CAMBRIDGE, England—Thermal management is critical for electric vehicle battery packs. Without it, fires are a constant threat. Unfortunately, that has been a thorn in the side of recent EV deployment efforts, says a new report from IDTechEx.
GORINCHEM, Holland—Damen Shipyards Group has launched the world’s first fully electric tugboat with a 70-ton pulling capacity at its facility in Song Cam, Vietnam.
FRONT ROYAL, VA—Silent Falcon UAS Technologies, an unmanned aircraft manufacturer, plans to establish an East Coast headquarters here at the Front Royal-Warren County Airport.
CASA GRANDE, AZ—Lucid Motor has completed construction of its new assembly plant here, which it claims is the “first greenfield, dedicated electric vehicle factory to be built in North America.”
TURIN, Italy—The body shop at Fiat’s flagship Mirafiori plant here has started to assemble the company’s first all-electric vehicle with Comau welding robots.
FELLBACH, Germany—Mahle GmbH has opened a new 3 million euro test facility here to develop e-axles and e-drive units for a wide range or electric and hybrid vehicles.
A century ago, vertical integration thrived at Ford Motor Co. Today, as the curtain starts to close on the golden age of the internal combustion engine, Ford is rethinking its strategy for building electric vehicle components in-house.
DARMSTADT, Germany—Engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability have developed a lightweight battery pack made out of carbon-fiber composites that weighs 40 percent less than traditional aluminum enclosures.
The humble busbar is one of the least glamorous components in an electric vehicle. But, it's essential for distributing power from battery packs to e-motors, e-axles and other devices.
MUNICH—The BMW Group is speeding up the shift toward electromobility and strengthening its global production network. As part of the 400 million euro initiative, the automaker is retooling its assembly plants for an electrified future.
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