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ABB E-mobility has made an investment in London-based startup Switch EV, describing the move as “the start of a collaboration to advance a seamless EV charging ecosystem.” Noting that “the global charger network remains fragmented, with a different charging experience from location to location, and operator to operator,” ABB sees the need for “a more

Supply chain solution provider NFI Industries is expanding its fleet of Class 8 battery-electric trucks in Southern California as part of the Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative (JETSI) project. NFI will operate 30 Freightliner eCascadias and 20 Volvo VNR Electric trucks from its Ontario, California, warehouse facility to support its port drayage services. “NFI has

Chevrolet revealed the first electrified Corvette in January in the form of the 2024 Corvette E-Ray. It goes on sale later this year but the rights to the first example, the car with a VIN ending in 001, have already been sold. The rights were put under the hammer at Barrett-Jackson’s auction that took place

Battery recycling company Cirba Solutions has announced a Phase I investment of at least $300 million in a new battery recycling facility to be built near Columbia, South Carolina. The plant, Cirba’s eighth in North America and fourth in the US, will focus on processing end-of-life hybrid and EV batteries, gigafactory scrap, and end-of-life consumer

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

Porsche used this week’s 2023 Shanghai auto show to debut an updated Cayenne that will reach U.S. showrooms later this year as 2024 model. Both the regular Cayenne and Cayenne Coupe were shown, and Porsche also confirmed starting prices of $80,850 and $85,950, respectively. Both figures include a $1,650 destination charge. As hinted at last

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

Spanish manufacturer PREMO has unveiled a new line of inductive couplers: the MICU 300A-S/LF series, designed specifically for electric vehicle sniffing applications. Sniffing involves the use of inductive couplers to measure current and voltage signals on high-voltage cables, without the need for direct contact. PREMO explains that sniffing applications are essential for a variety of

Porsche’s first sports cars had aluminum body panels, but it was nature’s own lightweight material that made their iconic shape possible. The Porsche 356 had bodywork that where the panels were hammered and hand rolled into shape, and a wooden frame model was used to ensure everything lined up. That frame still exists, and is in

LEDVANCE has announced the launch of its Phase EV Level 2 commercial charging stations in the US this spring. The Phase EV features Level 2 charging with 11.5 kW maximum power output. It also features the new AmpUp software, which walks contractors through the device’s set-up process. A SIM card is pre-installed. According to the

Volvo Trucks and Swedish mining company Boliden have teamed up to implement electric truck transport in underground environments. Exhaust gases from diesel vehicles are responsible for most of the carbon dioxide emissions from Boliden’s mines. The company is committed to reducing its CO2 emissions by 40% by 2030, in which the electrification of transport is

The 2023 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 isn’t even in production yet and a Bison variant has all been but confirmed. On Saturday at the media drive for the 2023 Colorado ZR2, Chevrolet rolled a camouflaged prototype of the upcoming Colorado ZR2 Bison into the parking lot of Hall Racing USA. Chevrolet spokespeople were tight lipped about

Hyundai Motor Group has developed an automatic charging robot (ACR) for EVs, able to operate reliably in all environments, regardless of charger location, weather and potential obstacles. The ACR for EVs is a one-arm robot capable of plugging a cable into an EV’s charging port by using control technology applied by a 3D-camera-based AI algorithm.

New designs for power converters demand compact, high power density components and are increasingly using higher switching frequencies. This has become a real challenge for magnetic component designers to overcome the extra losses created by large air gaps necessary for transformers and resonant inductors, those related to fringing effect. Join this webinar at next week’s

Toyota teased the 2024 Tacoma again, the BMW XM model lineup expanded, and the 2024 Porsche Macan EV underwent track testing. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. The 2024 Toyota Tacoma will become the first Trailhunter model in the automaker’s expanding off-road lineup. Teaser images of the 2024 Tacoma Trailhunter released this

