Commercial EV OEM Harbinger is on a roll. Just in the last few months, the company has launched a new line of battery storage products, acquired autonomous driving company Phantom AI, and unveiled a new medium-duty truck. CEO John Harris told Charged that his five-year-old company’s success is based on Read more
The EV charging industry may seem to be divided between hardware and software specialists, but the two are mutually interdependent, and must work together on various levels. BTC Power’s chargers incorporate three main categories of firmware, which enable the hardware to communicate with the vehicle and with the backend software Read more
Is there anyone better to help promote a new high-end electric sports car? BYD is teaming up with Daniel Craig, AKA James Bond, to launch the new Denza Z9 GT in Europe. BYD said the new Denza Z9 GT is the “world’s longest-range pure EV” and supports ultra-fast charging in Read more
Elon Musk hinted at what Tesla’s new vehicle will be just a day or so after he essentially confirmed the company is developing something that will eventually be available for consumers. Earlier this week, Musk said that something “way cooler than a minivan” was on the way from Tesla after Read more
Power Innovations International (Pii) is a global provider of power management systems and services. Founded in the US in 1997, Pii became a subsidiary of LITEON in 2014. The company’s EVDC line of DC fast chargers can accept a wide range of input voltages—a feature that addresses a major bottleneck Read more
Coperion K-Tron has introduced the RF400 Roller Feeder for battery manufacturing, a feeding system aimed at improving consistency in dry-electrode processing at laboratory and pilot scale. The company says the RF400 is designed to provide uniform deposition of electrode dry blends while reducing waste and production variability. The system uses Read more
PPST Solutions says it has been named a value-added reseller for EA Elektro-Automatik, expanding its test portfolio to cover both AC and DC power validation for electrification markets. Engineers increasingly need test coverage across the whole power-conversion chain, not just isolated AC or DC boxes. With the new arrangement, PPST Read more
Ford’s latest electric van looks modern, gets LFP batteries, and is designed for urban environments. Just don’t expect a U.S. version.
The EV2 is now rolling off the production line at Kia’s plant in Slovakia ahead of customer deliveries starting next month. Kia opened EV2 orders last week at lower prices than expected. more…
France’s Finance Minister confirmed that between 30% and 40% of Gulf refining capacity has been damaged or destroyed by Iran’s retaliatory strikes, leaving a shortage of 11 million barrels per day on global oil markets. The destruction is now pushing consumers toward electric vehicles at a pace not seen since Read more