Automotive cable specialist Delfingen plans to acquire the European and African operations of Schlemmer, a German industrial group that specializes in cable protection and injection-molded parts for the automotive industry. Schlemmer entered preliminary bankruptcy proceedings last December. The company’s Asian division was sold to its Chinese partner, the Fengmai-Ningbo Huaxiang Group. The division Delfingen is… Read more »
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DOE selects National Labs to establish industry partnerships for battery manufacturing innovation
The DOE has announced the selection of 13 projects through a Battery Manufacturing Lab call with combined funding of almost $15 million over three years. The call sought proposals from National Laboratories to establish public-private partnerships that address engineering challenges for advanced battery materials and devices, with a focus on de-risking, scaling, and accelerating adoption… Read more »
Düsseldorf bakery claims to have Germany’s largest fast charging hub
German organic baker Roland Schüren is a long-time supporter of the clean-tech revolution (Energiewende in German). The bakery, located at the busy Kreuz Hilden motorway junction near Düsseldorf, features a large EV charging facility and a rooftop photovoltaic installation. It’s a well-known meeting point for EV enthusiasts, who can top up their batteries while enjoying… Read more »
TWAICE and BearingPoint enter strategic partnership for battery analytics
BearingPoint and TWAICE have partnered to study the factors that influence batteries’ state of health in both the short and long runs, using predictive analytics. The partnership provides an end-to-end perspective on battery analytics, monitoring and life cycle management through artificial intelligence. TWAICE delivers battery analytics with cloud-based software, enabling real-time simulations and predictions of… Read more »
Toshiba announces compact low ON-resistance N-Channel MOSFETs
Toshiba has developed a series of high-efficiency N-channel MOSFETs for automotive applications, based on the company’s U-MOSVIII-H process technology. The XPN3R804NC and XPN7R104NC both have 40-volt ratings, while the XPN6R706NC and XPN12006NC support 60-volt operation. They all exhibit low ON-resistance values, as low as 3.8 mΩ (for the XPN3R804NC at 10 volts), plus minimal leakage… Read more »
Xpeng’s G3 electric SUV is on its way to Norway
Chinese automakers have long dreamed of the day they would start exporting vehicles to Europe (and North America) in volume. Thanks to the Continent’s burgeoning interest in EVs, that day may be at hand. As Tom Moloughney reports in InsideEVs, the first 100 Xpeng G3s are now aboard a ship, en route to Norway, the… Read more »
ZF orders another bdtronic trickle impregnation machine for EV motor production
bdtronic, a German mechanical engineering company and process specialist, will provide ZF Friedrichshafen with another trickle impregnation machine for electric motor production. ZF is already using bdtronic systems at several locations worldwide, and is now ordering the next machine for the trickle impregnation of hairpin stators. The stators will be used for front- and rear-wheel… Read more »
EVSE provider SemaConnect secures investment from private equity firm Trilantic
SemaConnect, a provider of charging infrastructure solutions, has received a substantial minority investment from private equity firm Trilantic North America. Founder and CEO Mahi Reddy and COO Mark Pastrone each continue to own “meaningful equity stakes” in the business, and will lead the company through its next phase of growth. SemaConnect has sold over 10,000… Read more »
Saint-Gobain’s RENCOL Thermoclad bi-metallic tolerance ring for EV motors
Saint-Gobain‘s first bi-metallic tolerance ring, RENCOL Thermoclad, is designed to help automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers achieve heat transfer properties in EV motor applications, cutting down on the manufacturing time and space required by adhesives or heat-shrink press-fit. The company says RENCOL Thermoclad’s thermal transfer coefficient is competitive with leading adhesives, yet does not… Read more »
Renault unveils Mégane eVision e-hatchback and budget-priced Dacia Spring Electric
At a recent press event (virtual of course), Renault unveiled a sleek new electric hatchback and an inexpensive new EV under the Dacia brand. The Renault Mégane eVision, built on the new modular CMF-EV platform, will serve as the basis of a production EV to be launched next year. Its front-wheel drive powertrain features a… Read more »
