General Motors’ EV Battery Assault Is Just Getting Started
InsideEVs
JUNE 24, 2025
The automaker is actively exploring solid-state and sodium-ion EV batteries, alongside a total of seven different anode and cathode chemistries.
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InsideEVs
JUNE 24, 2025
The automaker is actively exploring solid-state and sodium-ion EV batteries, alongside a total of seven different anode and cathode chemistries.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 3, 2022
Toyota Motor is introducing the O-Uchi Kyuden System, a home storage battery system based on its electrified vehicle battery technology. The O-Uchi Kyuden System uses electrified vehicle battery technology such as Toyota’s battery control to provide a rated capacity of 8.7 kWh and a rated output of 5.5
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Green Car Congress
JANUARY 30, 2023
The second-generation Toyota C-HR will be produced at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey (TMMT) in Sakarya—about 150 km east of Istanbul. In addition, TMMT will be Toyota’s first European plant to start producing plug-in hybrid vehicles, and the first to be equipped with a battery production line.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 3, 2023
TEPCO HD) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have developed a stationary storage battery system (1 MW output, 3 MWh capacity) that combines TEPCO’s operating technology and safety standards for stationary storage batteries and Toyota’s system technology for electrified vehicle storage batteries.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Magna has secured new business from General Motors (GM) to supply battery enclosures on the all-new 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV. Clair, Michigan, where it already produces the battery enclosure for the GMC HUMMER EV. Magna is also making battery enclosures for the Ford F-150 Lightning. F150 Lightning battery enclosure.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 17, 2023
Stellantis’s Jeep brand is introducing the battery-electric Jeep Avenger ( earlier post ) in Europe. Jeep Avenger was unveiled at the 2022 Paris Motor Show in October; 20,000 units have been sold since the opening of orders for the 1st Edition on 1 Dec 2022 and then the full lineup on 11 Jan 2023. kWh per 100 km in the WLTP cycle.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Nidec Corporation announced that its in-wheel motor has been adopted for the first time for ???01(Huan 01(Huan Dian Shou 01), Yadea’s latest model, is part of the series corresponding to the battery replacement system of Gogoro Inc., Nidec’s in-wheel motor for electric motorcycles (maximum output: 48V/2.8kW) adopted for???01(Huan
Green Car Congress
MARCH 9, 2023
The demand for domestically produced and sustainably sourced battery metals has grown at a near insatiable rate over recent years, as the domestic manufacturing capacity of lithium-ion batteries has grown exponentially from less than 50 GWh/year to now more than 700 GWh/year of operational and announced capacity.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 13, 2022
billion loan to Ultium Cells LLC to help finance the construction of new lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan. The announcement marks LPO’s first closed loan exclusively for a battery cell manufacturing project under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) program.
Green Car Congress
MAY 24, 2023
Factorial, a developer of solid-state battery technology for electric vehicle (EV) applications, has received the UN 38.3 safety certification for its large format automotive solid-state batteries. This makes Factorial the first Li-metal solid-state battery maker to successfully receive certification that covers 100+Ah cell.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 10, 2023
A team of MIT engineers is developing a 1MW motor that could be a key stepping stone toward electrifying larger aircraft. The motor under design is a 1-MW, air-cooled, outer-rotor, Halbach-array PMSM. The motor could then turn the electrical energy into mechanical work to power a plane’s propellers.
