Charged Magazine

Voltaiq, a battery software platform company, and A&D Technology, a test automation and lab management company, are partnering to combine Voltaiq’s experience with battery data analytics and A&D’s experience in battery technology and EV powertrains. The partnership’s target customers are battery manufacturers and transportation companies.

“As A&D expands our focus on …read more

EVs seem to have become a bone of contention in the
Australian federal election, which will take place in May. The political
nuances may be hard for us Boreals to follow, but it appears that the Coalition,
an alliance of center-right political parties that has been in power since 2013,
recently had a colorful …read more

Electric truck startup Xos (formerly Thor Trucks) will retrofit two Loomis Armored Class 6 medium-duty trucks with electric drive. Loomis will evaluate the vehicles for 90 days, and says it will order 100 more if the two pilot vehicles work out.

The new e-trucks would primarily be used in California. The
Xos-built …read more

The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced
the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Bus Program, a funding opportunity for recipients
to purchase electric and low-emission buses. The program has $85 million in
competitive grant funds available for public transit agencies, state transportation
departments, and tribes.

Program applicants will be evaluated based on their need,
their …read more

Volkswagen has refuted a recent anti-EV hit piece with a new study that confirms what many earlier studies have found: EVs have smaller life-cycle carbon footprints than comparable ICE vehicles, even if they are charged by dirty fossil-derived energy.

“For the same vehicle models with different powertrains, the
carbon footprint of the …read more

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has purchased six Proterra Catalyst E2 e-buses and three 60 kW Proterra plug-in chargers. SFO says the e-bus fleet will help it reduce operating costs, and supports the airport’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2021.

The e-buses will replace six diesel buses in SFO’s current fleet.
The …read more

Battery company 24M
unveiled its Dual Electrolyte System at the International Battery Seminar &
Exhibit last month in Florida. According to 24M, the system permits cells with compositionally
distinct electrolytes to be manufactured at scale, enabling next-generation
cell chemistries. These cells can provide energy densities exceeding 350 Wh/kg
as well as improved cycle life and …read more

An electrode manufacturing facility with a production capacity of 4,000,000 Li-ion battery cells per year is available for purchase 20 miles outside of Detroit. The plant contains an anode and cathode processing line, including:

Material mixingCoatingDryingRoll slittingPackagingSolvent recovery systemThe plant also features a stainless-steel tank farm, spare parts, air handling, and …read more

The DOE has awarded $8.4 million to EV technology company WAVE (Wireless Advanced Vehicle Electrification) to develop and deploy high-power, fact-charging technology for EV drayage trucks at the Port of Los Angeles.

WAVE will partner with Cummins, Schneider Electric, Utah State University and Total Transportation Services (TTSI) to develop …read more

At the recent Autonomy Investor Day, Tesla highlighted the
progress it’s been making on its Autopilot system, and discussed its vision for
the future of self-driving. Elon Musk and several other company execs,
including Director Peter Bannon, Senior Director of Artificial Intelligence
Andrej Karpathy, and VP of Engineering Stuart Bowers, made presentations for an
audience …read more