Electric vehicles and solar tend to get lumped together as partners in the climate-friendly push to phase out fossil fuels. Now they’re competing head-to-head for high-tech components that have been in short supply.
May 3, 2019Batteries
Business, Technology
Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News
US Trails in Lithium Mining for EV Batteries
Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News
The U.S. push to challenge China’s dominance in the production and sale of electric vehicles has at least one weak link: Most of the raw materials needed to make the batteries are dug elsewhere.
April 30, 2019
Technology, Equipment, Safety
A BYD battery-electric truck. Replacing diesel-powered trucks will bring challenges. (California HVIP)
Extreme Temps Affect Electric Truck Batteries
A BYD battery-electric truck. Replacing diesel-powered trucks will bring challenges. (California HVIP)
All major truck builders and several startups are preparing to develop, test and market either battery-electric vehicles or fuel-cell/battery models in the very near term. Replacing diesel-powered Class 8 trucks, though, will present numerous challenges to an industry accustomed to proven and reliable diesel-engine technology.
April 26, 2019
Business, Technology, TCA
Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News
Chattanooga VW Will Source EV Batteries From New Georgia Factory
Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News
Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tenn., electric vehicle assembly plant will use batteries produced at a $1.67 billion factory in Georgia.
March 20, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
Freightliner's eCascadia all-electric heavy-duty truck. (Daimler Trucks North America)
Electric Trucks Advance
Freightliner's eCascadia all-electric heavy-duty truck. (Daimler Trucks North America)
As electric vehicle technology becomes increasingly viable for commercial trucking, fleets and manufacturers are preparing to put the first generation of battery-electric trucks on the road.
December 14, 2018
Business, Technology, TCA
SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg News
Samsung to Build EV Battery Pack Factory in Michigan
SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg News
Samsung plans to build a $62 million electric vehicle battery pack factory in Auburn Hills, Mich., that will create more than 400 jobs, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced.
November 28, 2018
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous
Lithium ore. (Bloomberg)
Top Lithium Miner Forced to Stay Nimble in Fickle Battery Market
Lithium ore. (Bloomberg)
Albemarle Corp., the world’s largest lithium producer, is planning to expand production in Australia, chasing the market for a form of the metal increasingly being used by the makers of electric car batteries.
November 8, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment
Purdue University
Instantly Rechargeable Vehicle Battery Emerges at Purdue
Purdue University
A technology developed by researchers at Purdue University could provide an “instantly rechargeable” method that is safe, affordable and environmentally friendly for recharging electric and hybrid vehicle batteries, according to the West Lafayette, Ind., school.
July 17, 2017
Business
NorthStar Batteries Standard on DTNA’s ParkSmart Trucks
NorthStar Battery Co. has entered into a seven-year agreement to supply batteries to Daimler Trucks North America as part of DTNA's improvements to the next-generation Cascadia truck, including making NorthStar's Ultra High Performance Pure Lead AGM batteries “a standard” on all ParkSmart-optioned trucks.
September 13, 2016
Business
Lower Your Battery Costs Easily
When fleets have discharged batteries, how should they deal with them? Battery manufacturers will honor warranties on failed batteries, but not all discharged batteries are necessarily faulty. Identifying a battery's condition is crucial to fleets that don't want to waste time and money returning or scrapping batteries that still could have life in them.
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