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Scania enhances e-bus offering with new e-machine, battery and charging options

Scania’s new e-machine is fully adapted to the company’s complete battery-electric bus platform. Four power options are now available, and an integrated two- or four-speed gearbox, offering an impressive combination of increased performance and efficiency, flexibility and zero emissions. A further battery option has been added, and a charging interface at the rear of the bus will quicken power uptake.

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Multi-chemistry batteries

A little over a year ago, a BMW iX electric SUV fitted experimentally with a dual-chemistry Gemini battery pack from Our Next Energy (ONE) drove 978 km (608 miles) on a single charge – an impressive achievement for such a large, heavy car, writes Peter Donaldson.

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Dürr, Cellforce and LiCAP team up for dry electrode tech

Dürr Systems and LiCAP Technologies are working together to revolutionise the production of battery cells, traditionally reliant on wet coating, with the sustainable Activated Dry Electrode technology.

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Brady sensors offer battery temperature warning

Electric vehicle (EV) lithium battery fires in facilities such as factories, warehouses, parking structures and ships, though rare, are lethal and destructive when they happen, but remote monitoring of battery temperature can provide a timely warning of a developing problem, writes Peter Donaldson.

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Henkel’s Battery Engineering Center

Primarily known as a producer of chemical solutions across a number of different industries, German multinational group Henkel has launched a Battery Engineering Center (BEC) within its Inspiration Center Duesseldorf, aimed at providing strategic partnerships to OEMs and battery manufacturers (and others in the e-mobility space) through the BEC and its services and products there. […]

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Magnesium electrolyte sparks next-generation battery design

University of Waterloo researchers have made a key breakthrough in developing next-generation batteries made of magnesium instead of lithium. When the idea to create batteries using magnesium was first shared in a seminal academic paper in 2000, the novel design didn’t provide enough voltage to compete with lithium-ion batteries.

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Wireless BMS built with ultra-wideband tech

NXP Semiconductor has developed the first battery management system (BMS) using ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, writes Nick Flaherty. Using wireless connections between battery cells and the BMS in a pack simplifies assembly and enables better energy density.

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Battery cell manufacturing

There are three major phases of activity for manufacturing battery cells, as Nick Flaherty reports Moving from small coin cells that prove the performance of a battery chemistry in the laboratory to production is a big step. There are many different ways to construct a cell, and many techniques for both building and characterising the resulting battery.

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The Battery Show USA show report

A wealth of advanced battery tech for EVs was on show in Detroit, as Peter Donaldson reports. Staged for the first time at Huntington Place, Detroit, The Battery Show and Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo, North America showcased a myriad advanced battery technologies. Organiser Informa Markets reports that more than 21,000 professionals from around the world attended and 1250 organisations exhibited, making the 2024 event the largest in its history, which dates back to 2010.

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Modular batteries

In optimising modular battery technologies, it’s important to harmonise design and control. By Peter Donaldson. Modular battery systems remain an essential component of e-mobility, offering unique advantages that complement recent advancements in cell-to-pack (C-t-P) technologies.

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