MG’s SolidCore Battery: Why Semi-Solid State Is the Smarter Path to Production
MG announced that its new SolidCore semi‑solid‑state battery will debut in the MG4 EV Urban, marking what the company calls the first mass‑produced semi‑solid battery. The architecture blends a lithium‑manganese‑oxide (LMO) cathode with a thin liquid fraction—about 5% of cell weight—while retaining a semi‑solid electrolyte shield. First‑gen cells deliver roughly 180 Wh/kg, comparable to LFP, with a roadmap targeting 368 Wh/kg and over 500 Wh/kg in later generations. MG claims the design simplifies manufacturing, improves safety, and eliminates the need for pre‑heat thermal management in cold climates.
Battery Debonding
Henkel introduced a debonding‑on‑demand adhesive system that lets electric‑vehicle batteries be repaired, upgraded, or recycled without destroying the pack structure. The technology works via thermal or electrical triggers, enabling clean separation of cells, modules, and cooling components in integrated cell‑to‑pack...
BYD’s FLASH Charging Is an Exercise in Systems Engineering
BYD unveiled a flash‑charging system that can deliver up to 1.5 MW, enabling a 10%‑to‑70% charge in five minutes and 10%‑to‑97% in nine minutes for the Denza Z9GT equipped with a 122 kWh Blade 2.0 battery. The technology combines a FlashPass ion‑transport battery...
Why Axial Flux Motors Are Opening up New Possibilities for Off-Highway Electrification
Turntide has unveiled a new “semi-integrated” Electric Drive Unit that pairs an axial‑flux motor with a gearbox and a flexible inverter placement. The axial‑flux design delivers two to four times the power and torque for a given volume, while operating...
New Battery Design for Longer-Range EVs
University of Surrey researchers unveiled a silicon‑coated carbon‑nanotube (VISiCNT) anode that can be produced via roll‑to‑roll manufacturing in just seven minutes. The design delivers up to 3.5 Ah kg⁻¹ (≈3500 mAh g⁻¹) reversible capacity, far surpassing the 370 mAh g⁻¹ of conventional graphite anodes, while maintaining...
Smaller Modules but with Greater Power
Texas Instruments introduced IsoShield, a packaging technology that integrates a planar transformer and isolated power stage into a single System-in-Package. The UCC34141‑Q1 module delivers up to three times the power density of traditional discrete solutions while shrinking the footprint by...
Lithium Metal Battery Tops 1270 Wh/L
Researchers from POSTECH, KAIST and Gyeongsang National University have demonstrated an anode‑free lithium‑metal pouch cell that reaches a volumetric energy density of 1,270 Wh/L, roughly double the ~650 Wh/L of today’s lithium‑ion EV batteries. The breakthrough relies on a reversible host infused...
Flyback Converter for E-Bike Chargers
Power Integrations has upgraded its TOPSwitch flyback converter with a gallium‑nitride (GaN) transistor, boosting the maximum output from 250 W to 450 W for e‑bike chargers. The new control algorithm flattens efficiency across the load range, losing only about 10% at very...
Fleet-Level Battery State of Health
A joint report by TÜV Nord and Carly analyzed roughly 50,000 electric‑vehicle battery state‑of‑health (SoH) readings, finding a median SoH of 96% and only 9.9% of cars below the 85% threshold. The study reveals a sharp degradation acceleration after about...
Closing the Compliance Gap: Validating EV Chargers Ahead of ISO 15118-20
The European Union’s Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation now mandates that all new or upgraded AC and DC EV chargers support ISO 15118‑20 by January 2027, requiring TLS 1.3 mutual authentication, Plug‑and‑Charge and bidirectional power transfer. However, formal conformance test plans for the AC...
Improving Magnetic Performance in EV Motors
Researchers at South Korea’s DGIST have merged spark plasma sintering with grain‑boundary diffusion to produce Nd‑Fe‑B permanent magnets that achieve uniform diffusion throughout the bulk. The new process creates a core‑shell microstructure, enabling near‑theoretical density and a post‑sinter heat treatment...
Microgrid Design for Shipping
Finnish researcher Timo Alho at the University of Vaasa has created a distributed power‑management strategy for electric vessels that prevents blackouts by letting each device monitor DC‑link voltage and act autonomously. The approach replaces the traditional slow, centralized automation system...
Proactive AI for EV Charging
Denmark‑based Monta has embedded an AI layer into its EV charging platform, analyzing data from over 260,000 charge points and 3 million monthly sessions. The system continuously surfaces anomalies, recommends actions such as firmware updates, and even answers natural‑language queries about...
An Electrically Powered Gyroplane for Urban Air Traffic
German researchers from DLR and RWTH Aachen are developing an electrically powered gyroplane under the S2TOL project, featuring two propulsion motors and a pre‑rotation motor. Two variants—open propellers and ducted Jetpeller fans—have demonstrated sufficient static thrust for a 450 kg two‑seater,...
Turntide’s Semi‑integrated Electric Drive Powers Off‑highway Electrification
Turntide unveiled a semi‑integrated Electric Drive Unit (EDU) that pairs an axial‑flux motor with a gearbox and a flexible inverter placement for off‑highway vehicles. The motor’s pancake shape delivers two‑to‑four times the power density of conventional radial‑flux designs, while thermal‑fluid...