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OMRON’s G9EK‑1‑EX high‑current DC relay targets safer EV charging and e‑mobility power systems

OMRON extends its G9EK screw-terminal series with the 250A/500VDC G9EK-1-EX relay. Designed for EV charging, e-mobility and renewables, it offers low-resistance switching, shock tolerance up to 100g and gasless efficiency in a compact footprint.

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High-voltage solid-state battery

Researchers in South Korea have developed an all-solid-state battery (ASSB) with an output of over 5 V, significantly higher than that of other batteries, writes Nick Flaherty. The team at Yonsei University developed a fluoride-based solid electrolyte that enables ASSBs to operate beyond 5 V safely with a spinel electrode, addressing the long-standing barrier in battery science of achieving high-voltage stability without sacrificing ionic conductivity (as occurs with conventional solid electrolytes that tend to break down above 4 V).

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Fero tracked carriers electrified by Danfoss Editron drive safer, smarter material handling

Fero’s new tracked carriers, powered by Danfoss Editron eDrive systems, mark another step forward in the electrification of compact off-highway machinery, bringing safer and more efficient material handling to job sites and workshops.

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ANDRITZ booster cell line goes live at German EV maker

ANDRITZ Schuler has commissioned a 1.5 GW battery cell formation line at a German premium electric vehicle manufacturer's facility. This marks one of Europe's largest installations dedicated to booster cell production.

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ROSS DCB-5 blender masters dense battery powders for EV production

Powder blenders don’t often steal the spotlight in EV engineering but the ROSS 5 cubic foot Double Cone Tumble Blender Model DCB-5 deserves a close look. Engineers tackling battery materials know the challenge of blending high density powders into uniform mixes. This machine steps up for small to mid scale processing with the toughness to […]

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Beyond lithium – simulating better chemistries

Wrestling better performance from battery chemistries is a tough task. Chemical engineers are faced with solving a multi-variable optimisation problem, juggling energy density, cycle life, cost, safety and charge time – all under intense competitive pressure.

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Battery electrode binders

Binders in EV batteries do far more than simply act as a glue holding the electrodes together, as revealed by Peter Donaldson.

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The Battery Show North America Show Report

Peter Donaldson explores the highlights from Detroit’s leading advanced battery and EV event in North America. Here, he tells us why Held at the Huntington Place exhibition centre in Detroit, Michigan, from October 6–9, 2025, The Battery Show North America brought together more than 21,000 attendees, 1300 suppliers and 150 speakers, providing an opportunity for the industry to peruse a wide range of new products including electric drivetrains, battery manufacturing and testing technology, thermal protection materials, adhesives and dispensing systems and more.

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5 A battery simulator

Pickering Interfaces has developed a simulation card that supplies up to 8 V and 5 A on each of four channels for testing battery management systems at the desktop, writes Nick Flaherty. The PXIe card, which handles up to four channels, each with a 5 A source or sink, is small enough to sit on an engineer’s bench rather than in a 19 in rack.

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ESOX integrates Donut Lab solid-state batteries in X1 drone and X2 defence UGV demos

UK defence technology company ESOX Group has outlined plans to deploy Donut Lab's newly announced solid-state battery technology across military and security platforms, with final testing now underway ahead of production ramp-up in the second half of 2026.
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