North America’s largest electric wheel loader: HEVI H65L arrives at dealers

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Hevi Unleashes North America's Largest All-Electric Wheel Loader, the H65L

With an operating weight scratching at 50,000 lbs., the recently revealed HEVI H65L is the largest battery electric wheel loader available in the North American market today.

The new HEVI H65L has a rated load capacity of more than 14,300 lbs., a bucket capacity of 5.5 cubic yards, and more than 47,000 pound-feet of breakout force. That compares favorably with the new L120 Electric from Volvo CE (which, itself, has an operating weight starting at 41,887 lbs.) and other similarly sized electric equipment from China.

“This marks another major achievement for us, as we introduce North America’s largest all-electric wheel loader,” explains Raymond Wang, CEO of the HEVI equipment brand. “The purpose-designed H65L meets customer demands with extended runtime, faster charging, and cutting-edge display technology.”

More data, faster charging

That “cutting edge” display provides operators real-time information about the H65L’s operational status, including battery levels, pressure readings, and more.

On the “range” side of the equation, HEVI says the H65L’s 423 kWh battery pack is good for up to nine hours of continuous operation – enough for two shifts before it needs to be plugged into a J1772/CCS connector. About 2.5 hours of DC fast charging at 120 kW is good enough to charge the batteries from 10 to 80% by my math (HEVI claims 0-100% in four hours). Overnight AC charging is also available, but the real win here (I think) is the noise reduction compared to diesel.

HEVI says operators in the climate-controlled cab of the new electric wheel loader will experience noise levels less than 75 decibels under full load, similar to that of a vacuum cleaner or dishwasher running. The sound level when standing 15 feet away from the HEVI loader is 67 decibels (about as loud as the conversation in a restaurant, or just 1/8 the noise levels found at a conventional construction site).

“Building on our legacy of zero-emission, all-electric industrial vehicles, the game-changing H65L delivers high performance while offering zero emissions, reduced operating and maintenance costs, lower noise levels, and enhanced operator comfort,” continues Wang. “Added together, this is an important expansion of our fast growing industrial electric vehicle portfolio that strengthens our competitive position and, we believe, will help us build shareholder value.”

Electrek’s Take

HEVI is one of the few construction equipment companies with an all-electric lineup, and they’re planning to roll these out through a growing network of national equipment dealers – a move that, I think, will help give them an edge over companies trying a D2C approach.

That said, one of the biggest obstacles to broader fleet electrification remains availability of electrified assets. A fleet like PITT Ohio that wants to order 100 electric Volvo Trucks might have to wait eighteen months or more, when a comparable diesel order may take six months to fill. The same is true on the equipment side, and HEVI’s eventual success or failure may depend on whether or not it can get its products into the hands of customers fast enough.

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Nissan Leaf batteries get second life at automaker's headquarters

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Nissan Leaf batteries get second life at automaker's headquarters

Nissan Leaf batteries are getting a second life
Nissan expects to use the battery packs from about 50-60 Leafs
The project is projected to reduce yearly carbon dioxide emissions by up to 3.7 tons

Used Nissan Leaf batteries will help power the automaker’s U.S. headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee.

The automaker announced Thursday that it is adding two battery systems at its headquarters, located just outside Nashville, which will be charged during off-peak times and will supply power during periods of peak electricity demand, helping to balance the grid by keeping electricity demand from the office building more consistent while reducing emissions.

Peak shaving with Nissan Leaf second life batteries

The installation consists of two assemblies using battery components from an estimated 50-60 Leaf electric vehicles. One contains multiple 40-kwh Leaf battery packs adding up to a total capacity of 500 kwh, while the other uses individual modules.

Nissan expects annual carbon dioxide emissions reductions of up to 3.7 tons per year from the project. Technicians will study the battery installations for at least one year, with a particular focus on how used batteries work together despite different states of health. The automaker will also work with Middle Tennessee Electric to study potential demand response uses, similar to projects already being undertaken by General Motors and Ford, to reduce electricity demand from fossil-fuel power plants.

