OEMs & Tier1 companies are moving towards 800V technology, to ensure faster EV charging & longer range, however, higher voltages stress primary insulation (even more) & can cause partial discharge leading to motor failure. To avoid this, modern stator design concepts use rectangular wires in hairpin or wave windings with a thicker insulating layer; which are coated with fluoropolymers. However, these are rather soft materials & have relatively poor resistance to abrasion & minor clamping force. In addition, they show low adhesion & are difficult to extrude. In comes Italy & Germany-based Tau, with its “DryCycle” technology, which allows wire coating with PFA, PTFE, ETFE & other fluoropolymers, with no solvents or primers (instead, solid-state...

Lithuania-based Inbalance Grid is an EV charging-as-a-service platform, that developed a cost-effective multi-socket EV charging station (with its proprietary – network capacity/ electricity mgmt. & payment – software integrated with third-party hardware) primarily tailored for residential housing blocks, shopping malls & parking operators. The startup currently has around 350 charging points in Lithuania, with local partners such as IKI (supermarket chain), Ozas (shopping mall), Maxima Group (retailer), Eika (real estate developer) & Darnu Group (property mgmt). In doing so, Inbalance Grid primarily competes with eMobility International AD, which through its subsidiary Spark (LT) – owns 157 charging stations in Vilnus – & through its subsidiary Eldrive (BG) – owns >100 charging stations in Lithuania (as...