Gas and diesel prices are causing many a fleet operator to take another look at the EV options available. With impeccable timing, Workhorse Group, a North American manufacturer of electric trucks, step vans, shuttles and buses, has announced a limited-time pricing promotion on its W56 electric step van lineup. Effective Read more
Integrals Power has secured funding under the UK government’s DRIVE35 Scale-up Feasibility Studies competition to assess scaling its LFP and LMFP cathode active material production—a program the company calls Project CATMAN. The study will map the manufacturing pathway from Integrals Power’s existing 20 tonne/year UK pilot line to a 100 Read more
Fraunhofer IISB has developed a 750 kW permanent-magnet traction motor for hybrid-electric regional aircraft, hitting 8 kW/kg power density through a combination of thin-lamination electrical steel, hairpin windings and direct oil-spray cooling. The machine uses NO15 (0.15 mm) electrical steel—a thin-lamination grade that reduces eddy current and AC losses at Read more
Amorim Cork Solutions has developed ETP058, a cork-based engineered composite for use between and around battery cells in EV and energy storage systems, combining thermal insulation, flame resistance and mechanical compressibility in a single material. The composite has a thermal conductivity of 0.054 W/m·K and meets UL94 V-0 flammability rating Read more
Tesla revealed that it is utilizing redesigned Cybertruck battery cells in its Long Range Semi to mitigate some pertinent challenges that come with long-haul logistics. It is perhaps the most recent example of Tesla using unique engineering prowess and cross-pollinating vehicle elements to solve common problems, something it does better Read more
Battery-integrated EV charging specialist XCharge North America and EV charging operator JOJO Superfast EV Charging will collaborate to deploy nine new public EV charging sites in Illinois. The two companies will bring 800 kW of ultra-fast charging capacity to nine initial locations in the Chicagoland region, located at branches of Read more
Tesla China has denied a Reuters report claiming the automaker is developing a new compact electric SUV. The denial comes just one day after we reported on the original Reuters exclusive citing four sources. The denial was reported by Chinese financial wire Cailian Press (财联社), a major and well-established Chinese Read more
MEYER WERFT, one of the largest and oldest shipyards in the world, has introduced its “Vision” of a zero-emissions future in the form of a new battery-electric cruise ship concept. Now, if you think it’ll take fifty years to deliver an all-electric leisure boat of this size, you’d be wrong. Read more
The new CLA and electric GLC are building momentum, but China remains a serious problem for Mercedes’ global totals.
This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes new e-bikes from Esel, Specialized, and Radio Flyer, a pair of new drives from Avinox, new e-bike bills in the works, Royal Enfield’s Flying Read more