Lithium-ion battery maker Flux Power has announced integrated gas detection for its airport ground support equipment (GSE) batteries, two new configurations of its S24 battery for material handling equipment and a new SkyVOX telematics device. The gas sensor continuously monitors conditions inside the battery and communicates directly with the battery Read more
Infineon will invest around €1.1 billion by 2034 to establish high-volume manufacturing of gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors on 300 mm wafers at its site in Villach, Austria. The investment will go into Infineon’s existing cleanroom facilities in Villach. Production is scheduled to start by the end of 2027, and Read more
SpaceX has selected Qualcomm Technologies to supply core infrastructure for Starlink Mobile’s planned nationwide terrestrial 5G network in the United States. Announced on November 4, the multi-year agreement covers radios, baseband units, and commercial-grade Layer 1 software based on Qualcomm’s Dragonwing Cellular Infrastructure platforms, specifically the QRU100 and QDU100: SpaceX Read more
A South Korean consumer group is asking regulators to stop Tesla from marketing “Full Self-Driving” to customers whose cars can’t legally run it. By Tesla’s own numbers, that covers 99% of the Teslas it sold in Korea last year. Citizens United for Consumer Sovereignty plans to file the complaint with Read more
Kia is crushing it with a full lineup of electric vehicles ranging from entry-level SUVs to the three-row EV9 and PV5 van. A leaked document revealed that Kia plans to add the EV7, a new midsize electric SUV, to fill the gap between the EV6 and the three-row EV9. more…
Why throw away old e-bike and e-scooter batteries when they can be repurposed? Best of all, they don’t even need to be dismantled.
After a historic election defeat in one of the most expensive elections in US election history, the state of Texas has turned blue. Along with this come potential implications for Elon Musk and his companies. more…
Instead of charging the battery as a whole unit, micro-converters can charge or discharge each cell individually.
The Forefront Concept is completely silent, making it an ideal choice for high-risk, hard-to-reach areas.
Elon Musk is pushing Grok Bot users toward a feature that, until this week, few of them could actually use. “Try asking Grok @Bot to make calls!” Musk wrote on X Tuesday afternoon, quoting a demo from Sawyer Merritt that included audio from a live call. Musk first announced calling Read more