Berlin-headquartered ENAPI, developer of an EV charging software platform to facilitate communication of transaction data between charge point operators (CPOs) and e-mobility service providers (eMSPs), has raised €7.5 million in a seed funding round led by venture capital firm Voyager Ventures. This latest round brings ENAPI’s total funding to €10 Read more
Birmingham City Council in the UK has partnered with charging point operator ubitricity to carry out a pilot deployment of 560 lamppost charge points in residential areas of the city where access to private off-street parking is limited or unavailable. The charging points will be installed in lampposts on 82 Read more
US-based adhesives and coatings manufacturer Panacol has introduced Structalit 5859, a new adhesive system developed for magnet bonding. Structalit 5859 is a one-component epoxy resin adhesive that can be used for magnet/rotor bonding and for joining magnets in pole housings. It cures at temperatures as low as 100° C. At 150 Read more
Many cell-quality test instruments are on the market, but most are traditional box instruments that require instrument control from the host machine and are not optimized to automate tests and reduce test time. For high-volume production test applications, modular instruments are best suited to automate tests and optimize test time; Read more
US-based automated test equipment supplier Teradyne has entered into a strategic partnership with German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies to advance power semiconductor testing. As part of the relationship, Teradyne will acquire part of Infineon’s automated test equipment team in Regensburg, Germany. This will allow Teradyne to accelerate its progress in Read more
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has launched the most powerful iteration of its Large Language Model (LLM), Grok-3. Grok-3’s was formally announced in a livestream on social media platform X. Grok-3: As per Elon Musk during xAI’s livestream, “Grok 3 is an order of magnitude more capable than Grok Read more
The Aceman is the slightly taller five-door hatchback cousin of the China-made three-door Mini Cooper.
Kia’s flagship electric SUV just got a high-performance upgrade. On Tuesday, Kia launched the EV9 GT in South Korea with over 500 horsepower, a sporty new design, and a price tag just north of $60,000. That’s not too bad for a fully loaded three-row electric SUV. Following its domestic launch, Read more
Plus, Trump threatens more auto tariffs for Q2 and BYD reveals its ambitious plans for Europe.
When it was new, the original e-Golf had an EPA-rated range of 83 miles. A decade later, its small battery is doing surprisingly well.