Battery cell producer Ionblox (previously known as Zenlabs Energy) has closed a $24-million Series B funding round with investors including Applied Ventures, Catalus Capital, and Lilium, the developer of an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The company will use the investment to continue scaling operations and increasing manufacturing capabilities. Earlier this year, Ionblox… Read more »
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LANXESS says demonstration proves feasibility of polyamide 6 for battery enclosures
Chemical provider LANXESS and automotive supplier Kautex Textron say they have proven the feasibility of the plastic polyamide 6 for high-voltage battery enclosures in EVs. The companies jointly developed a 1.4-meter demonstrator composed of a polyamide 6-based composite called Tepex dynalite 102-RGUD600 in crash-relevant areas, along with the polyamide 6 compound Durethan B24CMH2.0. Kautex Textron… Read more »
Don’t just delay cell-to-cell thermal propagation, stop it.
Sponsored by Aspen Aerogels Battery engineers face the daunting challenge of maximizing thermal runaway protection while optimizing vehicle performance. This task becomes even more critical as cell-to-pack and cell-to-chassis designs increase in popularity because manufacturers lose the added protection that can be built into a module-based design. Although newer chemistries such as LFP and solid-state… Read more »
Hitachi Astemo to supply Honda with e-axles
Electric powertrain company Hitachi Astemo has received e-axle orders for mid- and large-sized EVs from Honda. (Hitachi Automotive Systems, Keihin, Showa and Nissin Kogyo all merged to form Hitachi Astemo in 2021.) Hitachi Astemo’s e-axle is composed of its SiC inverter, which has a heat-dissipating insulation mounting system, its square-wire and low-loss motor, and a… Read more »
Aptera chooses Maxeon to supply solar cells, begins producing panels
Aptera is different. While other EV-makers aspire to become “the next Tesla” by building high-performance vehicles that look just like the ICE vehicles drivers are used to, Aptera is focusing on building the most efficient and greenest vehicles possible. Critics may say that consumers won’t buy an unusual three-wheeled aerodynamic vehicle (Aptera might dispute that—it… Read more »
Today’s EV engineering webinar schedule: Wednesday, October 19th
Charged is hosting a virtual conference on EV engineering that’s free to attend and it starts today. The conference includes live webinar sessions with interactive Q&As and on-demand webinars. View the daily session schedule online here. All of the live sessions will be recorded and available to view after the broadcasts. You can access the… Read more »
Exploring The Latest Rimac Battery Platform
This session will include discussions with Dr Wasim Sarwar, Head of Research & Advanced Engineering at Rimac Technology, covering: – Exploring Rimac’s latest battery platform, its capabilities and the technologies involved – Sharing key developments on the deployment of software as well as the new methods and techniques employed to maximise results – Delving deeper… Read more »
Virtual Twin For Battery Engineering
With the rise of Battery Powered Electric Vehicle, our world is becoming more and more dependent on batteries especially in Transportation & Mobility and High Tech industries. These disruptive changes are driven by regulations and consumers demands (Range, cost, sustainability, etc.). The complete value chain from material suppliers to Battery makers to Automotive/High Tech OEMs… Read more »
EV Lubes: The Latest In Driveline E-Fluid Technology
New driveline e-fluids, designed to enable the latest electrified powertrains to perform at their very best, are entering the market. Many earlier electric vehicle powertrains were developed using automatic transmission fluids (ATF). Not optimised for EVs, increasingly these are being superseded by the latest generation of lubricant fluid technology, termed driveline “e-fluids”. e-Fluids are optimised… Read more »
Innovative New Anode-Free Cell Enables Dual-Chemistry EV Battery Architectures
Michigan-based energy storage company Our Next Energy (ONE) has unveiled a 240 Ah prismatic anode-free cell after a 12-month R&D effort. ONE new technology will enable the commercialization of its Gemini dual-chemistry architecture, which will be integrated into a BMW iX prototype vehicle later this year. ONE’s 1,007 Wh/L cell eliminates the need for graphite… Read more »