Charged Magazine

Following announcements by Norway, the Netherlands, India and France, the UK government has announced that new diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned after 2040. Ministers have also unveiled a £255-million fund to help local councils tackle emissions.
Compared to other countries that have announced an end to fossil …read more

The UK’s proposal to ban petrol cars by 2040 is controversial, but one thing everyone seems to agree on is that a lot more public chargers will be needed, particularly for flat dwellers who have no assigned parking spots. Street lamps could offer a partial solution.
German firm Ubitricity is working …read more

Following its long tradition of fighting against electrification, the global auto industry is resisting China’s latest round of pro-EV mandates.
Trade groups representing all the major US, European, Japanese and Korean automakers (except Tesla, of course) have sent a letter to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology asking for the …read more

Tritium, the Brisbane-based EVSE manufacturer, has received 10 million Australian dollars ($8 million) in new capital from Queensland entrepreneur Brian Flannery.
“I can see that a tipping point has been reached in this market,” said Flannery. “Tritium has been at the forefront of innovative development in the fast-charging sector and its …read more

Sponsored by AVL
Because integrated validation is only carried out during vehicle tests, development and validation of individual electrical components and the interaction of the overall system is often time-consuming. Using integration test stands, AVL is changing this process for electric drives.
The majority of OEMs examine electrical and electronic drive components …read more

Power in Flux, by Ted Dillard, is an in-depth history of electric motorcycles. Any lover of two-wheeled speed will find it of interest, and for anyone involved in designing and building electric motorcycles, it is quite simply a must-read.
Author Ted Dillard has an encyclopedic knowledge of his subject, and he …read more

The last chapter of the Oil Age began last night, as Tesla officially presented its mass-market, long-range EV. Elon Musk drove his baby onto the stage at the Fremont factory to take some well-earned bows and thank his team.
As expected, the interior is spare and clean, with nothing to break …read more

Ontario-based battery manufacturer Electrovaya has sold €1 million ($1.14 million) worth of lithium-ion cells to an EV producer in Europe.
Electrovaya, through its subsidiary Litarion, produces cells, electrodes and Separion ceramic separators. It has a manufacturing capacity of about 500 MWh of cells per year.
“This follow-on order…underlines the strong commercial performance …read more

The Chevy Bolt was supposed to be a game-changing vehicle, but so far, it’s followed the same old disappointing storyline. By all accounts, it’s an excellent EV, but GM will probably produce just enough to satisfy those pesky government regulations. Or will it? The company recently took out full-page ads …read more

Electric buses are appearing on the streets of US cities, and one of the leading vendors is the Chinese automaker BYD. This isn’t a case of American jobs being shipped overseas however – the buses are built at BYD’s plant in Lancaster, California. Now the company has made a further …read more