BorgWarner has begun eMotor rotor and stator production for XPeng Motors, a Chinese smart EV company. The product will be used on the X9 MPV as well as XPeng’s next electric B-class sedan, with the start of production planned for Q3 2024. The high voltage hairpin (HVH) 220 eMotor offers high power and torque density,…

GM has hired Kurt Kelty, a former Tesla executive, to be vice president of batteries, reporting to GM President Mark Reuss. In this newly created role, GM said Kelty will be charged with GM’s battery cell strategy and a new end-to-end approach. This will include the use of raw materials, research, developing and investing in…

Canoo appointed two new members with experience in electric mobility, public policy, clean energy, technology and cybersecurity to the company’s board of directors. The appointments of Deborah Diaz and James Chen are effective immediately. Diaz previously served as chief technology officer and deputy chief information officer at…

Published: February 14, 2024 Monolith, an artificial intelligence (AI) software provider, partnered with About:Energy to develop pre-trained AI models in the Monolith platform using battery data from About:Energy. Taking data from numerous batteries, Monolith said these pre-trained models will enable more accurate, valuable predictions for battery degradation and thermal propagation, resulting in fewer tests,…

Unico, a provider of EV test solutions, completed the acquisition of Present Power Systems (PPS), an innovator in designing ultra-compact power electronics. Unico said this acquisition reinforces its commitment to broadening its market presence by expanding its current product portfolio in the standard electric vehicle (EV) testing market and adding new products in the battery testing and…

Published: February 11, 2024 Elywhere North America (ENA), headquartered in Portland, OR, began its North American operations and will work with Elywhere Norway to bring charging solutions to North America, the company said. Elywhere provides high-power charging stations, designed with integrated batteries, that can deliver up to 200 kW during charging sessions. For high-demand…

Published: February 9, 2024 Celgard, a subsidiary of Polypore International, allied with Æsir Technology, a manufacturing company that specializes in developing next-generation Nickel-Zinc battery technology. Together, Celgard and Æsir said they will collaborate on joint research projects to further develop high-technology next-generation Nickel-Zinc (Ni-Zn), Zinc-Air (Zn-Air), Lithium-Zinc (Li-Zn) and Sodium-Zinc (Na-Zn) batteries used primarily…

InductEV announced that Tim DeMoss has joined the wireless charging company as its first director of port & intermodal strategies. He joined after 17 years with the Port of Los Angeles, where he most recently served as an environmental affairs officer for the air quality section in the Port’s environmental management division. …

Monolith, an artificial intelligence (AI) software provider, partnered with About:Energy to develop pre-trained AI models in the Monolith platform using battery data from About:Energy. Taking data from numerous batteries, Monolith said these pre-trained models will enable more accurate, valuable predictions for battery degradation and thermal propagation, resulting in fewer tests, reduced testing costs, and improved…

Black Book introduced its electric vehicle (EV) valuations, dubbed Battery Adjusted Values, which incorporate battery condition adjustments based on data from Recurrent, an EV analytics platform. Using battery conditions derived from vehicle-specific information and battery data from thousands of similar vehicles from Recurrent’s database, Black Book said its Battery Adjusted Values will apply an additional…