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• Sumitomo Chemical targets 2028 for halide solid electrolyte mass production – Sumitomo Chemical has not disclosed conductivity data for the halide electrolyte pictured here, developed with Kyoto University and Tottori University (Image courtesy of Sumitomo Chemical) Sumitomo Chemical plans to begin mass production of a halide-based solid electrolyte for EV batteries in fiscal 2028, multiple reports indicate. Its research relationship with Kyoto University and Tottori University […]
• Ford and Geely to build cars together in Valencia – The Ford-Geely joint venture puts a Chinese and an American automaker’s names on the same factory floor for the first time in Europe (Image courtesy of Ford) Ford and Geely will build a joint venture at Ford’s Valencia plant, with Ford holding 66 percent and Geely 34 percent. Pending regulatory approval, operations are expected to […]
• Airbus advances hybrid-electric aircraft architecture – The illustration visualises the internal electrical network at the centre of LEIA’s non-propulsive energy architecture rather than depicting a physical aircraft or test rig (Image courtesy of Airbus) Airbus and Collins Aerospace both confirmed on 22 July 2026, at Farnborough, that hybrid-electric hardware developed under the SWITCH project has completed subsystem testing and is moving […]
• Series hybrid generator for aviation lands at 380kW and 350kg – The propeller may be the visible part, but the real story sits behind it, in a 350kg generator built to replace it (Image courtesy of Helix) RED Aircraft and Helix have introduced a series hybrid generator for aviation that pairs a V12 diesel engine with a radial flux electric motor. The unit produces 380kW of […]
• Germany’s largest battery storage financing relies on tolling, not subsidies – This is what a subsidy-free balance sheet looks like on the ground, three hundred megawatts of capacity now spoken for years before commissioning (Image courtesy of ECO STOR) NORD/LB, one of Europe’s most active BESS lenders with multiple gigawatt‑hours of storage financed across the continent, structured this as one of its large‑scale German BESS financings. […]
• iVT Expo USA 2026 doubles down on autonomy and off-highway electrification – Live equipment demonstrations on the show floor give attendees a hands-on look at the telematics and hydraulic integration driving the technology conversation at iVT Expo USA 2026 (Images courtesy of iVT Expo USA) Autonomy is no longer a research exercise for off-highway OEMs. Construction, agriculture, mining, material handling and forestry manufacturers are working through how […]
• Proterra adds a US cell option to its Onyx battery – Modular battery platforms like this one are becoming the default architecture for heavy-duty electrification, not just an option among several (Image courtesy of Proterra) Proterra’s Onyx battery platform will offer a US cell option, with shipments starting in the first quarter of 2027, the company announced in May 2026. The move is intended to increase […]
• MAHLE EV thermal management gets a four-system portfolio – MAHLE’s electrification push increasingly plays out on public roads rather than trade show floors (Image courtesy of MAHLE) MAHLE has repackaged four previously announced electrification technologies, a bionic battery cooling plate, a combined SCT/MCT motor kit, a range extender system, and the HeatX Range+ heat recovery unit, into a single portfolio announcement. None of the […]
• Inside Mercedes-AMG’s axial flux motor architecture – The axial flux motor’s flat, disc-like geometry is what allows three units to fit inside the GT 4-Door Coupé’s compact drive units without the packaging penalty of a conventional radial flux motor (Image courtesy of Mercedes-Benz) Mercedes-Benz’s axial flux motor has entered series production for the first time, applied first in the AMG GT 4-Door […]
• Battery mixing technology from Eirich bridges lab testing and gigafactory production – Eirich’s modular slurry and pump skid design allows electrode mixing lines to scale from pilot installations to full gigafactory throughput without redesigning the core process (Image courtesy of Eirich) Eirich has built a battery electrode mixing portfolio that spans coin-cell scale laboratory testing through gigafactory production. The Hardheim-based mechanical engineering specialist points to an established […]