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Network operator ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT) has acquired ViriCiti, a provider of electrification solutions for commercial fleets. ChargePoint acquired ViriCiti for a total purchase price of €75 million in cash. The ViriCiti team, customer accounts and technology will become part of ChargePoint’s operations. This is the second acquisition for ChargePoint this month—the company recently acquired European

Some collectors like to show off their cars, while others stash them away. The latter was the case with the Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport featured on a recent episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage,” which spent decades parked in a Los Angeles-area warehouse. Leno acquired the car last year after its owner died. That owner had

Charging network operator EV Charging Solutions (EVCS) has been approved and funded by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to upgrade 44 charging stations on the Oregon portion of the West Coast Electric Highway, and to add three new stations. Eleven of the 47 stations will be “superstations,” each with three DC fast chargers and

At Tesla’s recent AI Day event, the company announced a number of new initiatives. It unveiled a new line of in-house-designed chips for its Dojo high-speed computer, which will power the next generation of Autopilot, and is now expected to be operational next year. The company also announced that new Full Self-Driving (FSD) hardware will

The Lion Electric Company (NYSE: LEV) has received an order for 35 LionC school buses from the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. The vehicles will join 12 LionC buses that have been serving routes in the Charlottetown area since early 2021. Lion will also provide 35 Level 2 charging stations. The purchase was partially

Electric drives consist of a fixed stator and a moving rotor. In order to achieve optimum drive performance and low wear, both components must be matched to each other with well under millimeter precision, so accurate conformity control is of immense importance. Conventional measuring systems, such as coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), generally in combination with

A new American hero is preparing to emerge, and it sounds like it hails from Italy. On Friday, General Motors released the a teaser video for the 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and said the car will debut on October 26. [embedded content] The teaser video reveals the soundtrack of the new Z06’s powertrain as the

Fleet EVSE manufacturer Heliox is diving into the rapidly growing field of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) charging through a partnership with V2X service provider Fermata Energy. Through the new partnership, Heliox has developed a 20 kW bidirectional V2X-capable charger, which will be available later this year in the US. Heliox’s parent company Waterland Private Equity has made

KORE Power, a developer of battery cell technology for the energy storage and EV industries, plans to build a lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Maricopa County, Arizona. The company claims this will be the first battery plant to be wholly owned by a US company. It will certainly be the first announced in recent years

Nissan has become the latest automaker to say it would like to sell more EVs in the US. The automaker announced its “intention” to make battery-electric cars over 40% of its US sales by 2030 (in addition to sales of hybrids and plug-in hybrids). Nissan also said that “every all-new Nissan vehicle offering in key

The next free-to-attend Charged Virtual Conference on EV Engineering will be broadcast October 18 – 21, 2021, and the first batch of session topics is out now. The conference content will span the EV engineering supply chain and ecosystem including motor and power electronics design and manufacturing, cell development, battery systems, testing, powertrains, thermal management,

The Nissan Z was dead. Nissan planned to kill the car after the 370Z generation, according to a source familiar with the plans who prefers to remain anonymous. But not everyone within Nissan was convinced the Z car should die. Four years ago, Hiroshi Tamura, the chief product specialist for the Nissan GT-R and NISMO,

FREYR Battery will proceed with the construction of its Customer Qualification Plant (CQP) and first battery cell production line in Mo i Rana, Norway. Preparatory work on the facility is already ongoing, and operations are scheduled to begin in the second half of 2022. The CQP production line is based on 24M Technologies SemiSolid lithium-ion

Lightning eMotors (NYSE: ZEV), a provider of specialty commercial EVs for fleets, and Forest River, a Berkshire Hathaway company, have formed a strategic partnership to deploy up to 7,500 zero-emission shuttle buses.      The $850-million deal calls for Lightning to build fully electric powertrains and provide charging products and services for Forest River over the next

LiquidPiston has released a video with Warped Perception demonstrating its X-Engine’s ability to run on hydrogen gas. This is the sixth fuel variation that has been shown to power the engine, along with gasoline, propane, kerosene, diesel and jet A fuel. LiquidPiston modified its 4.5-pound X-Engine to run on hydrogen. The engine was then installed

Sponsored by COFICAB COFICAB, worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sales of innovative wires and cables for the automotive industry, presents e-COF POWER+. This newly developed cable is part of the e-COF family brand (high voltage cables), specially designed to fulfill international standards for BEVs and PHEVs vehicles.  e-COF POWER+ uses two different insulation