InsideEVs
JUNE 4, 2025
Ford and General Motors are racing to develop a new type of electric vehicle battery. One engineer labeled it as LFP of the West.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 20, 2022
billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. Group14 Technologies , Commercial Manufacturing of a Stable Silicon Anode Material Towards Fostering a Strong US Battery Supply Chain, $100,000,000.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 2, 2023
Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) signed a definitive agreement with Tata Motors’ fully owned subsidiary, TML CV Mobility Solutions Ltd. Tata Motors has steadily worked to engineer mobility solutions powered by alternate fuel technology, including battery-electric, hybrid, CNG, LNG and Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 22, 2023
China-based Dongfeng Motor (DFM) has launched two new passenger cars powered by ProteanDrive Pd18 in-wheel motors. Unveiled at the event was the E70, the world’s first fully homologated passenger car equipped with ProteanDrive, alongside the Voyah Zhuiguang, a luxury sedan built on a new vehicle platform using in-wheel-motors.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 25, 2023
Technology group Wärtsilä will power the biggest battery electric ship yet built with its battery-electric propulsion system and waterjets. The uniquely designed vessel will be fully battery powered, with e-motor driven Wärtsilä waterjets as the main propulsors. The order with Wärtsilä was booked in July 2023.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 8, 2022
Tata Motors, India’s leading automobile manufacturer, launched the newest member of its EV family this past week: the Tiago.ev. Equipped with a permanent magnet synchronous motor, Tiago.ev Equipped with a permanent magnet synchronous motor, Tiago.ev —Shailesh Chandra, Managing Director, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd.,
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Israeli startup EVR Motors has partnered with India’s EKA Mobility, an electric vehicles and technology company, a subsidiary of Pinnacle Industries Limited, to design small, lightweight electric motors for their e-buses and Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) in India. EVR will support the setup of EKA’s assembly line.
InsideEVs
MAY 13, 2025
LMR battery chemistry will unlock weight savings, more range and lower costs, General Motors claims.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Atlis Motor Vehicles (Atlis), a vertically integrated start-up EV company developing an electric work truck and the batteries and motors to drive it, signed a collaborative agreement with ArcelorMittal, the leading producer of automotive steels, to help speed its product development. 14,000 lbs., and 17,000 lbs. 14,000 lbs.,
DIY Electric Car
JUNE 8, 2025
Anyone happen to have recommendations for battery modules to build a 96 or 88v pack @ 4kWh and a current that can sustain 400amps? Project Overview: ATV Battery Build Building a 2001 Polaris Sportsman with a motor driven off the transmission. Battery Recomendations -- ATV build 88V, 96V I am looking a buying.
Green Car Congress
JULY 6, 2022
The automotive supplier MAHLE has developed what it says is the most durable electric motor available: the superior continuous torque (SCT) E-motor. The traction motor can run indefinitely with high performance due to its new cooling concept. Building large electric motors that deliver short-term high performance is easy.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 11, 2022
UK-based Electrofit introduced its first electric crate motor, the 100 kW CM100KW1, with a launch offer of £5,250 (US$5,800) + VAT. The motor can be used to drive an existing gearbox directly or has the option of being connected to an OEM single-speed transmission. Motor Torque (N·m). Motor Torque (N·m).
Green Car Congress
MAY 10, 2022
Hyundai Motor Company plans to ramp up the US commercial vehicle market entry with XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks. At the 2022 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, Hyundai Motor will share the progress of the NorCAL ZERO Project. million km as of 30 April 2022.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 6, 2023
Infinitum, creator of the air core motor ( earlier post ), introduced Aircore Mobility, a next-generation, axial flux propulsion and traction motor designed to sustainably power passenger and commercial electric vehicles, as well as aviation, marine, construction, agricultural machines and auxiliary applications.
DIY Electric Car
JUNE 28, 2025
2) A previous strategy was to buy off-the-shelf components: A 9" DC motor, a controller, etc and buy batteries to assemble into a pack. (3) 3) Another strategy was to find a suitable forklift motor and more. Leaf conversions vs off-the-shelf components vs forklift motor Now it seems outdated. (1)
Green Car Congress
MAY 16, 2023
E-Tourneo Courier is fitted with a 100 kW (136 PS) e‑motor, further enhanced using a selectable one-pedal driving mode. Occupants also benefit from improved shoulder room and headroom, as well as a range of convenient stowage options including a configurable center console, hidden trunk cubby and 44-liter frunk.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 6, 2023
The Ram Truck brand introduced its Ram 1500 Revolution Battery-electric Vehicle (BEV) Concept at CES 2023. Based on the company’s STLA Frame platform, the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept features a body-on-frame design that incorporates the battery pack efficiently.
