eMobility – Page 2311

EV battery swapping is back—for bigger delivery trucks, too

Electric / Electric cars / eMobility / eV / youtube
July 25, 2023

Will a predictable, gas-station-like experience for getting a fully charged vehicle convince more last-mile delivery companies to shift to EVs? That’s the proposition from California-based Ample, which now says it can give electric trucks a full charge in five minutes, thanks to its second-generation battery-swapping system revealed in May...

Honda E Small EV Replacement Off The Cards As Brand Shifts To SUVs

Electric / eMobility / eV
July 25, 2023

The market wants SUVs, so the pint-sized electric hatchback will only live for one generation.

Panasonic To Produce Higher-Energy-Density Batteries In USA With Silicon From Nexeon

Electric / eMobility / eV
July 25, 2023

Before you ask, it’s not clear who Panasonic will be producing these batteries for. Rather, the focus is on Panasonic getting this special silicon anode material from the UK company Nexeon, and stated reason is “to boost the performance of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs).” Panasonic already produces high-quality, high-performance batteries, most notably for […]

2025 Volvo EX30 Makes North American Debut, Is Still A Year Away

Electric / eMobility / eV
July 25, 2023

The small EV is available now to reserve in the United States with a starting MSRP of $36,415, but deliveries start next summer.

Stellantis & Samsung SDI To Build 2nd Battery Gigafactory In USA

Electric / eMobility / eV
July 25, 2023

We are leaving the oil & gas era and heading into the electric vehicle era, and the base of that new era is batteries, batteries, batteries. Stellantis and Samsung SDI are advancing their tokens in this new era with an announcement of a second US battery gigafactory. Back in May of last year (2022), Stellantis […]

Stellantis may simplify EVs by dropping onboard charger, inverter

charging / Electric / Electric cars / eMobility / eV / youtube
July 25, 2023

Stellantis claims to have made significant progress in eliminating two major hardware components from EVs: the onboard charger and power inverter. As spotted by Autoblog, the automaker has said a four-year research project with French battery company Saft and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) has yielded a prototype battery...