Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2023

The plant will process end-of-life lithium batteries from sectors such as auomotive. Since 2017, ABB has delivered electrification and automation equipment to power Northvolt’s Ett gigafactory for lithium-ion batteries in Sweden. ” The Revolt Ett site.

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Charged

JANUARY 31, 2024

Electronics giant Kyocera AVX has released a new line of surface-mount automotive antennas. The new A-Series low-profile SMT antennas meet AEC-Q200 standards, and are designed for automotive applications, including wireless battery management systems, telematics control units and vehicle access key fobs. Source: Kyocera AVX

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Enter On-Board Battery Chargers. On-board battery chargers are the key to keeping EVs powered—they take AC current from the charger unit and convert it to DC power to recharge the battery. Reference Designs to Accelerate Your Engineering Pipeline. Wolfspeed’s 6.6 Sponsored by Wolfspeed.

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JULY 11, 2023

German line and connection technology supplier VOSS presented its latest developments in battery energy storage systems (BESS) and immersion cooling at the recent Battery Show 2023 in Stuttgart. Source: VOSS

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

QuantumScape , a US battery company, has announced that its 24-layer A0 prototype cell retained over 95% discharge energy over 1,000+ full cycle equivalents in lab testing. QSE-5 is designed to have ~5 amp-hours (Ah) of capacity; for reference, the 2170 battery used in several leading EV models has a typical capacity of ~4.5–5

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Charged

AUGUST 17, 2022

It is no surprise therefore that leading automotive manufacturers in the electric vehicle space have turned to wire bonding for their interconnect needs. In addition to the battery chemistry that holds the electric charge, the interconnect elements between battery cells and sections are components that see stress over the product lifetime.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It is no surprise therefore that leading automotive manufacturers in the electric vehicle space have turned to wire bonding for their interconnect needs. In addition to the battery chemistry that holds the electric charge, the interconnect elements between battery cells and sections are components that see stress over the product lifetime.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The platform is based on Silicon Mobility’s OLEA control technology, together with a SiC power module, and benefits from G-Pulse’s engineering experience with automotive systems. The platform system is a SiC-based, 4-phase interleaving, bidirectional DC-DC converter that allows automatic boost and buck control through current sensing. “We

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MARCH 7, 2022

The company’s product offerings include high voltage harnesses , low voltage harnesses , wireless chargers , charging port harnesses , battery pack harnesses , and ethernet cables. To accomplish this, the system utilizes both low-speed controller area network (CAN) bus and high-speed automotive Ethernet protocols.

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MARCH 3, 2020

Introducing silicon into automotive-grade lithium-ion cells has been a major topic in the EV industry in the past decade. Many experts see a race among battery makers to get more and more silicon into their anodes. So, when you first build a battery, you’ll use up some of the lithium, and you don’t get all of that lithium back.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

A significant impediment to broader EV adoption is both a public charging infrastructure that can support long-distance travel and chargers that can recharge an EV battery in a time that drivers will accept. Currently, 300 kW chargers can recharge a battery in under 15 minutes. References: Alternative Propulsion Forecast.

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MAY 9, 2022

A significant impediment to broader EV adoption is both a public charging infrastructure that can support long-distance travel and chargers that can recharge an EV battery in a time that drivers will accept. Currently, 300 kW chargers can recharge a battery in under 15 minutes. References: Alternative Propulsion Forecast.

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JUNE 8, 2021

Designing circuits for the next generation of automotive innovations is extremely challenging. Furthermore, engineers will want to design this circuit to minimize internal power consumption, which helps the battery charge time to be as short as possible. For more information on active clamping , reference the application note.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 22, 2024

As winter’s grip tightens, EV owners and industry innovators are keenly observing the impact of cold weather on electric vehicle battery range. At the heart of an EV’s propulsion system, the battery’s function is to store and discharge electrical energy that powers the electric motor.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

For example, crash-worthy adhesives that bond body and battery components along with performance polymers and thermal interface materials that safely manage battery temperature. Safer, cooler, and longer-lasting batteries. EV batteries must be crash-durable for safety. Operation outside this range can strain batteries.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JULY 1, 2024

Lithium extraction can maximize the use of geothermal resources and provide, for example, essential lithium for batteries in the automotive industry. In the technological field, it is important to highlight the development of lithium production from geothermal brines through circular economy technologies.

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Charged

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Rivian Automotive is the brightest rising star in the EV firmament at the moment, and it’s flush with cash following a $11.9 Now the company has announced plans to put some of that nest egg to work at a new $5-billion battery and assembly plant east of Atlanta, which is projected to employ 7,500 workers. Source: Associated Press.

