its EVSE and EV test platform. The MCS-ready test platform is designed to meet the demands of 1,500 V and up to 1,000 A for high-performance EV charging. The system already supports CCS,… Read more »

TELO to offer its compact electric pickup truck to commercial fleets

Where are the electric pickup trucks? The Cybertruck isn’t really a pickup in the usual sense of the term, and Ford’s F-150 Lightning has been getting great reviews but disappointing sales. TELO Trucks is addressing an unserved segment—the company makes a compact electric pickup truck, and with its new TELO Trucks Commercial Fleet Sales initiative,… Read more »

Port of Long Beach to deploy InductEV wireless EV chargers for electric cargo handling equipment

Wireless EV charging specialist InductEV will deploy its high-power inductive chargers in partnership with port terminal operator International Transportation Service, (ITS) at the Port of Long Beach. ITS recently secured a $3.3-million grant from the California Energy Commission for project, titled Hands-free Charging for Battery Electric Cargo Handling Equipment, that will demonstrate charging technology solutions… Read more »

MP Materials establishes rare earth magnet production in the US

MP Materials produces specialty materials that are vital inputs for the EV and renewable energy industries (see our feature article from March 2024). The company is expanding its manufacturing operations downstream to provide a full supply chain solution from raw materials to magnetic products. Now MP Materials says it has reached a pivotal milestone in… Read more »

Solar array at New Terminal One at JFK Airport to be largest at a US airport, will provide 50% of total electricity needed

John F. Kennedy International Airport, the busiest airport for international traffic in North America, always seems to be reinventing itself. It opened in 1948 as New York International Airport, although it was typically referred to then as Idlewild. The airport was intended as the world’s largest and most efficient, with “no confusion and no congestion.”… Read more »

ChargePoint debuts anti-vandalism solutions for its EV chargers  

ChargePoint, a US-based provider of EV charging equipment, has introduced two solutions designed to help combat the problem of charger vandalism: a cut-resistant charging cable and a vandalism alarm software system called ChargePoint Protect. The cable uses “novel cut-resistant materials,” which makes the cable “substantially more difficult for would-be vandals to cut while remaining flexible… Read more »