Sponsored by Avery Dennison.Continued optimization of battery design means addressing thermal runaway and other issues. Pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) tapes may be an important part of the solution. By Max VanRaaphorst—Market Manager, Energy Storage for Avery Dennison North America. This is a dynamic time for the electric vehicle (EV) marketplace. According to an April 2025 report… Read more »
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Auction to offer battery manufacturing, EV powertrains and R&D equipment in Michigan
BIDITUP Auctions and Heritage Global Partners will host a webcast auction on July 9–10, 2025, featuring surplus assets from a Tier 1 EV battery and energy systems manufacturer in Detroit, Michigan. The event will include late-model production equipment, R&D instrumentation, and facility infrastructure—much of it unused or recently installed. Key EV battery production assets include… Read more »
Judge temporarily blocks US administration from withholding NEVI funds for EV charging infrastructure
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the US administration from withholding funds awarded to 14 states including California, New York, Illinois and Washington under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, part of President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. US District Judge Tana Lin in Seattle ruled that the states were likely to… Read more »
Two lithium processing projects added to federal permitting dashboard
The US Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council has announced the federal permitting of two DOE-supported lithium processing projects. The projects—Kings Mountain and Liberty Owl—are aimed at increasing lithium processing capacity in the US in order to develop more secure domestic supply chains. The Kings Mountain, NC Project, owned by chemical manufacturer Albemarle, is receiving a… Read more »
NASCAR’s Head of Sustainability explains plan to reduce emissions
Has Hell frozen over? Is NASCAR going green? Well, yes and no. As company execs assured us at the recent Daytona 500 race, the races themselves will continue to be the noisy paean to petroleum that brings in so many millions of fans. However, there’s a lot that can be done both on and off… Read more »
Could a new administration claw back EV and renewable energy investments?
The Republican presidential candidate has said some pretty rude things about EVs over the years. In particular, he has called President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which despite its name is mainly a package of incentives for EV adoption and domestic production of EV components and raw materials, a “green new scam,” and has promised… Read more »
Tesla scores a $5-million order from Baltimore for a fleet of EVs
From its early days, Tesla captured the imagination of car consumers, but when it comes to the fleet market, the company’s record has been more mixed. In January, rental giant Hertz announced plans to sell thousands of the Teslas it had purchased a couple years earlier, and replace them with gas-guzzlers. Competitor Sixt faced a… Read more »
New study finds fleet owners more satisfied with EVs than legacy ICE vehicles
Lately, EV boo-birds have been trumpeting some surveys that found that substantial numbers of EV owners would consider going back to burning gas. New research by Cox Automotive found that the opposite sentiment prevailed among fleet owners operating both EVs and legacy vehicles. The Future of Fleets: Path to EV Adoption found that, compared to… Read more »
GM now says it has solved its battery pack production issues, and EV demand is healthy
US automakers just can’t seem to make up their minds about EVs. Last fall, GM and Ford gave the anti-EV crowd (which includes many of their dealerships) an early Christmas present, announcing that they would push back EV production plans in response to slower sales (actually a slower rate of increase in sales). In fact,… Read more »
Under US pressure, Mexico refuses to offer incentives for Chinese EV makers
After decades of trumpeting “free trade,” and watching industry after industry decamp to China, the US government has apparently decided to draw a red line in front of the auto industry, and protectionism is back in style. US automakers are currently protected from Chinese competition by a 27.5% tariff. But will that be enough to… Read more »