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The Western Australian government is in the process of fully electrifying the Transperth network of buses. The federal and state governments will jointly invest A$250 million to replace diesel buses with locally built electric buses while upgrading depots with the needed charging infrastructure. Some 173 electric buses
Shell is a player the EV charging infrastructure industry in Germany, where it currently operates more than 2,400 charging points. Now the oil giant is working with Amazon to help charge the retail giant’s electric heavy-duty trucks at dedicated truck charging hubs in Hannover, Kirchheim and Koblenz. Amazon currently o
US charge point operator PowerUp America has been selected to receive four new funding awards through the North Carolina DOT’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. The company will use the funding to bring public DC fast charging stations to Chocowinity, Plymouth, Wadesboro and Whiteville, communiti
Cabot will use a modified $50 million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to expand domestic production of battery conductive additives at its existing plants in Franklin, Louisiana, and Pampa, Texas. The company plans to invest about $75 million of its own alongside the grant. The grant originally backed a Ca
EV charging infrastructure provider Green Water & Power (GWP), has announced a milestone in its partnership with EV charging hardware manufacturer Autel Energy: the installation of more than 10,000 Autel EV chargers nationwide since 2023. GWP has worked closely with Autel Energy to deploy commercial charging solutions
TUAL, a developer of charging solutions for commercial EVs, has rolled out its PowerUp Charger technology at three SP Energy Networks sites in the UK, following a successful pilot at Middlewich in Cheshire. SP Energy Networks, operator of a regional electrical transmission and distribution network, will use TUAL’s batt
UK parcel delivery company DPD is in the process of taking delivery of 341 new Mercedes-Benz eSprinters. The vans are scheduled to be operational by the end of October, in time for what is expected to be a record-breaking peak Christmas period for DPD. The addition of the new eSprinters, which will be deployed across..
As the DC fast charging market matures, it’s becoming apparent that distributed charging systems are best for some applications, while all-in-one chargers are the best fit for others. EVSE manufacturer Alpitronic offers both options. In 2025, Alpitronic unveiled its HYC1000 distributed charging system, which features a
Amazon has taken delivery of 27 Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 battery-electric trucks in Germany, the first part of a total order of 50 units that will be delivered by the end of 2026. In early 2025, Amazon and Mercedes-Benz Trucks signed a contract for more than 200 eActros trucks. In the UK, where the majority of... Read
ProLogium Technology has begun mass production of its Gen 3.5 Lithium Ceramic Battery (LCB) at the company’s plant in Taiwan. According to a recent third-party TÜV test, the 185.4 Ah large-format cell delivers 381 Wh/kg specific energy and 903 Wh/L energy density. UL Solutions tested the cell under China’s GB/T 43568-2
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DB HiTek has completed reliability qualification for its 1,200 V silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET process on 8-inch (200 mm) wafers, and the South Korean foundry is preparing for volume production in 2027. It says it has established the world's first complete 1,200 V 8-inch SiC foundry process flow, giving it a service pla
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