Since Tesla seized the world’s imagination, EVs have been cast as lead rebels in the transportation revolution. Then e-bikes whirred into the war against climate change. In 2024, a maturing industry is broadening its design ambitions and engineering sophistication. Manufacturers are expanding into traditional riding categories and creating new ones: Fat-tire bikes and lightweight commuters.… Continue reading E-Bikes Are Growing Up, Finding Jobs, Still Having Fun
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Unico’s Battery Testing Enters a Competitive Industry
As EV production and, with it, battery production accelerate over the next decade, so too will the demand for rigorous EV battery testing. But producing a battery that will stand up to the task of powering an electric vehicle for years under different weather conditions and unpredictable usage patterns is no mean feat. Battery manufacturers… Continue reading Unico’s Battery Testing Enters a Competitive Industry
AI Takes On India’s Most Congested City
In just 30 years, the South Indian city of Bengaluru has gone from a sleepy retirement town to the capital of the country’s burgeoning technology sector. But such rapid development has left it with some of the most congested roads in the world. Now, a former chip engineer has been drafted in to act as… Continue reading AI Takes On India’s Most Congested City
China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover
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Who Will Free EV Motors from the Rare Earth Monopoly?
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Multiphysics Modeling of Electrical Motors
To reduce global warming and the associated effects, the transportation and energy sectors are adopting measures to make different applications potentially fossil free. This has led to a surge in demand for electric machines and the related design and development efforts. The designs of these electrical machines need to meet various specifications, including efficiency and… Continue reading Multiphysics Modeling of Electrical Motors
BYD’s EV Dream May Be Legacy Automakers’ Nightmare
“Hit ’em low, hit ’em high” is an old football catchphrase. It also describes the two-pronged strategy BYD has adopted to take the automotive world by storm—and potentially blow legacy carmakers out of the water. In a single week in February, the fast-rising Chinese automaker debuted a US $236,000 “dancing” electric supercar and an $11,000… Continue reading BYD’s EV Dream May Be Legacy Automakers’ Nightmare
The Lithium-Ion Battery May Not Be the Best Bet for EVs
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. As more electric vehicles hit the roads, the environmental impact of their battery production will also increase. This raises a major question: What type of EV battery will be the most environmentally friendly on a large scale? A study… Continue reading The Lithium-Ion Battery May Not Be the Best Bet for EVs
BMW’s iX5 Signals the Company’s Push for Hydrogen
Hydrogen-powered cars constitute a drop in the world’s ocean of 1.47 billion cars. The same goes for renewable “green” hydrogen fuel, or any infrastructure to effectively deliver it to vehicles or power their factories. But despite rampant skepticism in some corners, BMW is among the automakers and policymakers convinced that our lightest atomic element holds… Continue reading BMW’s iX5 Signals the Company’s Push for Hydrogen
E-Snowmobile Amps Up Recreation Tech
Boats, bicycles, and motorcycles. Waterfoils, scooters, and Segways. There seems to be no limit on imaginative, electrified modes of transportation, mainly from scrappy start-ups with big dreams. The latest is aimed at winter-wonderland fans, and it’s called the Envo SnowKart. Appropriately, it hails from British Columbia, Canada, from Burnaby-based Envo Drive Systems, a company that’s… Continue reading E-Snowmobile Amps Up Recreation Tech