Nissan U.S. headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee

This isn’t the first second-life battery project Nissan has undertaken. In 2015 the automaker unveiled a plan to provide used Leaf battery packs for stationary energy storage units in the U.S., and it’s experimented with the idea in Europe and Japan as well. Other automakers have done the same. Porsche, for example, is using Taycan batteries to help power one of its factories.

The focus on EV batteries’ second life assumes that many batteries will be left over once the cars they’re installed in reach the end of their usable lives. But it may take some time for the EV fleet to reach a large enough size to supply batteries for anything other than modest projects like this Nissan effort. And with fluctuating raw materials prices and the geopolitical and environmental issues surrounding their sourcing, there’s some debate about whether reuse or recycling is the better option.

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Lightning fast charger: Fortescue 6 MW DCFC for electric heavy equipment

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Lightning fast charger: Fortescue 6 MW DCFC for electric heavy equipment

Fortescue’s 6MW electric vehicle charger stuns the EV and mining industries

Global mining and metals company Fortescue is driving the technology behind massive, all electric heavy equipment solutions with an all-new 6 MW DC fast charger that can charge this massive haul truck’s 1,900 kWh battery in less than thirty minutes. (!)

Jointly developed by Fortescue and heavy equipment giants Liebherr, the 6 MW (6000 kW) DC fast charger is twice as fast as the 3 MW prototype shown last year during CES, but was just a small part of the massive $4 billion electric equipment deal the two companies signed at MINEexpo this past week. That money will eventually pay for a total of 475 zero emission Liebherr machines, with a breakdown of 360 autonomous battery-electric trucks, 55 electric excavators, and 60 battery-powered loaders.

The big news, though, has to be that game-changing 6MW charger.

“Fortescue has developed the stationary fast charging solution to support the autonomous battery-electric truck,” the company said this week. “Equipped with robotic connection options, the charger can provide up to 6 MW of power and charge the current battery-electric T 264 [a 240 ton rigid haul truck we covered back in July] in 30 minutes.”

That’s right, kids. This deal is so big that news of the world’s fastest commercially available DC fast charger is delivered almost as an afterthought.

“We are proud to have facilitated the single largest equipment deal in the entire 75-year history of the Liebherr Group. Especially as the expansion of our collaboration with Fortescue is an important step forward in our shared goal to decarbonize mining activities worldwide,” says Dr Jörg Lukowski, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Liebherr-Mining Equipment SAS. “The technology developed as part of this record-breaking deal will not only support our customers along their decarbonization journeys but also help us honor our commitment to offer completely fossil fuel free hauling, loading and dozing solutions by the end of the decade. In fact, in the coming years, Liebherr and Fortescue Zero will be able to offer more customers within the industry a proven, large scale zero emission mining ecosystem.”

The rollout of these HDEVs is part of Fortescue’s 2030 Real Zero target, which aims to eliminate harmful carbon emissions from its Australian iron ore operations by 2030.

“The world needs Real Zero now – it simply cannot afford to wait,” says Dr. Andrew Forrest, executive chairman, Fortescue. “The green solutions we need are here today, and Fortescue Zero is supplying them and rolling them out across our massive mining operations.”

Amen to that.

Electrek’s Take

Fortescue gets all the fun electric toys; via Liebherr.

Fortescue and Liebherr absolutely get it when it comes to decarbonization. The solutions here, they’ve been proven across tens of millions of miles of operation, and the equipment doesn’t just work — it works better than diesel.

The time to convert the world’s heavy equipment to battery power is now.

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Siemens unveils power distribution switchboard for EV fast chargers

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Siemens unveils power distribution switchboard for EV fast chargers

Electronics giant Siemens has launched its RapidSBx switchboard, designed to address the need for power distribution to feed commercial switchboards for rapid EV charging station deployment.

The UL891 switchboard offers a streamlined design for charging stations and various commercial electrical infrastructure anywhere an outdoor switchboard is needed to comply with green initiatives. This includes urban settings such as airports, shopping malls and grocery stores as well as remote locations.

