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The City of Philadelphia’s Department of Fleet Services has announced a partnership with fast charging network operator EVgo, under which municipal vehicles will access charging on EVgo’s 100% renewable-powered network through a discounted fleet charging plan. The City of Philadelphia aims to transition the City’s fleet of around 6,400 vehicles to “clean and electric vehicles,”

Land Rover on Monday announced the return of the limited-edition Defender Trophy Edition with a new batch of 250 units. As with last year’s Trophy Edition, buyers are also invited to compete in a one-day off-road competition. The Trophy Edition commemorates the Camel Trophy, an off-road racing series that ran from 1981 to 2000 with

Sponsored by Pickering interfaces A complete physical HIL simulation system based around modular PXI switching and simulation modules Imagine the challenge. You are working for an electric vehicle (EV) startup, designing the Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation (HILS) test system. Everything is new – the hardware, the software, the tools, the testers and the test code. Yet, the

Moment Energy, a Canadian energy-storage startup, has reached a supply agreement for second-life EV batteries with Mercedes-Benz Energy. “We’re excited to work with Mercedes-Benz Energy to ensure that EV batteries are given a second life in stationary energy storage applications,” says co-founder and COO of Moment Energy Sumreen Rattan. Moment Energy’s 60 kWh energy storage

The “green hell” of the Nürburgring is cool, but have you ever tried to cauterize the equally kinky roads in your own backyard in a 502-hp hero-maker with balletic feet and the heart of a killer? You have if you’ve driven the 2022 Porsche 911 GT3, a cymbal-clash of a supercar that’s been destined for

West Coast fast charging network operator EVCS plans to deploy 300 new chargers across California, Oregon, and Washington. The order consists of 300 50 kW Tritium RTM fast chargers, bringing the total number of Tritium DC fast chargers in the EVCS network to over 800. In November 2021, Tritium and EVCS announced an agreement to

Auto industry experts (and others) are beginning to assess the details of redesigned federal EV tax credit program contained in the Inflation Reduction Act. There’s broad agreement that the changes will help to speed EV adoption, but there’s also concern that some provisions of the law could be counter-productive, at least in the short term.

BMW’s latest 4-Series family has an electric option in the form of the i4 hatchback. The car is a new addition to the BMW lineup for 2022 and in i4 M50 guise, it delivers up to 536 hp and is a hoot to drive. 2023 Nissan Z We also spent more time behind the wheel

Spanish electric utility Iberdrola and global oil giant bp plan to jointly invest up to €1 billion to deploy about 11,000 fast charging points across Spain and Portugal by 2030. The companies also hope to develop “green hydrogen” production hubs in Spain, Portugal and the UK. Iberdrola already operates more than 2,500 public chargers in

Ascend Elements , a vertically integrated battery recycling and engineered materials company, has announced plans to invest $310 million in the first phase, and up to $1 billion total, to build a battery materials facility at the Commerce Industrial Park II in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The new manufacturing facility, Apex 1, will be home to the

BMW has been spotted testing a prototype for an updated X5 M at the Nürburgring. The update constitutes a mid-cycle refresh that should be introduced alongside a similar update to the regular X5 range late this year or early next. The related X6 and X6 M models are also in line to receive the update.

Sponsored by Preh More than ten years ago, the HMI-Specialist Preh Group ventured into a completely new product segment. With flexible development procedures, the supplier has established a good reputation for EV components. The business unit aims to account for half of the company’s sales by 2030. Today, Preh supplies far more than battery management

With a noticeable rise in interest in reducing the manufacturing complexity of 2K gap fillers, we have developed a new isocyanate-free and non-silicone one-component (1K) gap filler to address that need. These new 1K gap fillers help EV OEMs by reducing manufacturing and operational complexity. In this webinar, we share our comparative analysis between 1K and

The Denali isn’t dead, but the top-dog in the GMC Canyon lineup will soon become an off-road focused model. On Thursday, the 2023 GMC Canyon debuted with a standard factory lift, a high-output engine, and a simplified trim lineup with a strong focus on off-road capability. When the 2023 Canyon goes into production in Wentzville,

Iberdrola, a Spanish electric utility, plans to invest in the solid-state battery startup Basquevolt via its start-up program PERSEO. “Through PERSEO, Iberdrola carries out more than 25 real tests of technologies per year, which serve as a first step towards establishing a commercial relationship or partnership with startups,” says Iberdrola. Basquevolt plans to establish technological