Aspen Aerogels’ cutting-edge materials protect against thermal runaway Thermal runaway occurs inside a battery cell through a fault, a crash scenario or some other defect that causes the cell to release thermal energy through chemical reactions. That thermal energy increases the temperature of the cell, the increased temperature drives faster kinetics, and more heat is

Join this presentation at next week’s Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, presented by tesa tape, where we will discuss: Thermal propagation mitigation at module and pack level with high performance, low thickness tape Mounting of mica sheets, aerogel, foams and other materials in the battery module and pack Lamination of thermal insulation materials with flame

Prototypes for Porsche’s electric Macan have been spotted again, revealing a number of new design elements bound for the production model. Porsche has hinted at an electric Macan for a number of years and in early 2021 finally confirmed the vehicle. It’s due in early 2024, meaning it likely will arrive as a 2024 model

As the deployment of high-powered EV chargers continues to grow across the US, the issue of connecting them into a facility’s existing electrical system becomes a complex problem. Level 3 EV chargers consume a lot of power, installing five of them can easily add 2,000 amps to the existing electrical service infrastructure. Modifying or replacing

In my very first article for Charged over 10 years ago, I opined that the Switched Reluctance Motor, or SRM, would eventually come to dominate the EV traction market, if for no other reason than the fact that it is almost as cheap as dirt to manufacture. I won’t sprain my shoulder patting myself on

Lotus has been spotted testing prototypes for its upcoming electric sedan, a model that may go by the name Envya based on recent trademark activity by the automaker. The sedan is code-named the Type 133 and was confirmed in 2021 alongside three other EVs. They include the Eletre mid-size SUV that debuted last year, a

Electric commercial vehicles need to drive farther and charge faster to be an effective solution for fleets. But what does this mean for system safety, reliability & scalability? How best to optimize this power distribution within the system and into the charging infrastructure? EV manufacturers and fleets need reliable technology to handle higher power levels

No, this isn’t another article about a perpetual-motion machine (at least, we hope not). Oceanvolt has offered hydro-regenerating motors for some years. Its ServoProp variable-pitch sail drive motor has a regeneration feature that can charge an electric boat’s batteries while sailing. When moving under wind power, the drag of the water forces the propellor to

BMW’s XM performance SUV revealed last September to mark 50 years of BMW M has spawned a more powerful range topper. It’s called the XM Label Red, and its hybrid V-8 powertrain pumps out a heady 738 hp—a figure that makes it the most powerful road-going vehicle ever developed by BMW M. It’s also a

Battery cyclers play an essential role throughout the development of batteries and therefore, are considered an indispensable part of any battery testing laboratory or manufacturing facility. Join this presentation at next week’s Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, presented by Bitrode, where we will first discuss the requirements for an advanced battery cycler to meet the

EVs represent one of the fastest-growing segments in automotive markets worldwide in recent years and they are projected to expand even more rapidly in the next ten years. For example, in the U.S., sales of electric vehicles rose from just 0.2% of total vehicle sales in 2011 to 4.6 percent in 2021.1 Forecasts for the

Porsche has issued a voluntary recall on its Carrera GT supercar from the mid-2000s due to a suspension defect that was only recently identified. According to the recall notice filed with the NHTSA on April 5, the defect concerns spherical joints used to connect suspension wishbone components that could potentially fail early, something that could

Yellow construction machines are beginning to go electric, and this raises an interesting question: Many construction sites have no access to grid power, so how are these EVs to be recharged? To address this issue, Volvo Construction Equipment has partnered with Portable Electric, a North American provider of energy generation and storage solutions. Portable Electric’s

With the rise in popularity of the EV market, so comes the increase in the necessity for EV charging stations in more convenient locations, like public parking garages. Covered public parking garages, and other busy urban environments, present a unique challenge: The ability to connect devices and communicate without interruption. That’s where a partnership between

The Pagani Utopia was unveiled last fall as the successor to Huayra, and a new video gives us the opportunity to see Pagani’s latest hypercar in motion. The short video released by Pagani shows the Utopia wafting along country roads and navigating narrow European city streets. No high-speed driving is shown, but you do get