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Webinar: Hidden defects, high stakes - CT inspection for EV batteries and components
6+ hour, 17+ min ago (305+ words) As electric vehicle manufacturers scale production, quality teams face a difficult challenge: critical defects are often hidden inside batteries, castings, connectors, welds, electronics, and other high-value components. Traditional inspection methods can miss internal issues, require destructive teardown, or create bottlenecks…...
As the UK's battery sector shifts from innovation to industrialisation, Battery Cells & Systems Expo puts scale-up centre stage
7+ hour, 33+ min ago (168+ words) Posted July 2, 2026 by Chloe Theobald & filed under Newswire, The Tech, The Vehicles. The UK's battery industry is entering a new phase. Attention is increasingly shifting from developing breakthrough technologies to proving they can be manufactured, scaled and commercialised. As investment…...
Soitec and Zen Semi partner to mass-produce 300 mm BCD-on-SOI power ICs
23+ hour, 18+ min ago (175+ words) Posted July 1, 2026 by Chris Ruoff & filed under Newswire, The Tech. Soitec and Zen Semi have formed a strategic collaboration to bring 300 mm BCD-on-SOI (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS on Silicon-on-Insulator) technology into high-volume production for power electronics. Soitec will supply its 300 mm Power-SOI substrates…...
Kalmar wins orders for four electric reach stackers in China
23+ hour, 5+ min ago (234+ words) Charged EVs Cargo-handling machinery manufacturer Kalmar has concluded agreements with customers in Inner Mongolia, Tianjin, Shanghai and Hong Kong to supply a total of four electric reach stackers The reach stackers were manufactured at Kalmar's Shanghai plant, which was recently…...
American Battery Leadership Coalition forms to push US sodium-ion policy
23+ hour, 6+ min ago (283+ words) Charged EVs A group of US sodium-ion battery companies has formed a coalition to lobby Washington for federal policy support, arguing that the chemistry is the country's best near-term path to a battery supply chain that does not depend on…...
Wallbox's new Pulsar Pro helps to facilitate EV charging reimbursement
23+ hour, 4+ min ago (293+ words) Posted July 1, 2026 by Charles Morris & filed under Fleets and Infrastructure, Newswire, The Infrastructure. Wallbox has launched a new Level 2 EV charger that's designed to simplify EV charging reimbursement. Wallbox explains that, as EV charging becomes more prevalent in workplace and…...
Ace Hardware franchise operator becomes second US retailer to distribute FCL-X battery fire suppression agent
23+ hour, 50+ min ago (235+ words) Posted July 1, 2026 by Nicole Willing & filed under Newswire, The Tech. An Ace Hardware franchise operator in Georgia has become the second US retail partner to carry FCL-X, Full Circle Lithium's battery fire suppression agent, expanding consumer access to residential markets....
APM Terminals Los Angeles orders 40 more Orange EV electric terminal tractors
23+ hour, 53+ min ago (347+ words) Posted July 1, 2026 by Nicole Willing & filed under Fleets and Infrastructure, Newswire, The Infrastructure. APM Terminals Los Angeles (Pier 400) has ordered 40 HUSK-e XP battery-electric terminal tractors from Orange EV, expanding an existing fleet relationship to bring Pier 400s total electric terminal tractor…...
Vishay's VOLA617 A optocoupler brings 1, 000 V isolation to 800 V EV batteries
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (168+ words) Posted June 30, 2026 by Chris Ruoff & filed under Newswire, The Tech. The optocoupler operates from -40" C to +125" C and has a junction temperature capability up to +145" C. Coupling capacitance is low at 0. 5 p F, and Vishay says the part offers high common-mode…...
Sensata's Active + Passive Pyro Fuse combines two triggers qfor high-voltage protection
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (227+ words) Sensata's Active + Passive Pyro Fuse combines two triggers for high-voltage protection Charged EVs Sensata Technologies has launched the Active + Passive Pyro Fuse, a high-voltage protection device that combines two fault-interruption mechanisms in a single unit The STPS500 P series pairs active,…...