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Lithium-sulfur cathode developer Xponential Battery Materials (XBM) and silicon-carbon anode developer SiCAM Technologies have formed a technology collaboration to develop a silicon-sulfur battery materials platform for US battery OEMs. The platform will pair SiCAM’s silicon-carbon (Si-C) anode material with XBM’s lithium-sulfur (Li-S) cathode materials and cell technologies. The companies say Read more

BYD used the Denza Z9 GT to showcase its latest breakthrough technology, including its 5-minute Flash Charging. Next year, the luxury GT will get another major update in Europe. more…

Tesla’s latest crash reports to federal regulators add two more “Robotaxi” crashes where a remote operator, not the car’s autonomous system, was driving when it hit something. That brings it to five in the data now. And every remote takeover that has shown up in a Tesla crash report has Read more

Elon Musk spent Wednesday and Thursday stacking teases on top of Tesla’s Roadster event, and the wording is getting harder to read as routine hype. Tesla streams the unveil tonight at 7:55 p.m. Central on X. Musk has called it “a candidate for greatest product demo of all time,” then Read more

Sakuu, a provider of commercial-scale equipment and technologies to the battery and supercapacitor manufacturing industries, has printed a 100% dry anode and dry cathode metal-free battery cell using carbon composite and polymeric current collector (PCC) technology on its Kavian manufacturing platform. This fully functional metal-free cell delivers the safety benefits Read more

Energy storage specialist Emaldo has opened a new DC fast charging site in Rockneby, Sweden. Located along the E22 highway, the site uses the Z BOX-EV technology concept, an integrated energy storage and EV charging solution from ZOE Energy Storage. Two ZOE DC fast chargers from the Z Box-EV series Read more

EVSE engineer Ned Funnell explains the advantages of the J3068 charging standard. It may be a cliché, but it’s true: when it comes to EV charging, one size does not fit all. For commercial EV fleets, deploying the most appropriate charging system for their duty cycles can not only save Read more

Sponsored by Huber+Suhner. As the architectural foundation of every EV, high voltage cables are expected to deliver critical electrical performance while withstanding the harshest of environments. This protection is in no small part thanks to the inclusion of corrugated tubes – a flexible conduit that bears the brunt of shielding Read more

A Tesla crossed the grass median of Route 55 in New Jersey, hit a tree, slid into oncoming traffic, and struck an SUV head-on. The SUV’s driver, 68-year-old Phillip Eastman, was killed. Police reported it as a driver who lost control. What they didn’t say, and likely didn’t know, is Read more

Police departments have been increasingly turning to electric bicycles as a new tool for patrols, and in at least some cases, federal money is helping put officers in the saddle. more…