The RapidSBx provides flexibility, durability, and easy installation. The made-to-stock product offers customizable 3 VA branch breaker options and a rugged NEMA 3R outdoor enclosure, providing adaptability to different installation scenarios and environmental conditions. The switchboard is available through distributors and channel partners in the US.

Safety measures incorporated into the switchboard design include arc mitigation compliance, seismic rating and tamper resistance. The RapidSBx is compatible with the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program and certified by the Electric Utility Service Equipment Requirements Committee (EUSERC).

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Mass. regulator orders National Grid to set lower winter rate for heat pumps

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Chart: Steelmaking is starting to go electric

National Grid had proposed a technology-neutral “electrification rate” that would have offered a discounted rate to high-volume electric consumers, whether the power demand was coming from an efficient heat pump, inefficient electric resistance heat, or even a pool heater. Environmental activists, advocates for low-income households, a solar industry group, the state energy department, and the state attorney general all filed comments objecting to this approach and pushing for a heat pump–specific rate like Unitil’s.

“The proposal that National Grid had filed wasn’t going to do anything to ensure that customers who opted into their electrification rate were actually participating in our decarbonization efforts,” said Priya Gandbhir, a senior attorney with the Conservation Law Foundation, one of the groups that pushed for a heat pump–specific rate.

In their order, regulators sided with the objectors. They concluded that National Grid’s proposal did not meet the state’s legal mandates to consider the impact of rate design changes on greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency, as opposed to Unitil’s approach, which removes a barrier to lower emissions and greater efficiency.

“The heat pump rate will reduce kilowatt- hour electricity rates for these customers during winter, when heat pumps replace fossil-fuel heating equipment, furthering the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions,” said Alanna Kelly, spokesperson for the state department of public utilities.

The order also encouraged National Grid to create the rate quickly so that it could be in effect before the coming winter heating season.

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Yamaha to help develop Caterham Project V electric sports car

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Yamaha to help develop Caterham Project V electric sports car

Caterham is turning to Yamaha to help develop its Project V electric sports car, the company announced Wednesday.

A production version will use a Yamaha-developed powertrain, as well as technology from the Japanese company for “vehicle motion control,” according to Caterham. A prototype is being developed by Tokyo R&D, an engineering company with experience building manufacturer-commissioned prototypes, and is expected to be completed in 2025.

Caterham Project V concept electric sports car

Revealed in concept form in July 2023, the Project V holds true to the light-and-lean formula exemplified by Caterham’s signature Seven. It wouldn’t replace the Seven, Caterham said at the time. But it could be something new in the world of electric vehicles: a truly light, minimalist sports car without the high price of the original Tesla Roadster.

Caterham previously said it was targeting a weight of just over 2,600 pounds for the Project V. That will be made possible in part by a relatively small 55-kwh battery pack. The rear-wheel drive concept version was powered by a single 200-kw (268-hp) electric motor mounted at the rear axle.

Caterham Project V concept electric sports car

Specifications may change for the production version, but Caterham estimated a 0-62 mph time of less than 4.5 seconds and a top speed of 143 mph for the concept version. At the time of the concept’s reveal, Caterham was also targeting 249 miles of WLTP range, which might translate to about 200 miles on the EPA cycle.

Yamaha entered the business of EV motors in 2020, with plans to supply electric powertrains to existing automakers much as it once did with V-8 engines for the Ford Taurus SHO and Volvo S90 and XC90. In 2021, the company followed up its initial announcement with a high-power motor for very fast EVs. Now it’s finally getting a chance to put some of that development work to good use.

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VW-Backed Startup 24M Might Have The Answer To EV Battery Fires

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VW-Backed Startup 24M Might Have The Answer To EV Battery Fires

24M, a U.S.-based startup, developed a way to prevent battery fires.
Its Impervio separator prevents dendrite formation when a cell is overcharged.

