The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) may have just caused a delay with SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission, which was set to launch soon. Following a hard landing by a Falcon 9 booster last night after SpaceX successfully launched 21 Starlink satellites into orbit with the 8-6 mission, the FAA is requiring Read more
Tesla is adding two new features to its Navigation to make finding points of interest easier than ever. Tesla Navigation gets as many updates and improvements as just about anything in the company’s tech lineup. Earlier this week, we reported on the inclusion of more accurate construction areas on your Read more
Tesla vehicles have been adopted by several police forces across the United States, and they have widely been met with positive reviews, mainly driven by cost savings and performance advantages. However, one department has found the Tesla fleet to be less than ideal, even going as far as saying “(they) Read more
Volkswagen Group of America has initiated a recall for the 2019 Audi e-tron Quattro in the United States and Canada over a fault in the all-electric luxury SUV’s brakes. The issue is believed to affect 206 vehicles in the United States and 12 in Canada. The National Highway Traffic Safety Read more
Pioneer Power Solutions, a manufacturer, distributor and servicer of specialty electrical transmission, distribution and on-site power generation equipment, is collaborating with mobile charging provider SparkCharge to integrate Pioneer’s e-Boost mobile off-grid EV charger into SparkCharge’s mobile battery energy storage systems. Pioneer has agreed to deliver up to 12 e-Boost rental Read more
Automotive aftermarket provider ZF Aftermarket, a division of German automotive systems manufacturer ZF Friedrichshafen, has introduced to the US and Canadian markets 25 new kits for performing 25 different repair tasks on electric axle drives. Among 45 new products that the company has recently released in North America, the kits, Read more
Infinitum, an EV air-core motor manufacturer, has expanded its Series E financing round with $35 million in funding from Marunouchi Innovation Partners and Rice Investment Group. The additional funding brings the company’s total Series E funding to $220 million, and will be used to scale the company to meet customer Read more
The Biden-Harris Administration has awarded $521 million in grants to build out EV charging infrastructure across 29 states, two Federally Recognized Tribes and the District of Columbia (DC), including the deployment of more than 9,200 charging ports, the US Department of Energy has announced. The grants are made possible through Read more
US semiconductor and electronic components manufacturer Vishay Intertechnology has released a new automotive-grade bidirectional single-line electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection diode. The space-saving VETH100A1DD1 is packaged in the compact DFN1006-2B and has wettable flanks. It is optimized for automotive Ethernet networks in compliance with the OPEN Alliance 100Base-T1 and 1000Base-T1 specifications. Read more
German battery manufacturer CustomCells and US silicon-carbon battery materials producer Group14 Technologies have signed a multiyear agreement to supply CustomCells with Group14’s SCC55 silicon battery material. The agreement is expected to exceed $300 million in contract value. It will secure a supply of SCC55 beyond 2030 for use by CustomCells’ Read more