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Fuses and circuit protection

Nick Flaherty reports on how new circuit protection technologies are meeting the challenges posed by increasingly powerful EVs The EV market these days is seeing demand and development towards decreasing charging times, increased range requirements and a wider variety of vehicle models. All of this heightens...

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Lab allows customised validation

NI has developed a software-defined battery laboratory to speed up the validation of battery systems (writes Nick Flaherty). The lab covers a battery’s lifecycle from r&d to validation, production, second life and re-manufacturing by using different software loads.

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Solid-state cell is safety-approved

Factorial has become the first company to receive safety certification for a large, 100 Ah solid-state lithium metal battery cell (writes Nick Flaherty). The large-format automotive solid-state cell has received the United...

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Comau developing battery cell formation solutions for Gigabat project

Comau says it will be developing an energy-efficient cell formation chamber as part of its work with Gigabat, a pan-European initiative aimed at supporting the sustainable and ecological transition towards e-mobility...

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Battery Show Europe 2023

Held at the Stuttgart Messe exhibition centre from 23 to 25 May, the Battery Show Europe 2023 was a lively and well-attended event that showcased advances in core battery and EV powertrain technology, materials, manufacturing and quality control processes. It also revealed a growing emphasis on repair, reuse, recycling and broader circular economy goals.

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ML finds solid-state cell materials

Researchers in the US have used machine learning (ML) to identify new combinations of materials for solid-state batteries (writes Nick Flaherty). The class of compounds, called argyrodites, contains attractive...

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GKN Automotive launches next-generation inverter

Drive systems supplier GKN Automotive has launched its next-generation inverter, to provide OEMs with 800 V EV technology. The inverter, one of three modular elements of GKN Automotive’s eDrive platform, offers...

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A new way to localise defects in vehicle battery packs

Siemens has been explaining how its Simcenter Sound Camera can be used to localise electric arcs and therefore help to repair battery packs. The camera makes use of the fact that an electric arc creates noise. A defective connection between battery cells will create an arc when the pack is tested...

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PowerCo announces dry coating technology for cell production

PowerCo SE is to introduce a new manufacturing process in its battery cell production plants in Europe and Northern America. It aims to industrialise the so-called dry coating procedure in conjunction with printing machine specialist Koenig & Bauer.

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Global automotive testing Storedot’s extreme fast charging battery cells

StoreDot’s extreme fast charging (XFC) high energy battery solutions for electric vehicles, has obtained outstanding battery performance feedback for the first evaluation and integration A-Samples testing phase of its XFC electric vehicle battery cells.