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Delta has created a 500kW electric vehicle charger for trucks and busses. Called UFC500, it uses silicon carbide power transistors and charges two smaller vehicles simultaneously at up to 250kW each, or one vehicle at 460kW. The exterior design meets IP55 and IK10, and cables are top-mounted to reduce the changes of damage, on a moving arm to extend reach ...

While lithium ion cells have many wonderful characteristics, one of the great limitations is that they cannot be charged below 0°C. This statement, it turns out, is slightly glib as there is one Li-ion chemistry that can handle it: lithium titanate, it is usually called. And just a note here: not all lithium titanate cells are so blessed. One manufacturer ...

Panasonic has launched a series of 70A PCB-mount power relays designed to US standards “The HE-R2A relay series is suited for modern wall box designs, and we are happy that we can offer a UL508-compliant sibling of the HE-R type for European four-phase systems, enabling the consolidation of switching functions onto PCBs with space savings,” said Panasonic product manager Bernd ...

Lem has introduced a pair of mains residual current monitors for electric vehicle charging that have both digital and analogue outputs. One monitors single-phase live and neutral (CDSR 0.07-TP, photo right), while the other monitors three phases and neutral (CDSR 0.07-NP, photo below). “Because electric vehicles use a high voltage battery, they are also a high-power energy source. This needs ...

Hyundai uses 800V batteries in some of its electric vehicles, but not all road-side chargers have an 800V option, so some sort of 400V to 800V inverter is required in the vehicle. And for fast charging, that has to handle a heck of a lot of current – maybe 200A. Rather than have a separate box, and noting that vehicle ...

Current sensor maker LEM now has French national approval for its DCBM 400/600 electric vehicle rapid charger billing meter. “Is the first of its kind to be certified in France by Laboratoire national de métrologie et d’essais, the country’s national laboratory for metrology and testing,” said LEM. “DCBM 400/600 facilitates kWh billing integration into the electric vehicle market for rapid ...

The UK Government has announced the companies that will be funded to develop vehicle-to-anything (V2X) energy transfer projects. Funded is via the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and Innovate-UK. Malvern-based bi-directional EV charger company Indra is in two of the winning consortia: in Next Generation V2X Power Module to improve its charger, and in V2X Inflexion with ...

Nordic Semiconductor has announced a power management IC for devices with Bluetooth Low Energy interfaces that includes battery charging and four regulated power outputs. To be called nPM1300, it is to emerge in 3.1 x 2.4mm WL-CSP or 5 x 5mm QFN packaging and be controllable over an I2C compatible interface. “The interface provides access to system management functions such ...

Fluke is simulating an electric vehicle attached to a charging station with its latest tester. Called the FEV300, it allows the output of a Mode 3 ac charger with connector types 1 and 2 to be tested in accordance with IEC/HD 60364-7-722 and IEC/EN 61851-1. The stations provide a one or three phase supply at 230 or 400V. Mode 3 ...

Infineon has introduced an ac-dc controller IC for battery charging up to 130W. Called ICC80QSG, it is a single-stage PWM controller for fly-back converters, intended to be used with one of the company’s P7 super-junction mosfets as a power switch. As is common amongst similar controllers, multiple modes are used to balance efficiency and EMI performance as loads vary – ...