Latest Stories

Q&A
Energy

Establishing Closed-Loop EV Battery Recycling

Last spring, Clarios, the world’s largest automotive battery maker formerly known as Johnson Controls, emerged a winner in the second phase of the Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize...

Feature Image

Technology Report
Energy

Purdue Prototypes New EV Fast-charge Cable

A new charging station cable designed by a Purdue University research team could enable an electric vehicle (EV) battery to be recharged in under five minutes, comparable to filling an average...

Feature Image

Podcasts
Automotive

Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries from Electric Vehicles

Canadian battery recycling company Li-Cycle is leveraging its sustainable process to provide an end-of-life solution for lithium-ion batteries.

Feature Image

News
Energy

The ONE for Battery Innovation

When I look at our ‘toolbox,’ we’ve got one cell chemistry that delivers high energy density, is low cost, but it doesn’t have optimum cycle life,” veteran battery engineer Mujeeb Ijaz noted. “And...

Feature Image

Articles
Electronics & Computers

EV Motor Development Is on the Move

It’s happening – the transition to EVs is undeniably underway. Recent launches such as Ford’s Mustang Mach-E, versatile-body-style EVs from mainstream brands Hyundai and Kia and forthcoming...

Feature Image

News
Green Design & Manufacturing

Cummins and Isuzu Announce Battery-electric Truck Collaboration

Cummins Inc. and Isuzu Motors Limited recently announced an agreement to build a prototype medium-duty battery electric demonstration truck for the North American market. This...

Feature Image

News
Manned Systems

Battery Leasing Spurs VinFast’s EV Offensive

VinFast, Vietnam’s first automotive startup, clearly takes its name seriously. Barely two months after introducing its first two electric vehicles (EVs), the automaker pulled the wraps off...

Feature Image

Original Equipment
Power

Mellor Bus Stresses Lightweight Construction for New Midsized Battery-Electric Buses

U.K.-based bus manufacturer Mellor Bus has recently launched a completely new range of battery-electric midsized buses under the Sigma brand name.

Feature Image

Q&A
Propulsion

Electrons, Combustion, and Bosch

"We expect to reach 5 billion [euros] in a few years. We are well prepared for all the battery-electric vehicles that will be built in the future."

Feature Image

Articles
Automotive

The Path to Smarter Vehicle Charging

As light-duty and commercial-purpose battery electric vehicles (EVs) catch on, better, faster, and smarter battery recharging is on the way.

Feature Image

Articles
Energy

Powering the Future of Electric Vehicles with Safer, Lighter Batteries

A "Blade" battery has significant market potential in energy storage applications.

Feature Image

Articles
Software

Developing a Novel Battery Model to Answer Classical Chemistry Questions

A new model visualizes the relationship between hydrodynamic and electrochemical phenomena.

Feature Image

Articles
Power

Overcoming Challenges and Boosting Productivity for EV Battery and E-Axle Testing

Create systems that efficiently and accurately complete testing cycles.

Feature Image

Briefs
Energy

High-Performance MXene Electrodes for Next-Generation Battery

Two-dimensional MXene provides fast redox and high-rate energy storage.

Feature Image

Briefs
Energy

Fast-Charging, Long-Running, Bendable Supercapacitor

This technology has potential as a portable power supply in several applications, including electric vehicles, cellphones, and wearable technology.

Feature Image

Briefs
Energy

Technique Extends Next-Generation Lithium Metal Batteries

The discovery could enable lightweight, low-cost, long-lasting energy storage for electric vehicles, houses, and more.

Feature Image

Briefs
Photonics/Optics

Technique Merges Solar Cell and Liquid Battery

A highly efficient and long-lasting solar flow battery generates, stores, and redelivers renewable electricity from the Sun in one device.

Feature Image

Briefs
Energy

Material Derived from Trees Could Replace Liquid Electrolytes

The material could pave the way for better, safer solid-state batteries.

Feature Image

Products
Test & Measurement

New Products

Charger ICs, backup units, power supplies, and more.

Feature Image

News
Power

GM Unveils 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV

General Motors has fired its first salvo in the high-volume electric vehicle wars, unveiling two versions of the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV that bring formidable feature content, evolutionary style...

Feature Image

Articles
Energy

The Bi-Directional Bonus for EVs

Although other automakers have talked about the potential for electric vehicles (EVs) to use their increasingly powerful batteries for purposes beyond propelling the vehicle, it was Ford that brought the...

Feature Image

News
Manned Systems

Mack Trucks Begins Production of LR Electric

Mack Trucks’ first fully electric Class 8 vehicle, the Mack LR Electric, has entered serial production at Mack’s Lehigh Valley Operations facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania. Mack announced...

Feature Image

Supplier Eye
Automotive

Time to Turn ‘BEV’ into a Verb

Happy trails to 2021. While vehicle dealers made record profits, most of the industry is overjoyed to place this chip-starved, labor-deprived, and cost-escalated year in the rearview mirror. Despite the...

Feature Image

News
Automotive

Optimizing EV Platforms for Pickup Trucks

Pickups are the industry’s most popular and profitable product because they offer individualized vehicles for nearly every customer and use case. American pickups wrote the book on mass...

Feature Image

News
Energy

The Path to Better, Smarter Vehicle Charging

As the roster of light-duty and commercial-purpose battery electric vehicles (EVs) begins an almost catalytic expansion in 2022, better, faster and smarter battery recharging is on the way to...

Feature Image

News
Automotive

Nissan Debuts Tech-Laden 2022 Ariya EV SUV

Nissan became an electric-vehicle pioneer when it debuted the Leaf in late 2010, and even with a meager 73 miles (117 km) of range the first-generation 5-door hatchback became the world’s...

Feature Image

Technical Innovation
Energy

ABS Ramps up Commercial-Vehicle Battery-Pack Assembly

American Battery Solutions (ABS) is preparing for a big uptick in business with the increasing electrification of buses, medium- and heavy-duty trucks. “In order to be ready for the...

Feature Image

Products
Mechanical & Fluid Systems

New Products

Single-board systems, self-encrypting drives, custom capacitor assemblies, and more.

Feature Image