Electric vehicle battery fires are nothing to mess with. Even though they’re statistically less likely to happen compared to combustion-powered vehicles, when a battery ignites, it can stay on fire for hours or even days, sometimes without showing obvious signs, which can lead to some dangerous situations.

But people in the battery industry are not just sitting around doing nothing–innovation is always happening, and the latest discovery from U.S.-based startup 24M might just be one of those breakthroughs that change the industry.

It’s called the Impervio battery separator and, in short, it can significantly improve safety by preventing overcharged battery cells from catching fire. The Volkswagen-backed startup released a video showing two 10-amp-hour lithium nickel manganese cobalt graphite cells, both fully charged and then brought to 100% overcapacity. Overcharging a battery can lead to dendrite formation and an internal short circuit, which can lead to a fire or explosion.

The cell on the bottom was an off-the-shelf unit, while the one on the top had 24M’s Impervio separator, and the results speak for themselves. The bog-standard cell burst into flames after about 38 minutes into the testing procedure and exhibited a temperature of 293 degrees Fahrenheit, while the 24M-made cell with the Impervio separator remained stable during the one-hour testing and never went above 86 degrees.

“Battery safety is a major roadblock to the widespread adoption of EVs,” said Naoki Ota, 24M President and CEO. “Recent EV fires around the globe have highlighted why new battery safety innovations are required. A sustainable energy future is only possible with innovations like Impervio, which can help prevent battery fires and create new opportunities for battery innovation.”

24M’s separator obstructs dendrite propagation by controlling the cell at the individual electrode level, the company said. The added layer of security can prevent thermal runaway by monitoring the cell’s electrochemistry and enabling the implementation of a failsafe in the event of a potential short, 24M added.

24M’s Impervio battery separator

The Cambridge-based startup isn’t the only one out there searching for ways to minimize the risk of battery fires. A couple of days ago we reported on LG Chem’s temperature-responsive “safety reinforced layer” that can change its electrical resistance based on temperature, effectively acting as a “fuse” that blocks the flow of electricity in the early stages of overheating.

If we could magically put these innovations into practice as soon as possible, it would be great. But, the fact of the matter is that both 24M’s and LG Chem’s solutions to preventing battery fires are still at least a few years away from becoming standard features in EVs.

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Tesla starts taking configurations of $79k non-Foundation Cybertrucks

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Tesla starts taking configurations of $79k non-Foundation Cybertrucks

Over ten months after deliveries started, Tesla is now taking configurations for the non-Foundation series Cybertruck.

The first Cybertruck deliveries occurred on November 30th last year, so we’re just over ten months past that date.

As it often does, Tesla started fulfilling deliveries from the top down – it shipped higher-optioned, limited-edition models first, expecting to ship cheaper versions later. It did this previously with the Roadster, Model S and Model X, for example.

With the Cybertruck, this took the form of the fully-loaded “Foundation Series,” which is a package that includes several options and costs an additional $20k.

But unlike Tesla’s previous “Founders” or “Signature” series vehicles which had hundreds or a thousand vehicles in them, the Foundation series lasted much longer, with tens of thousands of trucks delivered with the optional Foundation package.

Originally, Tesla said that it would start delivering non-Foundation series vehicles months ago, but in July it pushed that timeline back to “late 2024”.

Well, now that time is here, as Tesla has started sending emails to reservation holders inviting them to configure their non-Foundation series vehicles, with an expected delivery timeline of Oct-Nov 2024 – so, within the next month or two.

The website’s standard Design your Cybertruck page only shows the Foundation series so far, but for those who have existing reservations, emails have started going out inviting them to configure.

It looks like these will likely be sent out in batches, and it’s likely that those who reserved earlier will get access first. So it may still be some time before everyone gets invited, depending on how long the mythical million-Cybertruck order backlog actually is.

Without the Foundation package, the All-Wheel Drive model starts at $79,990, and the Beast model starts at $99,990.

