5 H BY MARK KANE Deutsche Accumotive is Daimler’s battery arm If you ever wondered how Daimler’s Deutsche Accumotive produces the batteries for electric smart cars in Kamenz, Saxony in Germany, here is a video that shows the process. The company only assembles the modules and packs, as the lithium-ion cells come from LG Chem. In… Continue reading Watch Deutsche Accumotive Battery Production
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Sila Nanotechnologies Raises $70 Million To Scale Next-Gen Batteries
2 H BY MARK KANE Sila Nanotechnologies secured financing to scale the next-generation of battery materials Sila Nanotechnologies, the company that develops silicon-dominant anode materials that replaces conventional graphite electrodes (recently also in partnership with BMW), raised $70 million in Series D funding. The latest investment round was led by Sutter Hill Ventures. Among new… Continue reading Sila Nanotechnologies Raises $70 Million To Scale Next-Gen Batteries
Musk & Barra Love Child: Battery “Super Pack” From A TMS Perspective
5 H BY GEORGE BOWER Crazy High C Rates! It’s a conceptual marriage of the Tesla ribbon-style cooling system and the Chevrolet Bolt EV’s Prismatic-shaped pouch cells. We eliminate the bottom cooling plate. Additional Battery Pack Content: Once we start cranking up charging rates, pack cooling becomes a big issue. We’re sure that Porsche is… Continue reading Musk & Barra Love Child: Battery “Super Pack” From A TMS Perspective
GM To Provide Vehicle For New Extreme 400-kW Fast Charging Initiative
3 H BY MARK KANE Delta kicks off its 400 kW fast charging project with GM as an automotive partner. Delta, together with several partners, starts a new $7 million research program with 50% cost-share by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to develop a solid-state transformer (SST)-based extreme fast EV charger (XFC) for ultra-fast… Continue reading GM To Provide Vehicle For New Extreme 400-kW Fast Charging Initiative
Porsche Details Its Plans For Non-Discriminatory Ultra-Fast Charging
Porsche is actively pursuing the future of electromobility and the challenges that await Porsche is one of those legacy companies that is pursuing electrification with more zeal than others. With so much emphasis put on the Taycan lately, the company’s other moves in the same direction are kept mostly unnoticed. However, for Porsche, making the transition… Continue reading Porsche Details Its Plans For Non-Discriminatory Ultra-Fast Charging
UPDATE: Tesla Briefly Releases New “Wireless Charger” … Pulls Product
Interestingly, this product was called a wireless charger, but it doesn’t charge your car. ***UPDATE: A recent article by Business Insider states that Tesla has now confirmed this product sold out. We have no idea why it was completely removed from the website rather than marked as “SOLD OUT,” but that’s what has been reported.… Continue reading UPDATE: Tesla Briefly Releases New “Wireless Charger” … Pulls Product
Exide Industries & Leclanché To Launch Lithium-Ion Battery JV
More lithium-ion batteries on the horizon. Exide Industries, India’s largest manufacturer of batteries (not to be confused with Exide Technologies), and Leclanché announced the launch of a new joint venture to build lithium-ion batteries in India. India Both Exide Industries and Leclanché would like to catch onto the growing interest in the building battery business… Continue reading Exide Industries & Leclanché To Launch Lithium-Ion Battery JV
Tesla Model 3 Battery Can Transfer Twice The Heat Of Model S P100D
Track Data backs up our detailed Thermal Analysis In a previous article, we explained in words why the Tesla Model 3 battery cooling was much improved. To summarize that article, the main reasons are better heat transfer between the cells and the cooling tube (because the cells are now glued directly to the cooling tube),… Continue reading Tesla Model 3 Battery Can Transfer Twice The Heat Of Model S P100D
A Little Secret GM Isn’t Telling Us About Improving The Bolt EV Battery
4 H BY GEORGE BOWER What’s one of the biggest complaints about the Chevrolet Bolt EV (besides the seats)? Slow Charging. Remember the song “I can’t Drive 55”? It’s about the same thing when it comes to charging speed. Why won’t GM make the Bolt EV charge faster? Related Articles: Our resident heat transfer expert… Continue reading A Little Secret GM Isn’t Telling Us About Improving The Bolt EV Battery
China Turns To CHAdeMO For Fast Charging: Single Unified Standard
CHAdeMO signs an MoU with China Electricity Council (CEC) for co-development of next generation ultra-fast EV charging standard New ultra-fast charging standard will ensure backward compatibility with both current CHAdeMO and GB/T standards, in order not to penalize current EV users Both Japanese and Chinese governments support this industry initiative, which is expected to lead… Continue reading China Turns To CHAdeMO For Fast Charging: Single Unified Standard