Global EV sales and deliveries of battery raw materials fell on a monthly basis in July, but are still showing strong growth compared to July 2021, according to the latest Monthly Battery Raw Materials Deployment report from Adamas Intelligence. In July 2022, global monthly sales of electrified passenger vehicles (EVs, PHEVs and hybrids) came to… Read more »
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Monthly battery raw material report: EV sales are soaring, and so are material deliveries
Supply chain problems are real, and ongoing, but they don’t seem to be holding back the steady transition to electrified vehicles. Global EV sales are soaring, and so are raw material deliveries, according to the latest Monthly Battery Raw Materials Deployment report from Adamas Intelligence. In June 2022, global monthly sales of electrified passenger vehicles… Read more »
The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations
Q&A with Momentum Dynamics Wireless charging is nothing new—Charged has covered wireless EV charging since at least 2011—but it may be that its true value is only coming into focus now, as more and more commercial and transit fleets are electrifying. There are many reasons (safety, reliability, liability) that a fleet operator might not want… Read more »
The EV raw materials crunch: How bad, how long, how to solve it?
This article originally appeared in Issue 60: April-June 2022 Subscribe now Every new technology must overcome a series of temporary constraints on its way to widespread adoption. Since modern EVs appeared a decade ago, they’ve motored past many of these bottlenecks, (or hurdles, or roadblocks—pick your preferred metaphor). Range has increased, access to charging infrastructure has expanded,… Read more »
EV sales hit new record in Q2, as legacy vehicles struggle
The legacy auto industry is crying the blues—US new-vehicle sales in the second quarter were up only a tiny bit from the previous quarter, and down over 20% from Q2 2021. However, the new auto industry is doing very well, thank you. Kelley Blue Book tells us (via Cox Auto) that sales of pure EVs… Read more »
ONE’s hybrid battery pack combines the best aspects of two chemistries to deliver 600 miles of EV range
Q&A with ONE CTO Dr. Steven Kaye. There is a wide range of characteristics that describe the performance of any given battery chemistry: energy density, specific energy, specific power, discharge efficiency, self-discharge rate, cycle life, calendar life, and—not the least important—cost. Some types of Li-ion chemistries are really good in a few characteristics but fall… Read more »
2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV: Chevy previews a mass-market electric SUV
Mid-size five-seat crossovers are a huge segment, and Chevy wants yours to plug in—next year. Chevrolet, it seems, doesn’t want to scare potential shoppers by offering up electric vehicles that stress too heavily the fact they’re … well, different. An advance preview of the upcoming 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV suggested it’s very much a Chevy… Read more »
Are nickel-based batteries on the way out?
Is a new standards war—or rather, a chemistries war—developing? There are several important differences between the NMC and LFP battery chemistries, but the most salient points seem to be that batteries based on NMC (nickel, manganese, cobalt) offer higher energy density, but those based on LFP (lithium iron phosphate) tend to be cheaper. Chinese automakers… Read more »
Global Li-ion battery production capacity could reach 6 TWh by 2030
Global lithium-ion battery production capacity could reach over 6,000 GWh (6 TWh) by the end of the decade, according to lithium industry authority Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Battery manufacturing facilities (now invariably referred to as “gigafactories”) are being built by automakers and battery suppliers around the world. Total lithium-ion capacity (existing or under construction) has doubled… Read more »
Today’s EV engineering webinar schedule: Wednesday, April 6th
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 »