Despite the lower base price, which is under the $80,000 MSRP cap for the US Federal EV Tax Credit, Tesla makes no mention of the tax credit on its website. This could be just a clerical issue that will be sorted out, or it could be an actual issue preventing credit availability on the Cybertruck. We’d ask Tesla to clear this up, but, well…

The new base price of just under $80k is a nice ratchet downwards from the previously sky-high, six-digit-minimum price for the truck, but it’s still a far cry from what the truck was originally announced at.

Back in 2019, when the truck was first unveiled, it was promised at a starting price of $39,900 – half of today’s base pricing. Even the top-end tri-motor AWD version was predicted to cost $69,900, $10k less than the current base price. These models were supposed to be available in 2021 and 2022 respectively.

The eventually-delivered model also missed on several promised specs like bed size, range, and payload.

Tesla said in the past that it intends to release a further lower-end rear-wheel-drive-only version of the Cybertruck in the future, but it recently removed the single-motor option from its website. So it could be that “double the promised price” is the lowest we’ll ever see. Stay tuned.

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Danisense says its current transducers are ideal for EV aplications

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Danisense says its current transducers are ideal for EV aplications

Denmark and Japan-based Danisense, which provides high-accuracy current sense transducers for demanding applications, has launched a range of current transducers featuring a voltage output.

The range is designed to streamline the workflow for engineers using data acquisition (DAQ) systems for various applications, particularly in harsh environments and high-temperature settings such as EVs.

The DS, DM and DL series devices integrate the burden resistor directly into the current transducer, mitigating the risk of miscalculations. Users can promptly take precise and reliable measurements of AC and DC currents from 55 A up to 3,000 A for their specific applications in a single datasheet.

The current transducers offer a 1 V or 10 V BNC voltage output connection, a large aperture (up to 68 mm) and low linearity errors. They are housed in full aluminum casings for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding and incorporate Danisense’s Fluxgate technology. This closed-loop compensated technology with fixed excitation frequency and second harmonic zero flux detection aims to provide accuracy and stability.

The DR series products with voltage output are well suited to high-power current sensing needs up to 11 kA. The transducer core is optimized for high immunity against external magnetic fields. Additional features include a large aperture of up to 150 mm, low linearity errors, a 3-pin XLR mini connector for voltage output and an advanced sensor protection circuit (ASPC).

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First Ionna station flips gas station into EV "Rechargery"

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First Ionna station flips gas station into EV "Rechargery"

Ionna on Thursday broke ground on its first EV fast-charging site which, symbolically, will be on land once occupied by a gas station.

The inaugural location in Apex, North Carolina, includes one of the town’s first gas stations, which will be restored and incorporated into the new “Rechargery,” according to a press release. The site will include 10 covered parking bays “accessible” to both Combined Charging Standard (CCS) and North American Charging Standard (NACS) connectors capable of up to 400 kw of power, the release said.

The site will also include amenities such as a “driver’s lounge” with food and beverages, bathrooms, and wifi, as well as “outdoor and pet-friendly amenities,” according to Ionna. The dedicated-site format, with covered parking and amenities, is also being adopted by startup Rove, which plans 20 amenity-packed charging sites in California. Electrify America has also opened an indoor EV charging station the company claims will be the prototype for future urban sites.

Ionna was announced in 2023 as the first potential rival to the Tesla Supercharger network. It’s backed by seven automakers, including an undisclosed amount from BMW Group, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, and Stellantis. Ionna plans aims to establish a minimum of 30,000 high-power EV fast chargers, strategically located throughout North America to facilitate long-distance journeys, with the full network completed before 2030.

Ionna said it will “facilitate seamless integration” with participating automakers’ charging apps, allowing for reservations, payment, route planning, and navigation to its charging sites, as well as “transparent energy management” and other features.

Not every major automaker has joined the Ionna project, though. General Motors is partnering with EVgo on 400 fast-charging stops slated to open in major U.S. metropolitan areas beginning in 2025. These will feature canopies and security cameras, but GM hasn’t discussed amenities like those to be offered by Ionna.

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