Month: June 2023

Phoenix Contact now offers power supplies for high-power systems including e-mobility infrastructure. The CHARX AC/DC and DC/DC power modules (with maximum power point tracking for solar panels) can be directly fitted into a standard EV charging station 19-inch cabinet. These modules can also be used for energy storage, hydrogen electrolysis, AC microgrids, high-voltage DC grids,
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The rugged Grenadier SUV developed by British chemical giant Ineos and due in the U.S. later this year is about to spawn a crew cab pickup truck body style. Ineos on Thursday confirmed the pickup as the Grenadier Quartermaster, and released a single teaser photo showing it from the rear. Clearly visible is the Grenadier
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By Richard Angle Posted on June 29, 2023 The final member of Crew 7 has been announced, with Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov joining as a mission specialist. Borisov joins NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli (Mission Commander), European Spacey Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen (Pilot), and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (Mission Specilast). As the mission
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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee
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The rock staircase climbed up from the sand, flanked by chaparral and sagebrush. As the red sandstone steepened into nearly a 30-degree pitch, the terrain appeared brittle, like the inside of a Butterfinger. This was no candy bar.  A 2024 Jeep Wrangler Willys skittered on a loose rock, the wheels pulled left, the guides shouted,
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Make informed design decisions early on by quantifying millions of architectures virtually Architecture analysis, whether it is a powertrain architecture or a cooling system architecture, ensures that the system architectures are aligned with desired requirements and that all the possibilities are thoroughly explored. It is an essential aspect of Model-Based Systems Engineering, (MBSE), an approach
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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee
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Schaltbau, a DC technology safety component and system provider, will deliver its new C801 high-voltage contactor for a German manufacturer’s EV platform. Production is set to start at the end of 2024 in Schaltbau’s NExT Factory in Velden, Bavaria. The series production order has a duration of several years and a volume in the tens
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General Motors doesn’t expect to equip the all-new Chevrolet Silverado EV pickup with Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector before the 2025 model year, according to Reuters. The comment comes as the first units of the 2024 Silverado all-electric pickup are rolling off the assembly line at GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck plant, with deliveries expected to
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We’re off to Topeka‘s Heartland Motorsports Park as the top North American engineering schools “scrutineer” their vehicles ahead of the big races this weekend. Along with all of the students, administration, and Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix staff, we’d like to thank our other sponsors: Tesla, Blue Origin, Heartland Motorsports Park, MathWorks, and Altair. If
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Singer on Tuesday rolled out its latest restomod based on the 964-generation Porsche 911, a car the California company refers to as the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study – Turbo. As its name suggests, the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study – Turbo combines two previous Singer restomods, the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study and the Turbo Study, into
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Stellantis Ventures, Stellantis’s corporate venture fund, has invested in Lyten to speed up the commercialization of the Silicon Valley startup’s 3D Graphene applications for the mobility sector. Applications include the LytCell lithium-sulfur EV battery, lightweight composites and unique on-board sensors. Lyten’s lithium-sulfur batteries have a 60% smaller carbon footprint than lithium-ion batteries since they do
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Jonny Smith test drives the new Volkswagen e-Golf. He liked it. We all liked it, the e-Golf marks a genuine step change from VW. http://www.vw.com/models/e-golf/ Filmed by @inksharkman @slanceley Edited by @inksharkman @bobbyllew Music by Alex Arcoleo Subscribe for more exciting Fully Charged episodes! Please consider supporting the show by donating at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FullyChargedShow
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Tesla has begun running some Google ads for the first time following Elon Musk’s statement that the automaker would try advertising. Last month, CEO Elon Musk announced a reversal of his long-standing strategy that Tesla doesn’t spend on advertising but instead spends money to improve the products – counting on owners to spread the word.
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