March 2022

The automotive supply chain is changing in response to the rise of electric vehicles. Batteries and electric motors are taking the place of combustion engines, and EV makers need to worry more about raw materials. Source link

That is why automakers are competing to enlist startups in the search for breakthroughs. The legacy metal-benders are betting these specialists have new battery know-how. Last year, Ford Motor Co. and BMW led a $130 million funding…

The Michigan Department of Transportation also announced a project this year, with plans to build a mile-long stretch of road with wireless charging capabilities in Detroit by 2023. That project is being spearheaded by Israeli startup…

The Roadie comprises modular battery packs that can be stacked to increase storage. The charger sits atop the stack. It has its own 3.7-kilowatt-hour battery and weighs 51 pounds; each battery provides 3.5 kWh of usable power and weighs…

"All these strategies … are open to you because you don't have those fundamental single-lane data restrictions," Grewe said. GM is now working on monitoring the battery platforms from a system level in addition to a local level, Grewe…

A soil-like blend of materials, black mass is composed of valuable graphite, nickel, lithium, cobalt and manganese that allow a battery to store energy. Li-Cycle is working to build a network of shredding facilities across major North…

Tesla is not alone in embracing the 4680 format. Panasonic has said it will make 4680 cells for Tesla at a plant in Japan. Japanese broadcaster NHK reported in March that Panasonic is also looking for U.S. land to build a battery…

Mercedes will build axial flux motors at a repurposed combustion engine factory in Berlin. The motors will power Mercedes-Benz's AMG electric-only platform and potentially other future models.Schäfer revealed that the axial motor would…

Ferrario revealed that Idra spent three years and just under $2 million to develop the giga press. But like many rule-breaking inventions, the first giga press Idra presented publicly, at an industrial trade fair in Germany in 2019, was…

The driver presses a button on the vehicle's dash screen, and the car autonomously backs itself into the bay. Lateral rollers, like the conveyors that move luggage through airport scanners, then precisely position the car above a…