Panasonic Energy has begun mass production of 2170 cylindrical battery cells at a new factory just outside Kansas City. The company plans to establish an annual production capacity of approximately 32 GWh in the future. The Kansas Factory is Panasonic’s second EV battery production site in the US. The company’s Nevada Factory in Sparks, Nevada has been operating since…
Würth Elektronik ICS has introduced a new power distribution controller for vehicle electrical systems. The ePDM 70-150 is an intelligent solution that combines logic processing, communication, advanced diagnostics and high-current outputs in a compact device. The ePDM 70-150 is designed for demanding control and power distribution tasks. It’s equipped with 9 analog and 13 digital inputs, as well as…
Ultium Cells, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, will upgrade its Spring Hill, Tennessee battery cell manufacturing facility to scale production of low-cost lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells, building on a $2.3-billion investment announced in 2021. Conversion of battery cell lines at Spring Hill to produce LFP cells will begin later this year, and…
Charge station management specialist Liberty Plugins has partnered with charger manufacturer Wallbox to launch the US-made Liberty CodeConnect Wallbox Charger. The new product combines the Wallbox Pulsar Plus EV charger with Liberty’s patented CodeConnect encryption technology to enable management features such as access control and payment without the need for an internet connection. The Liberty CodeConnect Wallbox Charger makes…
UK-based fleet electrification and battery storage specialist Zenobē and the City of Brampton, Ontario are leading a group of UK and Canadian partners to support the electrification of the Brampton Transit bus fleet. The partners, including Canadian investment bank TD Securities, intend to bring 1,000 electric buses to the roads and replace the city’s diesel vehicles. The project will…
US-based Full Circle Lithium (FCL), manufacturer of lithium-ion battery firefighting agent FCL-X, has signed regional distribution agreements with six distributors in the US and one in Canada, in addition to a distribution agreement with US Fire Pump already in place. FCL now serves more than 25 US states and all of Canada. FCL has restructured its master distribution agreement…
Some EV charging infrastructure control functions are best handled on-site, some in the cloud. Driivz and Sparkion offer a combination of both. Some EV charging control functions require connection to the cloud (e.g. driver authentication, payment processing), and some are best handled by an on-site processor (load management). Load management serves critical functions such as preventing circuit overloads and…
Japanese electronics firm TDK has started production of its TFM201612BLEA series of thin-film power inductors for automotive power circuits with currents up to 5.6 A. The TFM201612BLEAR33MTCA has a rated inductance of 0.33 µH and the TFM201612BLEAR47MTCA has a rated inductance of 0.47 µH. The new inductors achieve a 16% higher rated current of 5.6 A and a 31%…
Canada-based NEO Battery Materials has introduced NBMSiDE P-300N, a mass-producible silicon anode material optimized to enhance battery stability while delivering an average coulombic efficiency (CE) of over 99.8%. Building on the P-300 silicon anode introduced in January, NEO refined the synthesis process and material characteristics while maintaining low costs and minimizing initial capacity loss. “The upgraded P-300N incorporates refinements…
The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), which serves the seaports of the Seattle/Tacoma region, has announced an incentive program for zero-emission drayage truck and charging deployment. After a competitive bid process, the NWSA identified Charging-as-a-Service provider Zeem Solutions as the “awarded subrecipient.” This will be Zeem’s first deployment in Washington state. Drayage trucks are heavy-duty Class 8 trucks that mainly…
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