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Cummins and its division Accelera by Cummins have announced plans to expand battery manufacturing in Europe, with Advanced LFP battery production planned in Spain for commercial vehicle applications. The announcement was made at IAA Transportation 2026 in Hannover, where Cummins is presenting batter...

ZF Commercial Vehicle Solutions reports more than €5 billion in awarded lifetime business so far in 2026 and an almost 90% win rate in customer acquisitions as it presents new driveline, braking, safety and software technologies at IAA Transportation 2026. ZF Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) is us...

Battery aging is driven less by time and cycles than by stress. How temperature, SoC and charging behavior combine determines degradation speed—and small operational changes can dramatically improve longevity

What does State of Health actually measure, and who defines it? Exploring how BMS software, capacity buffers and degradation tracking shape the reported SoH, revealing the gap between technical battery condition and the available capacity

An examination of battery cell imbalance in lithium-ion systems, explaining how series-connected packs amplify small cell differences and how the BMS monitors voltages, enforces safety limits, and performs balancing

An examination of charging strategies for lithium-ion batteries, from depot to opportunity charging, highlighting CCCV behavior, power scaling limits, and chemistry-dependent effects