EV Central
JUNE 19, 2025
GM’s top EV battery guru, Andy Oury, believes we could switch to a hydrogen-based economy in the future, if we could build enough renewable energy to run it. That’s because – as Oury is at pains to point out – the lithium that currently powers electric vehicles, and other batteries, is almost as abundant as hydrogen anyway.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 10, 2022
Hitachi Metals has verified in simulations that by optimizing the design of motors that use its high-performance ferrite magnet NMF 15 (hereinafter “ferrite magnet motors” earlier post ), they are able to achieve the same level of output as traction motors for xEV that use neodymium magnets.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 2, 2023
ZF has developed an electric motor which does not require magnets. In contrast to the magnet-free concepts of separately excited synchronous motors (SESM) already available today, ZF’s I 2 SM (In-Rotor Inductive-Excited Synchronous Motor) transmits the energy for the magnetic field via an inductive exciter inside the rotor shaft.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 20, 2023
Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has started building an initial development model of a lunar exploration mobility rover in tandem with aerospace partners. Hyundai Motor Group has consistently stated its goal is to contribute to expanding human reach and the scope of human mobility experiences.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 9, 2022
Hyundai Motor Group will pilot a RoboRide car-hailing service in Gangnam in Seoul, South Korea, utilizing IONIQ 5 battery-electric vehicles (BEV) with in-house developed level 4 autonomous driving technology. —Woongjun Jang, Senior Vice President and Head of the Autonomous Driving Center of Hyundai Motor Group.
DIY Electric Car
JUNE 27, 2025
The Zilla Z1K-HV motor controller kit is perfect for high performance DC powered EV builds. This kit includes the following: Z1K-HV 1000a, 72-300VDC RevZ1470 Motor Controller. The Z1K-HV can regulate up to 1000 Amps of motor current and runs on lead acid battery packs of 72 to 300 volts nominal.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 15, 2023
Sacrilege Motors, a bespoke performance, restoration and electric-conversion studio, is partnering with UK-based powertrain supplier Fellten , a designer and manufacturer of systems used in converting classic cars into electric vehicles. 370 kW Tesla motor, single-speed gearbox with 0-60 in 4.5 63 kWh of battery for 200-mile range.
Green Car Congress
MAY 22, 2022
Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors unveiled their first jointly developed light electric vehicles (EVs)—the Sakura and the eK X EV (pronounced “eK cross EV”), —in Japan. The line-off ceremony took place at the Mitsubishi Motors’ Mizushima Plant in Kurashiki City, Okayama Pref., Japan, where the vehicle is produced.
DIY Electric Car
JUNE 23, 2025
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Green Car Congress
MARCH 28, 2023
Schaeffler has begun production of its electric wheel hub motors; three manufacturers of compact municipal vehicles are gearing up to incorporate the motors into their production lines in the coming months. The wheel hub motor, including the gearbox, is very compact, fitting inside a 14-inch rim.
CleanTechnica EVs
MAY 14, 2025
LMR EV batteries shave costs on materials and other battery components, while performing as well and lasting as long as more expensive high-nickel batteries. The post GM, Ford Tease New Game Changing LMR EV Batteries … But Where Is Waldo? appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Green Car Congress
MAY 20, 2022
Its hybrid electric and hydrogen powertrain aims to reduce downtime related to energy recharging while reducing the carbon footprint, including the battery. Renault Scénic Vision is zero emission in production and in use with a 75% smaller carbon footprint than a conventional battery electric vehicle.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
VIA Motors, a provider of electric drive technology and sustainable mobility solutions for a wide variety of Class 2 – 5 electric commercial vehicles applications, has received a purchase order for 2,000 Class 3 VIA electric cutaway chassis cabs from Pegasus Specialty Vehicles.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 15, 2023
Aisin Corporation is developing an ultrahigh-efficiency motor using NANOMET jointly with Tohoku Magnet Institute (TMI), in which Aisin invested in June last year. TMI’s strengths lie in research and development of optimal compositions for motors and technological development of optimal foil manufacturing.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 17, 2023
Another first is that the second-generation permanent magnet electric motor driving the rear axles for the fully electric C40 and XC40 models has been developed in-house at Volvo Cars. The range of the C40 Recharge single motor meanwhile improves up to 476 kilometers from 438 kilometers (WLTP). The return of rear-wheel power.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 26, 2023
GV60 was the first model across the entire Hyundai Motor Group to feature the E-GMP platform, including model derivatives including the Kia EV6 and Ioniq 5. GV60 features the firm’s compact Power Electric (PE) system, which consists of the motor, an EV transmission and inverter. Capable of providing a 3.7
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