Mercedes-Benz Trucks has launched a new phase of practical tests for the eActros, which has now approved as a truck-and-trailer combination with a total weight of 40 tons. The combination has been handed over to transport firm Logistik Schmitt in the northern Black Forest for endurance testing. The vehicle is already available to order for

Z is more than just a letter to a dedicated fan base of car enthusiasts, my family among them. My Uncle Robert (known as Unc) owned every model of Z, except the 260, until he died of cancer in 1997. His blue-on-blue 1990 300ZX 2+2 now sits in my garage and my kids ride in

Volvo Trucks is joining up with Shell and three truck dealerships to develop a public medium- and heavy-duty EV charging network that connects several of California’s largest metropolitan areas. The Electrified Charging Corridor Project has scored $2 million in funding from the California Energy Commission, and is expected to get underway in 2022. All five

As EV adoption grows, time-to-market shrinks, and customer expectations increase, the need to scale up test operations is becoming one of the most significant challenges EV engineers need to overcome. Quickly adding test capacity, managing distributed assets, avoiding unnecessary test re-runs, and getting actionable insights from battery test data are a must-have. To effectively achieve

A redesigned Honda Pilot is coming for 2023 and we’ll see the covers come off late this year. Honda on Tuesday announced that its new mid-size SUV will be the next recipient of the off-road-inspired TrailSport treatment. Offered for the first time on the 2022 Passport, the TrailSport treatment adds unique fascia designs, wheel patterns,

Colorful electric truck startup Nikola Motor (NASDAQ: NKLA) will acquire energy storage specialist Romeo Power (NYSE: RMO) in an all-stock transaction. The deal values Romeo’s equity at approximately $144 million. Headquartered in Cypress, California, Romeo is focused on designing and manufacturing battery modules and packs for commercial vehicles. As Romeo’s largest customer, Nikola expects the

Sponsored by Unico Welcome to the first installment of Unico’s Test Stand Tech Tips. Here, Unico will provide you with a brief introduction to its solutions and welcome you to watch the video below, where the Director of Engineering, Don Wright, will walk you through some of the benefits associated with the implementation of SiC

BMW began its push toward electrification with a pair of purpose-built cars on carbon-fiber platforms, the i3 EV (with or without a gas-engine range extender) and the plug-in hybrid i8. For the M performance division’s first EV, the 2022 BMW i4 M50, the German brand takes a step back to an internal combustion engine platform.

The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) requires each state and territory to submit an EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan (EVIDP) in order to qualify for its share of the first round of the $5 billion of infrastructure formula funding (IFF) that will be made available over 5

Everything old is new again: BMW’s fifth-generation eDrive features a wound-field synchronous AC motor Brushed DC (and AC/DC universal) motors are much maligned for a number of reasons, but one of the chief—if, perhaps, somewhat exaggerated—complaints is that the graphite brushes, and the segmented copper commutator they ride on, wear out over time, all the while producing

The 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 has a clever intake system to maximize airflow, but engineers didn’t ignore the exhaust, as this explainer video from Chevy shows. Thanks to its flat-plane crank and high-revving nature, the Z06’s LT6 5.5-liter V-8 produces a sound unlike any previous Chevy V-8—a distinctive wail in place of the traditional American

Autonomy, which offers electric vehicles to customers through a subscription model, has partnered with automotive retailer AutoNation in order to expand its vehicle offerings beyond the Tesla Model 3, and to expand its operations across the US. Over the next 12-18 months, AutoNation will supply Autonomy with up to 20,000 EVs from several automakers. AutoNation

Lightning eMotors (NYSE: ZEV) has unveiled its second-generation Lightning Mobile charger for commercial and consumer EVs. The new systems are available to order for delivery in late 2022. The Lightning Mobile DC fast charger is designed to offer rapid deployment of charging in locations where static charging stations are not possible or that only have

As Maserati works to rebuild itself, it’s important to remember the things that made this Italian automaker great. Things like this Zagato-bodied 1955 Maserati A6G/54 2000 Spyder, which is heading to auction with RM Sotheby’s which is hosting a sale on August 19 coinciding with Monterey Car Week. The A6G/54 was the final iteration of

bp has unveiled plans to invest up to £50 million (around $60 million) in a new, state-of-the-art EV battery testing center and analytical laboratory in the UK. The new facilities, which are planned to open by the end of 2024, will be located at bp’s existing global headquarters for its Castrol business in Pangbourne, Berkshire,