With global demand for EVs growing at pace, the race is on for battery innovators to avert a supply crisis due to shortages of various elements found in the earth’s crust, such as nickel, cobalt and lithium, writes Ben Palmer, a partner and patent attorney at Withers & Rogers. Diminished availability of these much-needed raw materials, combined with growing concern ...
Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) and battery start-up Nyobolt have signed a deal to create high power density batteries for automotive power trains. “Niobium-powered lithium-ion battery technology from Nyobolt delivers a step change in power density, cycle life and fast charging capability,” according to Williams. “The technology has ideal attributes for high performance vehicles, such as motorsport. They are also relevant for ...
Delta-Q Technologies of Vancouver is combining a 3.3kW charger, a 500W d-dc converter and an electric vehicle charging station interface into one unit for building into vehicles with low-voltage batteries. Called XV3300, it will be available in 58.8V, 65V, and 120V models and can be combined in multiples up to 20kW. “Our team included a dc-dc converter for auxiliary dc loads, a ...
The worst thing in tech is investing in a technology just as it gets overtaken by a better one. Investing in bipolar when MOS was the coming technology, investing in NMOS when CMOS was gaining traction and investing in Mercury Communications – which started setting up phone boxes in the UK in 1986 and stopped in 1995 when it realised ...
When it comes to cars, electric motors can be incredibly light, efficient and powerful, writes Professor Peter Wilson of the University of Bath
A Swedish start-up is proposing a novel approach to charging electric vehicles. It is to use robotics to replace the vehicle’s battery with a pre-charged cell instead of charging through a power cord. This means the charging time can be cut to just three minutes, says the firm called Powerswap. Sten Corfitsen, founder of Powerswap, writes: “It is better if ...
Dyson is certainly an inspiration for UK-based tech firms. But is its plan to become an electric car maker realistic for a firm which is best known for vacuum cleaners? At least one observer believes the company has every chance of success in this new venture. Professor Jeremy Howells from the Kent Business School at the University of Kent, writes: ‘Today’s ...
A shift of emphasis to electric cars will raise supply challenges for both components suppliers and talent managers.
Plug-in electric vehicles are now being introduced globally and this is driving the demand for smart charging solutions.
Nottingham, Bristol, Milton Keynes and London have been awarded between £6m and £13m by the government to the take-up of plug-in electric cars across the UK. The winning cities will commit to providing rapid-charging hubs and street lighting that double as charge points. They will also ensure that electric cars have road privileges such as access to bus lanes in city ...
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