September 2021

NIO’s new standard-range battery uses both ternary lithium and LFP cells

NIO has launched a new battery type. New NIO EVs will now be available with a choice of the 100 kWh long-range ternary lithium battery pack or the new 75 kWh standard-range hybrid-cell battery. Models equipped with the new pack will be delivered to customers starting in November. The 75 kWh standard-range battery features a […]

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Microchip Technology releases new 1,200-volt digital gate driver

Microchip Technology has developed a new 1,200 V digital gate driver, providing system developers with multiple levels of control and protection. The 2ASC-12A2HP AgileSwitch gate driver provides multiple levels of control and a higher level of protection for silicon carbide MOSFET-based power systems.  The company says its new gate drivers have the ability to dampen

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Rolls-Royce Spectre due in 2023 will lead brand all-electric by 2030

The British ultra-luxury brand Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, owned by Germany’s BMW, has confirmed a model name—Spectre—an arrival time of late 2023, and much more for its first electric car. That part fulfills a promise already made by the brand’s CEO, although perhaps to a stepped-up timeline. But a larger statement took top… Source: Green Car

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Buying a Polestar is as easy as a Tesla, but with real customer service

Buying a Polestar has been billed by the automaker as simple as a few clicks on a smartphone. How very Tesla like. In reality, there are some slight growing pains as the new EV brand takes advantage of its relationship with an established automaker, Volvo. But the slick process first modeled by Tesla is coming

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Ford CEO Jim Farley is not ready to give up his ICE cars for an all-EV garage just yet

In what could only be described as a stroke of irony, Ford CEO Jim Farley has noted that he is not ready to give up his internal combustion engine-powered cars just yet. This is quite ironic considering that Ford as a company has been showing signs that it is going full throttle in its electric

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