Phoenix Contact has developed a CCS vehicle charging inlet that integrates the charging controller directly into the inlet assembly for commercial electric vehicles. It’s named CHARX connect advanced, and it aims at consolidating charging communication and control functions within the vehicle-side inlet, a configuration aimed at reducing the number of separate charging-related devices installed on … Continue reading “Phoenix Contact introduces CCS charging inlet with integrated controller for heavy-duty vehicles”
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Los Angeles is a hub of freight activity—and (not coincidentally) the home of the worst ozone pollution in the nation. Electrifying trucks in La-la Land will deliver an outsize benefit in emissions reduction. The city needs many more chargers suitable for medium- and heavy-duty EVs, and managed charging, which maximizes the number of trucks that … Continue reading “Los Angeles case study: how to prepare the grid for electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks”
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Electric long-distance heavy-duty trucking is uneconomical compared to diesel trucks in terms of total cost of ownership (TCO), measured in $/mile. TCO parity is expected to be quite far out in the future, closer to 2030, in the current scenario. Join this webinar, where we will discuss a novel approach to lower the TCO for … Continue reading “Advancing total-cost-of-ownership parity of electric heavy-duty long-distance trucking (Webinar)”
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In a recent interview with Charged, Jonah Leason, the Electrification Product Manager at Parker Hannifin, described the strategy behind the design of its next-generation Global Vehicle Inverter (GVI). The new GVI is designed to support the electrification needs of heavy-duty vehicles by integrating seamlessly with Parker’s Global Vehicle Motors (GVMs). This inverter model is built … Continue reading “Video: Parker’s new Global Vehicle Inverter is designed for heavy-duty EV scalability”
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The US DOE has awarded nearly half a billion bucks to three companies under the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion grant program to help accelerate the production of heavy-duty electric trucks and related powertrain components. Volvo Technology of America will receive $208 to upgrade facilities at the Volvo Group’s Lehigh Valley Operations truck assembly site in Macungie, … Continue reading “Volvo, ZF, Cummins win $441 million in DOE funding to accelerate heavy-duty electric truck production”