Travis Pastrana on Sunday shattered the overall record at New Hampshire’s Mt. Washington Hillclimb in the 862-hp Subaru WRX STI originally built for “Gymkhana 2020,” Subaru announced Monday.  Pastrana’s 5:28.67 run up the 7.6-mile hillclimb course was more than 16 seconds quicker than the previous record, which Pastrana also set, at the 2017 race. Pastrana

Multinational oil giants are beginning to invest in companies in several different sectors of the EV industry. Phillips 66 has announced plans to acquire a 16% stake in Novonix, a supplier of materials, equipment and services for the battery industry. Phillips 66 will reportedly pay a total purchase price of $150 million, and will nominate

Nuvve Holding (Nasdaq: NVVE), the developer of a proprietary vehicle-to-grid (V2G) platform, and iconic school bus manufacturer Blue Bird (Nasdaq: BLBD) plan to use the financing resources of Levo Mobility to allow customers to lease V2G-enabled electric school buses, charging infrastructure and energy management for a flat monthly fee. Levo Mobility is a joint venture

A vehicle catching fire is no more newsworthy than a dog bite—unless of course it’s an EV that goes up in flames. Tesla, which suffered a spate of bad publicity following three highly-publicized vehicle fires in 2013, wants to set the record straight. In its 2020 Impact Report, the company presents data to demonstrate that

Niron Magnetics has raised $21.3 million in new financing from the Volvo Cars Tech Fund and Volta Energy Technologies. Existing investors include Anzu Partners and the University of Minnesota. Niron will use the funding to build a pilot production facility in Minnesota. Niron’s Clean Earth Magnet technology eliminates the need for rare earth minerals in

The track-focused Bugatti Bolide is headed to production, the automaker confirmed Friday at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, one of the many events that comprise Monterey Car Week. Production will be limited to 40 units, each with an estimated price of about $4.7 million based on current exchange rates, Bugatti confirmed in a press release.

Revel’s bright blue electric scooters, and now its bright blue Tesla taxis, have become high-visibility features of the New York City streetscape (the rideshare provider also operates in Washington DC, Miami and San Francisco). Now Revel has selected software vendor Ampcontrol and network infrastructure provider EvGateway to supply a software solution to optimize charging at

Commercial EV innovator Proterra (NASDAQ: PTRA) has formed a new agreement with LG Energy Solution to provide a long-term supply of cylindrical battery cells, to be manufactured at a new LG Energy Solution plant in the US. LG will deliver cells to Proterra’s factories for the manufacture of the company’s commercial EV battery systems. Proterra

Chargers mounted on streetlight or power poles could be a viable way to provide charging for urban dwellers who lack assigned parking spaces. Many cities have replaced their old-fashioned incandescent streetlights with LED lights, which use far less energy. This means that many circuits serving lampposts have extra energy capacity, which could be used to

LG Electronics and Magna International have established a joint venture to manufacture e-motors, inverters and on-board chargers. The new company, LG Magna e-Powertrain, will be headquartered in Incheon, South Korea, and is expected to have more than 1,000 employees in the US, South Korea and China.  Powertrain development will be based on Magna’s electric powertrain

The Lamborghini Countach is making a comeback, Lamborghini announced Monday via Twitter. The original Countach—which turned 50 in 2021—is an icon that helped define the modern supercar, but it’s unclear what form this new version will take. One possibility is that the new Countach will be one of two V-12 special editions launching in 2021,

Keysight Technologies has announced a new test system for high-voltage battery packs (up to 1,500 volts). The Scienlab SL1700A Series uses silicon carbide (SiC) technology, which Keysight says will boost efficiency and energy recovery.  The system gives users control of the climate chamber, conditioning of the device under test, and the battery management system. Analysis

Sprint Power, a British firm that specializes in electrified propulsion systems, power electronics and battery systems, is leading a UK government-backed project that aims to demonstrate the suitability of wireless charging technology for fleet vehicles. Funding for the wireless charging project has been provided by Innovate UK, a public body designed to drive research and

Buses, especially school buses, represent a perfect use case for bidirectional charging. When the buses sit idle, they can earn money by providing demand response (DR) services for the local utility. This is one of the services that fleet charging specialist AMPLY Power provides, and as CEO Vic Shao told Charged in a recent interview,