Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm BMW i Ventures has led a $13-million Series A round of investment in AMPECO, an EV charging management platform that’s designed to enable large-scale public, business, fleet and residential charging providers to manage EV chargers at scale. The total raised after the Series A investment round now amounts to $16… Read more »
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Marelli to supply BMS to a major EV-maker
Marelli will supply its Battery Management System (BMS) to an unnamed “major global carmaker” for its future EVs. Marelli will provide both BMS hardware and software for segment A, B, and C fully electric vehicles. The start of production is planned for 2026. The BMS will be based on a distributed architecture, which allows the… Read more »
White House sets reliability standards for federally-funded EV chargers
Please excuse us for beginning this article with a statement that is not news: The public EV charging experience stinks (unless you drive a Tesla, then it’s pretty darn good). Drivers complain of poorly-designed charging sites, pointlessly complicated charging procedures, and above all, abysmal reliability. If competition can’t make charge point operators clean up their… Read more »
Tesla to open up its US Supercharger network, double the number of chargers
The day when all EVs can use the same DC fast chargers just moved a little closer, as the White House announced that Tesla will move forward with plans to open its Supercharger network to non-Tesla EVs in the US. (Is that how it works when a company has no PR department?) Tesla, which rolled… Read more »
SAKOR to provide its Dynamometer System to TÜV SÜD for electric motor efficiency testing
SAKOR Technologies, a manufacturer of dynamometer systems, has provided German certification agency TÜV SÜD with its Electric Motor Efficiency Testing Dynamometer system for testing and verifying the efficiency of electric motors and their compliance with legal regulations and international standards. SAKOR’s dynamometer will be used for TÜV SÜD’s certification testing program for single- and three-phase AC… Read more »
CitySprint adds 40 Maxus electric vans to its fleet
British same-day delivery company CitySprint is expanding its EV fleet by adding 40 new electric vans from Maxus, a subsidiary of Chinese automaker SAIC. The new electric vans have a range of up to 213 miles (344 kilometers) and are deployed across the UK cities in which CitySprint operates, including London, Leeds, Bristol, Manchester, Southampton… Read more »
FREYR and Nidec finalize battery manufacturing JV, release results of cell testing
In September, FREYR Battery and Japanese electric motor producer Nidec announced plans to establish a downstream joint venture to produce battery modules and packs. Now the new JV, Nidec Energy, has been officially established. Mass production is expected to commence in 2025, and the goal is to manufacture more than 8 GWh per year of… Read more »
How NanoGraf is commercializing the “world’s most energy-dense” 18650 battery cell with stable silicon dioxide
Q&A with NanoGraf COO Connor Hund Graphite, a pure form of carbon, is a critical material for battery anodes. Graphite’s physical structure allows it to store lithium ions, which merrily migrate to the anode when the battery is charged. Unlike cathodes, which can be composed of various combinations of chemicals (cobalt, nickel, manganese, lithium, iron,… Read more »
Statevolt acquires Imperial Valley, California site to build battery gigafactory
Battery startup Statevolt has acquired a 135-acre site near the Salton Sea in Imperial Valley, California, for a new 54 GWh gigafactory. The company says it intends to manufacture batteries for EVs and storage applications using exclusively US resources and supply chains as part of its hyperlocal business model. According to Statevolt, the location was… Read more »
Tata Motors to operate 1,500 electric buses for Delhi Transport
Tata Motors and its subsidiary TML CV Mobility Solutions have signed an agreement with Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to operate 1,500 electric buses in New Delhi. According to the agreement, TML CV Mobility Solutions will supply, operate and maintain 1,500 12-meter low-floor Tata Starbus electric buses over the next 12 years. “We are pleased to… Read more »
