Lisbon → Paris
You roll out of Praça do Comércio with the Tagus still silver, and three countries later the lights of Paris come up along the Seine. Motorway days, honest chargers, a long European breath.
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Webinar: Advancing battery safety through early thermal runaway detection with Infineon sensors
Battery safety is becoming increasingly critical as electric vehicles and energy storage systems continue to push the boundaries of performance and energy density. Early detection of thermal runaway events is a key enabler of improved safety, helping identify potential failures before they escalate into critical situations. Join this webinar to explore how Infineon’s pressure sensor…
AZL consortium starts building CFRP rotor sleeve variants and the rigs to test them
An industry consortium coordinated by AZL Aachen is putting a systematic benchmark for carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) rotor sleeves into practical implementation, comparing press-fit and direct-winding concepts along with several manufacturing routes and material systems. The group is also developing and validating the characterization methods it will use to evaluate mechanical, thermal and long-term loading. CFRP…
Kempower’s new leasing model enables UK operators to install EV chargers with low upfront costs
DC fast charging manufacturer Kempower has deployed eight new DC fast charging points at a service station in Astwick, in the UK. What’s newsworthy about this, you ask? Kempower is one of the top-selling DC fast charger brands, and operators are regularly rolling out its hardware around the world. What’s notable about this particular deployment…
Altilium secures a patent for its EcoCathode battery recycling process
The UK Intellectual Property Office has granted Altilium a patent, the company’s first, covering the process behind its EcoCathode battery recycling technology. The grant gives the clean-tech company protection over the method that it plans to scale from pilot operations to commercial production. The patent, GB2637908B, is titled “Material Recovery Method and Use.” It covers…
Paua and Easee partner to enable automated home EV charging reimbursement for fleets
Paua, a UK-based EV charging payment platform for fleets, has partnered with smart EV charging innovator Easee to simplify and improve how businesses reimburse drivers for home charging. “For fleet managers navigating the transition to electric, home charging reimbursement remains one of the most complex and poorly solved challenges,” says Paua. “Many organisations rely on…
Skyfly opens its electric aircraft propulsion system to other OEMs
Skyfly Technologies is making the electric propulsion system it built for its own aircraft available to other aircraft manufacturers through the secondary market, and has unveiled a separate hybrid propulsion system for unmanned aircraft that use distributed electric propulsion. The electric system is the one powering the company’s production-spec Axe, a two-seat aircraft that can…
Porto → Seville
The Douro is behind you and Andalusia ahead: Coimbra, the Guadiana, then orange trees and heat. A short southern crossing with time for a plaza in the evening.
Scandium Canada teams with University of Windsor to study aluminum-scandium EV motor wire
Scandium Canada has signed a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding with the University of Windsor’s Center for Hybrid Automotive Research and Green Energy (CHARGE) to explore the potential use of aluminum-scandium (Al-Sc) alloy wire as a winding material for EV traction motors. The two intend to develop a research project that assesses the functionality, durability, practicality…
WestLight Energy hooks up 200 California apartment residents with low-cost EV chargers
WestLight Energy, a public agency and the official electricity provider for the California communities of San Mateo County and Los Baños, has completed a large multi-family home EV charging retrofit project at Peninsula Pines Apartments in South San Francisco. The company installed individual Level 1 EV chargers for all of the apartment complex’s 200+ residents.
Global Battery Materials to buy graphite developer Lomiko Metals in a C$11 million deal
Global Battery Materials has agreed to buy Lomiko Metals, the TSX Venture Exchange-listed developer of the La Loutre graphite project in Quebec, in an all-cash deal that values Lomiko at about C$11 million. La Loutre sits 180 km northwest of Montreal in southern Quebec, within the territory of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, and…
TDK releases 125 V axial aluminum electrolytic capacitors for DC-link banks
TDK has added 125 V-rated components to its B43693/B43793 axial-lead and soldering star aluminum electrolytic capacitor series, and upgraded the 63 V range of its existing B41687/B41787 series. The parts are intended for DC-link capacitor banks in systems running from 48 V up to 120 V: small xEVs, micromobility platforms, forklifts, electric boats and humanoid…
Pebble’s electric travel trailer is continually improved via OTA updates
California-based Pebble makes a luxury electric travel trailer called the Pebble Flow. Like the semi-trailers offered by Range Energy and Trailer Dynamics, the Pebble Flow is designed to eliminate the range reduction caused by towing a trailer. It’s self-propelled, and includes its own battery, which can be recharged by regenerative braking and several charging options.
How PSA tapes optimize battery production
Sponsored by Avery Dennison Performance Tapes. Tapes can simplify complex processes, support robotic assembly, reduce scrap, and more. By Max VanRaaphorst Globally, more than 60 million EVs are now on the road. It’s a number that might have seemed unimaginable just a few years ago. It underscores how EV OEMs have moved beyond needing only…