February 2022

Benefits of advanced isolated packaging in high-power battery charging designs

Sponsored by Littelfuse By Dr. Martin Schulz, Global Principal, Application Engineering, Littelfuse and Philippe Di Fulvio, Business Development Manager, Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, Littelfuse For greater consumer acceptance of electric vehicles (EVs), designers need to solve the challenge of fast charging to minimize vehicle downtime, especially for long-distance driving. To achieve fast charging, designers need to […]

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Our Next Energy tests 750-mile prototype battery in a Tesla Model S

A two-year-old Michigan startup, Our Next Energy (ONE), has built a prototype battery pack that recently propelled a modified Tesla Model S for 752 miles. John Voelcker, writing in Car and Driver, reports that ONE retrofitted the car with a pack that stores twice the energy of Tesla’s original, and fits in exactly the same

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First drive review: Volkswagen ID.4 AWD shows the way toward EV fun for millions

Modularity has been a mantra for Volkswagen as it ramps up toward its stated goal of “electric vehicles for millions, not millionaires.” Its MEB platform is a flexible foundation for the ID.4 electric crossover you can get now, for the eagerly anticipated electric Microbus reboot, and for many more EVs yet to arrive. The approach

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Tesla Model X Plaid just did a quarter-mile test, and it’s faster than a Ford GT

It’s one thing to witness a large family sedan beat hypercars on the drag strip, but it’s a completely different experience to see a six-seat SUV complete the quarter-mile at a time that’s faster than one of America’s most iconic supercars. This was definitely the case for the Model X Plaid, whose real-world quarter-mile performance

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