Month: September 2023

American Battery Factory (ABF) has partnered with Canadian mineral development company First Phosphate to produce more than 40,000 tons of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode active material (CAM) annually for the battery storage sector in North America. The agreement envisions LFP CAM manufacturing of $500 million to $1 billion annually at future raw material costs.

Nissan’s latest Z sports car has spawned its more hardcore Nismo variant for 2024, and we tested one this week. The new Z Nismo brings extra power, aerodynamic mods, and a stiffened chassis, all designed to improve the Z’s performance at the racetrack. Porsche 911 GT3 R Rennsport For ultimate track rats, Porsche rolled out

UK charging infrastructure supplier bp pulse, along with The EV Network and events management company NEC Group, have partnered to open a bp pulse Gigahub on the NEC campus at the heart of the UK’s national motorway network. “The strategic placement and impressive scale of this charging hub within the UK’s transport infrastructure offers reassuring

Next week, Charged is hosting a virtual conference on EV engineering that’s free to attend. The conference includes live webinar sessions with interactive Q&As and on-demand webinars. View the daily session schedule online here. All live sessions will be recorded and available to view after the broadcasts. You can access the recorded videos on each

Volkswagen Group has given an update on its plans for production of electric vehicles in Germany following a meeting by senior staff held on Friday. In an effort to curb costs, the automaker has decided to abandon plans for a second plant at its headquarters in Wolfsburg. The plant was announced in early 2022 and

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The importance of effective motor and motor circuit protection cannot be over-emphasized. Motors are consistently the largest single cause of industrial and commercial fires, and in today’s highly automated commercial and industrial facilities, the failure of even one relatively minor motor may shut down an entire installation. As a result, it is vitally important that

Stewart-Haas Racing is ready to Shake and Bake. The NASCAR Cup Series team will enter two “Talladega Nights” tribute cars in this weekend’s YellaWood 500 race at, where else, Talladega Superspeedway. Two of Stewart-Haas’ four Ford Mustangs will get the special liveries, both pulled straight from the 2006 comedy which starred Will Ferrell as clueless-but-talented

For decades, photopolymer additive manufacturing (AM) has been leveraged to accelerate the development of innovative automotive components and systems. However, these parts were largely used for non-functional form and fit evaluations, or as patterns to create parts using a traditional molding or casting approach. This narrow use of the technology was primarily due to former

Silicon Mobility invented the Field Programmable Control Unit (FPCU), a cutting-edge system-on-chip designed to replace traditional microcontrollers in the automotive sector. Over the past few years, Silicon Mobility has been diligently developing the 2nd generation of FPCUs, known as the OLEA® U FPCU series, now opening access to lead customers. The OLEA U FPCU series

The Polestar 3 is now in the final stage of testing, Polestar said on Tuesday. The final testing is taking place in the United Arab Emirates, where temperatures have reached as high as 122 degrees F (50 degrees C), according to the automaker. The Polestar 3 made its debut last fall and was originally due

Vitesco Technologies, a drive and electrification solutions provider, is developing a transfer-molded power module for EV inverters. During the transfer molding process, the power electronics are sealed under a dielectric material that protects the components, making them robust, cost-effective and reliable, the company said. The power module consists of three over-molded half-bridges, and forms the