Electric Cars

Charged EVs | CamMotive’s new UK battery lab offers 800 channels, 800 A per cell and 1 MW pack testing

CamMotive has opened a new battery testing lab in Cambridge, UK, with more than 800 high-current cell-cycling channels and the ability to deliver...

43 GW: Solar tops new US power for the 5th year in a row

Photo: TotalEnergies The US installed 43 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in 2025, marking the fifth straight year that solar has been the...

Charged EVs | How PSA tapes optimize battery production

Sponsored by Avery Dennison Performance Tapes. Tapes can simplify complex processes, support robotic assembly, reduce scrap, and more. By Max VanRaaphorst Globally, more than 60...

Another automaker joins BYD with ultra-fast 1,500 kW EV chargers

ZeekrPower EV charge station (Source: Zeekr) BYD’s Flash Chargers can charge an electric vehicle just as fast as filling up at a gas station,...

Charged EVs | Hyundai and Kia invest in battery software provider Qnovo

Hyundai and Kia have announced a new strategic investment in Qnovo, maker of a software platform that monitors battery health. The investment follows...

VinFast doubles down with TWO Rolls-Royce level luxe models

Vietnamese EV brand VinFast has been struggling to find a foothold in the US market, but that hasn’t throttled the company’s world-beating, global...

Charged EVs | Renesas’ 28 nm RH850/U2C MCU targets ASIL D vehicle control, BMS and zonal architectures

Renesas has added a new low-end member to its RH850 automotive MCU family with the 28 nm RH850/U2C, aimed at chassis and safety...

CAT puts century-old tech to work in its newest electric drive dozer

Diesel-electric locomotives have been barreling along America’s wide-open plains for generations, and the century-old combination of consistent, high-efficiency rpm diesel engines spinning up...