Deere & Company, the maker of John Deere agricultural, construction and forestry equipment, has selected a location in Kernersville, North Carolina, for the construction of a new 115,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. John Deere established its Kernersville campus in 1988. The new factory will expand production capacity of Kreisel Electric products to serve the off-highway market in… Read more »
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American Battery Factory raises capital to develop LFP battery gigafactory in Arizona
American Battery Factory (ABF), a battery manufacturer that plans to build a network of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell gigafactories in the US, has raised significant development capital in Series A funding. ABF will use the funds to secure production equipment and security technology needed for the first development phase of its recently announced… Read more »
Magna launches modular motor eDecoupling device for EVs
Magna, a Canadian automotive supplier, has begun production of a modular eDecoupling device to support several EV programs for a German premium vehicle OEM. Magna’s electro-magnetic eDecoupling disconnects the e-motor from the driveshaft in EVs when propulsion power isn’t needed, saving energy and improving efficiency. It reduces drag torque losses of the e-motor and gearbox… Read more »
Lyten opens pilot line in the US to produce lithium-sulfur batteries
Battery material supplier Lyten has commissioned a lithium-sulfur battery pilot line with a capacity of 200,000 cells per year at its facility in Silicon Valley. It will begin delivering commercial battery cells to early-adopting customers within the defense, automotive, logistics and satellite sectors in 2023. The Lyten battery pilot line will produce lithium-sulfur cells in… Read more »
Motiv Power Systems’ new Argo electric truck features a purpose-built EV cab
Motiv Power Systems, a manufacturer of electric trucks and buses, has announced a new electric truck featuring a medium-duty EV cab designed from the ground up. The Argo Series is designed to support all medium-duty applications across Classes 4 to 6—including box trucks, step vans, shuttle buses, refrigerated vehicles, vocational vehicles and other specialties—and is… Read more »
EV manufacturer Proterra files for bankruptcy
Proterra, a manufacturer of electric buses and EV powertrain components, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company intends to continue operations, using existing capital, and plans to either recapitalize its businesses or sell them off. Proterra has three main business units: in 2022, most of its profits came from sales of electric buses;… Read more »
Amprius supplies batteries for solar cars competing in cross-Australia race
Amprius Technologies, maker of the Silicon Anode Platform for lithium-ion batteries, is supplying battery cells to the Astrum solar car, which a team from the University of Michigan will race in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in October. The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge requires teams to design, develop and pilot a solar-powered vehicle along a… Read more »
New video details PepsiCo’s implementation of Tesla Semi electric trucks
“If you thought Tesla Semis were a bit like Bigfoot—maybe you heard about them, maybe you saw a fuzzy picture, but you weren’t sure if they were real or not—they are real, and they’re hauling real beverages here in Northern California.” So says Mike Roeth, Executive Director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency,… Read more »
Bidirectional and regenerative EV test equipment: technical gains with environmental benefits
Sponsored by Chroma Systems Solutions. Reducing the carbon footprint and optimizing thermal cooling are paramount in modern manufacturing and have become significant criteria for selection and deployment of automated test equipment. In addition, budget constraints could be circumvented by the use of multi-purpose instrumentation. Last but not least, replenishing dissipated power to the grid will… Read more »
Lectron introduces new Level 1 and Level 2 portable EV chargers
EV charging station provider Lectron has introduced two new portable chargers: the Lectron Level 1 EV Charger and the Level 2 EV Charger. The Lectron Level 1 EV Charger is a portable unit designed for on-the-go charging. It offers a charging speed of up to 1.65 kW at 15 amps. A NEMA 5-15 plug connects… Read more »
