After months of encouraging test findings, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) battery researchers are suggesting that the solid-state battery industry focuses on isostatic pressing to commercialize next-generation batteries. Isostatic pressing employs fluids and gasses like water, oil, or argon within a machine to exert consistent pressure throughout a battery component, generating a homogeneous material. This… Read more »
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Aspen Aerogels opens Advanced Thermal Barrier Center in US to optimize cell-to-cell barriers
Aspen Aerogels, an aerogel-based electrification company, has opened its engineering and rapid prototyping facilities in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Aspen’s 59,000-square-foot Advanced Thermal Barrier Center (ATBC) will create PyroThin cell-to-cell barriers to optimize battery pack safety and performance for the e-mobility and energy storage system sectors. The PyroThin barriers prevent thermal runaway propagation and are optimized based… Read more »
Henkel’s new injectable thermally conductive adhesive for EV battery systems
Henkel Adhesive Technologies, a maker of automotive adhesives, sealants, thermal materials and functional coatings, has extended its portfolio of solutions for EV battery systems with a new injectable thermally conductive adhesive. The new adhesive, Loctite TLB 9300 APSi, provides both structural bonding and thermal conductivity in the battery system. Henkel says the new product has… Read more »
Will California’s bidirectional EV charging mandate bring Tesla on board with bidirectional charging?
California Governor Gavin Newsom is just one of many who have called bidirectional charging a “game-changing” technology. Going bi enables vehicle-to-grid applications, which not only provide nifty features to EV drivers, but are widely seen as an essential tool for smoothly integrating large numbers of EVs into the electrical grid. That’s why the California legislature… Read more »
Does Toyota’s BEV Factory really represent a new direction?
Toyota has a credibility problem when it comes to e-mobility. The giant automaker’s corporate right hand pursues a number of EV initiatives around the world, while its left hand continues to spread misinformation and lobby against pro-EV policies. Many are hopeful that the recent changes in the company’s executive suite portend a new, more electric… Read more »
2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: Electric microbus for North America appears, at last
Iconic design, two-tone paint, three rows, AWD—whatever you call it, the Buzz won’t be cheap. The 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz electric minivan has been coming to North America for a long, long time. The concept for an all-EV reboot of the classic Type 2 Microbus appeared in 2016 and was confirmed for production in August 2017…. Read more »
onsemi releases new EliteSiC M3S devices portfolio for EVs
onsemi, which produces intelligent power and sensor technologies for automotive and industrial applications, has released its newest 1,200 V EliteSiC silicon carbide (SiC) M3S devices for EV power electronics. The expanded portfolio includes EliteSiC MOSFETs and modules with high switching speeds, enabling 800 V applications including EV on-board charging (OBC), solar inverters and energy storage… Read more »
World leading battery companies gather in Munich this June at InterBattery Europe Showcase
Sponsored by InterBattery Europe. InterBattery, South Korea’s largest and most influential exhibition for batteries,is launching for the first time in Europe as “InterBattery Europe Showcase” at ees Europe from June 14 to 16 in Munich. InterBattery Europe Showcase will be presenting global battery industry leaders like LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, and LS Electric along… Read more »
BMW and PG&E begin V2X testing in California
BMW and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) are collaborating to test how vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology can help offset growing demand on the power grid, improve reliability for electric customers, and maximize the usage of renewable energy. The V2X testing, which is taking place at PG&E’s Applied Technology Services (ATS) Lab in San Ramon, builds on… Read more »
Albemarle to supply battery-grade lithium hydroxide to Ford
Specialty chemicals supplier Albemarle has announced a definitive agreement with Ford to deliver battery-grade lithium hydroxide to support the automaker’s ramp-up of EV production. Albemarle will supply more than 100,000 metric tons of battery-grade lithium hydroxide for approximately 3 million future Ford EV batteries. The five-year supply agreement starts in 2026 and continues through 2030…. Read more »
