Category: Electrification

VW previews €25,000 EV with ID. 2all concept

Posted by Kevin Jost | Mar 15, 2023 | Design, Electrification, Vehicles

The concept car features an updated Volkswagen design language and MEB Entry platform with the spaciousness of a Golf at Polo affordability and up to a 450-km range for the 2025 production car.

Airstream and Studio F. A. Porsche debut trailer concept for new RV generation

Posted by Kevin Jost | Mar 10, 2023 | Design, Electrification, Vehicles

The concept integrates aerodynamics improvements and Airstream-firsts of garage-ability, lowering suspension, and insulated pop-up roof, with the lower towing ride height and lighter weight from composite materials optimized for towing with electric vehicles.

Lightship reveals L1 purpose-built all-electric RV

Posted by Kevin Jost | Mar 8, 2023 | Electrification, Startups, Vehicles

Tesla veterans are launching a solar-powered travel trailer with a high-capacity battery and self-propulsion system for a near-zero range loss for a towing vehicle, which will enable a better towing experience for the millions who have pre-ordered EV pickup trucks.

ZEN Yachts gets new support for solar-electric catamaran

Posted by Kevin Jost | Mar 3, 2023 | Business Development, Electrification, Vehicles

The solar-electric startup confirms Series A funding round from Ocean Zero and reveals the pre-sale of four ZEN50 catamarans using a lightweight carbon-fiber structure and a computer-operated Wingsail from French startup AYRO.

EV development pushes power electronics revolution

Posted by Kevin Jost | Mar 1, 2023 | Analysis, Electrification, Standards, Vehicles

According to Luke Gear of IDTechEx, passenger car electrical vehicle networks of 800 V and more—pioneered by Lucid, Porsche/Audi, and Hyundai/Kia—will eventually be the automotive standard, and the time has come for high-voltage wide bandgap materials like silicon carbide and gallium nitride for power electronics.

Zero gets Huge Design boost with SR-X concept

Posted by Kevin Jost | Feb 21, 2023 | Business Development, Design, Electrification, Vehicles

The two companies reimagine the future of powersports with the custom fabrication built from a stock SR/S premium electric motorcycle, possibly previewing another new model after Zero added an ADV model to its product line with the launch of the new DSR/X in the second half of last year.

Verge tackles U.S. market with unique in-wheel electric motorcycle

Posted by Kevin Jost | Feb 15, 2023 | Business Development, Electrification, Startups, Vehicles

The company revealed at CES that its highly anticipated electric motorcycles are coming to the U.S., the announcement getting a boost from the Petersen Automotive Museum that is showing the highest-performance version of its range of forward-thinking bikes with a unique hubless rear wheel.

Addionics unveils ‘world’s first’ 3D electrode manufacturing pilot line for EV batteries

Posted by Kevin Jost | Feb 14, 2023 | Business Development, Electrification, Startups

Unlike most battery tech companies focusing on chemistry, the Israel-based startup founded in 2018 focuses on improvements of the physical structure of the battery allowing the company to improve any type of battery including new technologies that have not yet been commercialized.

Juva Yachts hopes to build solar electric boat in 2023

Posted by Kevin Jost | Feb 13, 2023 | Electrification, Startups, Vehicles

With the launch of its first funding round, the company hopes to begin e/y 30 prototype production in April, completing the first boat in November, with plans calling for three battery pack sizes of 46, 70, or 93 kW·h and propulsion by two 15-kW propulsion pods from SeaDrive.

Fleets and the Inflation Reduction Act

Posted by Kevin Jost | Feb 3, 2023 | Analysis, Electrification, Infrastructure

Ethan Goldsmith, of Keyframe Capital Partners, L.P., writes about the four steps to secure the grid for electrification as the Inflation Reduction Act looks set to unleash more than $800 billion in spending and turn the U.S. into one of the world’s leading energy providers.