Battery-electric sedans are a rare breed— that makes Hyundai’s striking Ioniq 6 a strong new entry. Quick, name all the battery-electric sedans for sale in the US—that aren’t Teslas. By our count, there’s only been one: the pricey, luxury Lucid Air. Now, there’s another: the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 is on sale at your local… Read more »
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Blue Bird premieres next-generation electric school bus
Blue Bird, maker of iconic yellow school buses, showed off its next-generation Vision Type C electric school bus at the recent STN Expo West, a trade show for the student transportation industry. The Vision’s powertrain was developed in partnership with Accelera, a business segment of engine-maker Cummins. The new electric school bus features a next-generation… Read more »
Introducing the Charged Virtual Conference on EV Infrastructure
Charged Electric Vehicles Magazine presents a free online event focused on EV infrastructure, December 4-6, 2023, featuring: Who will attend? The conference audience is a quickly growing segment of global professionals tasked with planning and deploying large EV fleets and charging projects. The discussions will focus on anticipating and overcoming EV infrastructure challenges. Learn more… Read more »
General Motors acquires battery software startup ALGOLiON
GM has bought virtually all the assets of Israel-based battery software firm ALGOLiON for an undisclosed price. GM’s new Technology Acceleration and Commercialization (TAC) group led the purchase. ALGOLiON has developed software that analyzes data streams from EV battery management systems to identify cell performance anomalies. This enables appropriate vehicle health management and early detection… Read more »
Yet another benefit for Tesla from opening up its Superchargers
Tesla is opening the gates of its walled garden of Supercharger charging stations, to the cheers of (almost) everyone in the EV industry. The move is good news for EV drivers, who will soon have lots more places to charge. The legacy automakers are insisting it’s good news for them too (we’re not so sure,… Read more »
US truck-makers pledge to comply with California’s phase-out of ICE vehicles
Some of the nation’s largest truck-makers, including Cummins, Daimler, Ford, GM, Hino, Isuzu, Navistar, Paccar, Stellantis and Volvo, along with the Truck and Engine Manufacturing Association, have pledged to comply with California’s Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule, which will require all new medium- and heavy-duty vehicles sold or registered in the state to be zero-emission… Read more »
Cellforce selects Siemens Xcelerator for scalable production of EV batteries
India-based Li-ion battery maker Cellforce has chosen the Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform for production of its premium-segment EV batteries. According to Cellforce, the two companies will collaborate along the entire battery design and manufacturing process. Siemens will provide product life-cycle management, manufacturing execution systems, industrial edge computing and tools for IT/OT connectivity. Cellforce… Read more »
Energy expert: Updated US Hydrogen Strategy is better, but still designed to prop up the fossil fuel industry
Michael Barnard writes on a wide variety of e-mobility and renewable energy topics. In a recent article for CleanTechnica, he discusses the latest edition of the US National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap, a policy document that the DOE produces and updates periodically. Barnard’s piece is a detailed and highly technical discussion of a complex… Read more »
J.D. Power study: For potential EV buyers, public charging is critical
EV experts disagree about how much and what kinds of public charging will be needed in the electric future. However, there’s absolutely no doubt about one thing: for potential EV buyers, the availability of public charging is the big banana in the bunch. Market analysis firm J.D. Power publishes a suite of EV-related studies each… Read more »
Stellantis rebrands its charging services as Free2move Charge
By most accounts, anxiety about charging is the #1 objection for potential EV buyers, so automakers are wise to do what they can to help facilitate both at-home and on-the-road charging for their customers. Stellantis is addressing the issue with the launch of Free2move Charge, “a 360-degree ecosystem that will seamlessly deliver charging and energy… Read more »