Until the infrastructure can catch up—and well beyond then, if you’re talking about go-anywhere electric trucks like those from Rivian—big batteries will be a necessity for getting more people switching to EVs. Rivian has accepted tha…
Tag: Batteries
Infrastructure: Making Sure Electric Fleets Have the Juice to Deliver
Vehicle energy availability becomes an even bigger issue when it comes to managing on-demand mobility services using electric vehicles.
XALT Energy launches high-energy-density battery pack
XALT Energy has launched the XPAND Low Profile (XLP) Pack, a high-energy-density battery pack for commercial EVs. The XLP Pack measures 185 mm high, 612 mm wide, and between 360 and 1,080 mm long, depending on energy capacity. Designed to fit within the frame rails of trucks and buses, the pack can be mounted horizontally… Read more »
Design guidelines for wire or ribbon bonding of cylindrical cells in battery packs
Sponsored by Hesse Mechatronics By Mike McKeown and Dr. Dirk Siepe, Hesse Mechatronics Wire bonding cylindrical battery packs is becoming more mainstream in the alternative energy market these days. This article will review the design guidelines for how to successfully implement a wire or ribbon bonding process for battery packs using cylindrical lithium-ion cells. It… Read more »
Rivian says its battery pack has the highest volumetric energy density in the world, thanks to its cooling strategy
Rivian has been generating a lot of headlines since the November 2018 reveal of its prototype pickup and SUV. The company has scored substantial investments, including $700 million from a group of investors led by Amazon and another $500 million from Ford. That cash was accompanied by a history-making order of 100,000 electric delivery vans… Read more »
SK Innovation to build second EV battery plant in China
According to a recent article in Business Korea, SK Innovation – a subsidiary of Korea’s giant SK conglomerate – is planning to invest $1.05 billion USD to build an EV battery manufacturing plant in Yancheng, China. The new plant will join the company’s pre-existing battery plant in Changzhou. SK Innovation’s plans for the new plant… Read more »
EPA releases official Taycan Turbo range
The US American Environmental Protection Agency has released their officially calculated range for Porsche’s Taycan Turbo BEV. The electric SUV only manged 201 miles – quite a bit lower than the anticipated 280 miles by WLTP standards. This should not come as a major surprise, as the EPA standard is a bit stricter than what […]
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NCM 811 cathodes quickly grow to 18% market share in China
In September 2019, sales of new passenger EVs with NCM 811 battery cells accounted for 18% of all passenger EV battery capacity deployed in China and 7% of all capacity deployed globally, according to Adamas Intelligence’s latest EV Battery Capacity Monthly report. For the second month in a row, NCM 811 was second only to… Read more »
NHR introduces 600-volt auto-transformer for 9300 series of battery testers
NH Research (NHR), a provider of power testing systems, has introduced a 600-volt input auto-transformer for the Canadian market for its 9300 series of DC sources. The 9300 Series is a regenerative, bi-directional DC source that EV and energy storage designers can use as a battery test system, battery emulator, or regenerative DC load. Designers… Read more »
MG Motor working hard on electrification in India
MG Motors announced plans to develop an improved battery for their upcoming electric SUV ZS EV in India, which will feature a 73 kWh capacity and theoretical range of 500 km. The manufacturer added that it will weigh the same as the current 44.6 kWh version. The official of the ZS EV will take place […]
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