The EU and the Republic of Serbia have signed an agreement launching a strategic partnership on sustainable raw materials, battery value chains and EVs. The partnership aims to support the development of new local industries and jobs along the electric vehicle value chain. It builds on a Stabilization and Association Agreement that came into force... Read more ..read more

Sponsored by Yokogawa Test&Measurement. This free vintage-style poster illustrates the key concepts and equations needed for performing power measurements, including AC and DC measurements, mechanical power, multi-phase wiring diagrams, and an AC measurement conversion table. *Physical posters will be mailed to US, Canada, and Mexico residents—all others will receive a PDF copy ..read more

Generac Power Systems, a manufacturer of power generation and energy storage products, has announced the availability of its first EV charger.  The Generac-branded L2 EV Charger, which is WiFi and Bluetooth-enabled, offers remote monitoring and management through the Generac EV Charging app. It features five charging modes and power-sharing capabilities that allow multiple chargers to... Read more ..read more

South Korean electronic component company Samsung Electro-Mechanics has started production of a new compact high-capacitance multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC). The CL32B226KLV6PN# is designed for use in constrained spaces such as 12 V EV battery systems and 48 V/12 V bidirectional DC-DC converter output stages. The company used fine-particle ceramic and electrode materials, along with ultra-precision... Read more ..read more

Emobi, an e-mobility roaming network provider, and Autocrypt, an automotive cybersecurity provider, have been working together since 2023 to develop a secure communication framework for EVs and charging stations based on ISO 15118-2 and ISO 15118-20 standards. The collaboration has focused on “building a robust Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to address errors and data inconsistencies... Read more ..read more

French EV and software company Ampere has announced its plan to integrate FP lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery technology with Renault’s nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) technology. Ampere is collaborating with LG Energy Solution and CATL, which will provide LFP batteries for several models of Renault and Alpine brands and cover the company’s LFP battery needs until 2030.  Ampere expects... Read more ..read more

Are rental car agencies ready for EVs? Last January, Hertz delivered the equivalent of a public slap to Tesla, announcing that it would sell thousands of the Teslas it had bought two years previously. Comments from customers and employees indicated that the mutual PR nightmare was the result of poor planning on Hertz’s part—a particularly... Read more ..read more

Mullen Automotive has sold one of its Class 3 electric trucks to the City of Dublin, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. The Mullen THREE is a Class 3 low cab-forward electric truck featuring a robust payload and a 125-mile range. It’s purpose-built to meet the demands of urban last-mile delivery. The Mullen THREE chassis features... Read more ..read more

Bloomberg Index Services (BIS) has announced the introduction of new commodity market indices that will track the performance of lithium and cobalt futures contracts. The single-commodity indices will be designated BCOMLM and BCOMLMT for lithium and BCOMCB and BCOMCBT for cobalt. BCOM stands for Bloomberg Commodity Index, a type of broadly-diversified commodities price index published by BIS. The indices will be listed on COMEX, a division of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. A commodity price index is a fixed-weight index or weighted average of selected commodity prices. The index can be base ..read more

Wallbox Chargers, a company that designs, manufactures and distributes EV charging systems, has announced a new addition to its Supernova DC fast charger product line. The Supernova 220 has a maximum power output of 220 kW, and has a footprint of 3.48 square feet, leading company officials to state that the 220 is “one of the highest power-to-footprint ratio chargers” on the market. “Supernova 220 fills the current need for high-power charging sites, and is capable of providing 10- to 15-minute charging times for passenger EVs, as well as serving the high-power charging demands at privat ..read more