Italian automotive supplier Marelli developed and manufactured the three e-motors used in the new Maserati GranTurismo Folgore, and also provided its proprietary Adaptive Driving Beam Matrix LED headlamps and Telematic Control Unit connectivity system. The 800 V motors, which were developed over a two-year span and produced at Marelli’s Modugno plant in Bari, Italy, supply… Read more »
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Ilika leads £8.2-million collaboration with industry experts to develop automotive solid-state battery
British solid-state battery manufacturer Ilika Technologies is leading a 24-month, £8.2-million Faraday Battery Challenge collaboration project. Code-named HISTORY, the project’s focus is on integrating high-silicon-content electrodes into the company’s Goliath solid-state battery in order to enable automotive-level performance. Ilika will receive a grant of £2.8 million from the project and will partner with the manufacturer… Read more »
Volta Trucks announces first production orders of over 300 vehicles
Swedish commercial EV manufacturer Volta Trucks has received its first orders for over 300 units of its medium-duty urban delivery electric truck Volta Zero, with associated revenue of more than €85 million. Series production Volta Zeros are expected to start rolling off the line of the company’s contract manufacturing facility in Steyr, Austria, in early… Read more »
EIT InnoEnergy partners with NENY to develop energy storage workforce in New York
Dutch sustainable energy company InnoEnergy, supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), has partnered with New Energy New York (NENY) to develop a battery manufacturing and supply chain workforce in Upstate New York. The parties have signed a three-year deal worth $1.29 million. NENY—an initiative led by Binghamton University, comprising a coalition… Read more »
Enphase Energy demonstrates bidirectional EV charger technology
Enphase Energy, a supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, has successfully demonstrated a bidirectional EV charger that enables vehicle-to-home (V2H) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) functionality. It also allows energy generated from solar panels to be sent directly to the EV battery. The new product uses Enphase’s grid-forming IQ8 Microinverters and Ensemble energy management technology to… Read more »
KACO announces new bidirectional high-speed sealing systems for electric drives
German manufacturer KACO builds high-speed dynamic radial shaft sealing systems, and claims to have made a significant advance in the field. Electric drives, the company explains, require sealing systems that function independently of the direction of rotation, and previous systems had a preferred direction of rotation for forward travel (V-max), with correspondingly good reverse travel… Read more »
Lear to produce vehicle electrification subsystems at three Michigan sites
Lear, a manufacturer of automotive seating and electronic systems, plans to manufacture PACE battery disconnect units at its facility in Independence Township, Michigan, along with other vehicle electrification subsystems for batteries to be supplied to EV makers. It also plans to expand its plant in Traverse City to produce EV battery pack components, and to… Read more »
ChargerHelp! raises $17.5 million in Series A financing for its EV charging reliability platform
ChargerHelp! provides an app-based dispatch and deployment system designed to address the industry-wide scandal of EV charging station unreliability by providing on-demand repairs and maintenance from trained local workforces. ChargerHelp! describes its offering as “a labor subscription service that provides peace of mind to charging station owners and operators, who require fast and reliable operations… Read more »
Volvo Trucks delivers heavy-duty electric concrete mixer truck to CEMEX
The iconic cement mixer truck, which fascinated so many of us in our childhood, is considered one of the most challenging vehicle classes to electrify, due to heavy loads and the need for continuous mixing of the concrete. However, Volvo Trucks and global construction materials company CEMEX have been working together since 2021 to make… Read more »
Lynkwell purchases 55 Tritium fast chargers to expand US charging network
Charge point operator Lynkwell has purchased 55 fast chargers from Tritium, which it expects to install primarily in retail settings as part of Lynkwell’s growing charging network. The purchase order includes a variety of Tritium’s fast charging equipment, including its 75 kW modular charger and scalable 150 kW modular fast charger. “US drivers want access… Read more »