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APRIL 18, 2023

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As part of its “plan to turn around the company’s automotive business and improve profitability,” Ford cited “investing in strategic areas like EVs, connected services and autonomous vehicles—the returns on which are expected to further fortify the balance sheet and fuel growth.”. Ford is definitely talking the talk. Source: Ford.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 20, 2024

Defined as cars, SUVs, and light trucks that operate solely on electricity sourced from external charging, often referred to as battery electric vehicles (BEVs), these vehicles face several obstacles in achieving greater market penetration. Despite this upward trend in sales, numerous roadblocks stymie broader EV adoption.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Alstom to deliver new battery electric trains for Chemnitz-Leipzig line. Engineering giant Alstom has signed a landmark deal with two German rail operators that will see it manufacture, deliver and maintain eleven Coradia Continental battery-electric trains for the Leipzig-Chemnitz route.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The latest battle in the War of the Energy Storage Media has broken out in Germany, where the Volkswagen Group and an auto industry lobbying group (the German Association of the Automotive Industry, or VDA) are at daggers drawn over the government’s proposed plan to implement the EU’s renewable energy directive.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

The 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV, GM’s smallest and least expensive battery-electric vehicle, is finally rolling into dealerships across the country. Every version of the Equinox EV offered in spring 2024 is powered by an 85 kWh battery that uses NMCA cells fabricated at one of the two joint-venture GM-LG Ultium cell plants in Ohio or Tennessee.

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Charged

JUNE 8, 2020

Minimizing losses in power conversion ensure the maximum amount of power delivered for charging the vehicle’s battery and reduces heat buildup. Power semiconductor devices convert AC power into the DC power needed to recharge vehicle batteries. Efficiency. Power conversion is crucial for DC fast charging systems. Reliability.

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JULY 21, 2020

The newly qualified device family targets EV applications such as traction inverters, OBC (on-board chargers), EMS (energy management DC/DC bus converters) and BMS (battery management systems). The high efficiency of the device across a wide load range means that it easily meets the automotive industry’s demanding thermal requirements.”.

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Charged

JANUARY 8, 2020

Ceramic bearing balls can operate at temperatures up to 1,000° C, far exceeding typical automotive operating requirements. Oil drought refers to a lack of sufficient lubrication in the bearings, which can occur in cold start and other situations. This is not battery cells,” Pawlowski was careful to clarify.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2022

A report from the Green Finance Institute’s Coalition for the Decarbonisation of Road Transport (CDRT) illustrates how the UK can become a global player in electric vehicle (EV) batteries if billions of pounds are invested now to build a battery supply chain. EVs and financing the drive to net zero.

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Charged

MAY 24, 2021

Using a charging analyzer as a reference measuring instrument: . The last use case is a combination of the Charging Discovery System and an electronic load that emulates an automotive battery to emulate an EV. In addition, conducting field tests of vehicles with overseas standards is difficult. This is called an EVSE test.

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OCTOBER 6, 2019

But these conduits comprise the electrical cardiovascular system that makes a vehicle function – from the battery to the motor and all the stops in between. Either way, in the automotive realm, weight is critical. When you think of what makes up an EV, cables and wires probably aren’t the first components that come to mind.

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JUNE 14, 2024

Silicon Mobility , an Intel company that provides automotive semiconductor and software control solutions, has announced the OLEA U310 Field Programmable Control Unit (FPCU) as part of its next-generation OLEA FPCU series. Specifications include: 3x Cortex-R52 @ 350 MHz—2196 DMIPS AxEC 2.0: 2x FLUs @ 175 Mhz—400 GOPS + 9.1 GMAC SILant 2.0:

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2020

This missive included a veiled reference to the aviation bailout, suggesting a rise in carbon prices for the sector. There are already certified configurations for battery-electric aircraft, albeit very small. But while the energy density in batteries is sufficient for the automotive sector, it is not practical in aviation.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 6, 2024

For the energy sector challenges include the timely connection of charging infrastructure to the grid and the grid integration of the EVs both to avoid congestion on the one hand and to draw on the battery storage potential for flexibility on the other. Have you read?

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Charged

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Other members of the Fermata team include Tony Posawatz, a former GM exec who was responsible for bringing the Chevrolet Volt to production, and later served as CEO of Fisker Automotive; and David Sandalow, an energy policy expert who held senior positions at the White House, State Department and DOE. Will V2G hurt your battery?

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

Microchip’s Silicon Carbide E-Fuse demonstrator is available in six variants for 400–800 V battery systems. An e-fuse proof of concept for high voltage 800 V automotive applications developed by Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation and Silicon Austria Labs GmbH.

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EDF + Business

MAY 2, 2023

Automotive Consumer Products Clean Energy Inputs Batteries Machinery Mining Paper Plastics Cement Steel Glass Chemicals Key Relevant Provisions §45X and §48C are the key provisions to know for advanced manufacturing, offering incentives for domestic clean technology and energy efficient manufacturing. Sources: Deloitte Analysis, P.L.

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MAY 18, 2021

The lithium-ion battery has proven to be an excellent fuel tank for EVs, but there remains much room for improvement. Armed with dozens of patents and sophisticated tools, Wildcat’s team of scientists has spent the past decade partnering with other companies to use its advanced techniques to help them accelerate battery development.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2021

The EU has a history of including references to the Paris Agreement, but this deal takes it one step further and makes it a make-or-break issue," he said. Electric vehicles. Trade body SMMT warned a no-deal Brexit could add £2,800 to the cost of an average EV in the UK. Carbon pricing and energy.

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