Monta acquires ABB Nordic’s EV charge point management software customer contracts through Vourity deal

Monta says it has acquired the charge point management software customer contracts operated by Vourity, ABB E-mobility’s Nordic subsidiary, in a move that expands the company’s CPMS footprint in Northern Europe.

The deal is not an acquisition of ABB E-mobility itself or of Vourity as a whole—it is specifically a transfer of CPMS software customer contracts. According to Monta, ABB E-mobility selected Monta to take over those relationships because it viewed the company as the strongest CPMS option in the Nordics for continuity of service.

Charge point management software is the layer that operators use to monitor chargers, manage access, control pricing, handle uptime issues and, increasingly, tie charging hardware into broader energy-management systems. So while this is a software-contract story, it matters at the infrastructure level: CPMS platforms are becoming one of the real control points in the EV charging business, and the market has been drifting toward consolidation for a while now.

Monta is leaning into that trend. The company says the acquisition is part of its broader European consolidation strategy and argues that operators increasingly want to standardize on established, full-featured platforms rather than smaller regional tools. Monta says its platform now supervises more than 260,000 commercial charge points, supports more than 800 charge point models, and gives clients and drivers access to more than 1.3 million public charge points across Europe and the US. The company also says it operates directly in the US and 11 European countries, and in 32 markets total through partners.

“This acquisition reflects our ambition to be the leading CPMS platform in Europe,” said CEO Casper Rasmussen. Monta says the transition will bring the acquired customers onto its own software platform, including its newer Monta AI capabilities, which it says are designed to help operators diagnose issues faster and run charging networks more efficiently.

Source: Monta

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Vietnamese firm V-Green to invest $380 million to deploy nationwide EV charging network

V-GREEN, an EV charging infrastructure provider that was spun off from Vingroup, plans to invest 10 trillion Vietnamese Dong (around $380 million) to deploy EV charging stations in Vietnam.

The Vietnam News Agency reported that the company plans to build 99 EV charging hubs along national and provincial highways across Vietnam by the end of this year. Each hub will be equipped with up to 100 charging points, each with a maximum capacity of 150 kW. All stations will rely on renewable energy, stored in battery energy storage systems developed and produced by VinFast, Vingroup’s EV brand.

“With 99 hubs in place, VinFast customers can travel long distances with full confidence, even during peak periods,” said Pham Thanh Thuy, Chairwoman and CEO of V-Green.

V-Green has big plans—by 2028, the company aims to deploy 500,000 charging ports in Vietnam, and to expand into international markets.

Sources: The Saigon Times, Vietnam Investment Review

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Scalvy raises $13.9 million in Series A funding for its modular power delivery platform

Distributed power specialist Scalvy has raised $13.9 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round. This funding round brings Scalvy’s total capital raised to $17 million.

The company will use the new funds to accelerate certification, field testing and deployment of its Power Neuron power delivery platform, and to support the rapid expansion of its team to meet rising demand.

Scalvy’s Power Neuron power delivery platform distributes power conversion and control across compact, software-coordinated modules with built-in energy storage. It’s designed to be deployed directly at energy load points, enabling systems to scale to megawatt-level power with greater efficiency, smaller size, higher reliability and grid interactivity.

Mohamed Badawy, co-founder and CEO of Scalvy, says the electric mobility industry currently faces a dilemma. “If you want higher power, you are forced to sacrifice space, increase costs, and lose usable capacity. Scalvy is the only company enabling systems to scale to massive power levels without those traditional penalties, and crucially, without requiring customers to drastically re-architect their systems.”

Initially, Scalvy is focusing on three rapidly evolving markets: data centers, energy storage and electric mobility.

Scalvy has completed technical validation of its technology under real-world operating conditions with “several blue-chip customers across mobility and energy infrastructure.” The company is now expanding its engineering, product and operations teams in preparation for product certification and near-term field deployments.

Source: Scalvy

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Harbinger partners with Frazer to electrify ambulances and mobile healthcare units

Commercial EV OEM Harbinger is on a roll. Just in the last few months, the company has launched a new line of battery storage products, acquired autonomous driving company Phantom AI, and unveiled a new medium-duty truck. CEO John Harris told Charged that his five-year-old company’s success is based on specialization and vertical integration (read our January in-depth interview with Harris).

For its next act, Harbinger has partnered with mobile healthcare solution provider Frazer to electrify ambulances and mobile healthcare vehicles using Harbinger’s plug-in hybrid vehicle chassis and battery technology.

Texas-based Frazer designs and builds emergency response and mobile healthcare vehicles for EMS agencies, fire departments, hospitals and specialty care programs. As part of the new partnership, the company has made a strategic investment in Harbinger.

“At Frazer, we believe the future of healthcare should deliver exceptional medical care directly to the patient, rather than simply transport the patient to care,” said CEO Laura Griffin. “This partnership with Harbinger demonstrates Frazer’s move beyond the traditional ambulance model and into a mobile healthcare solution provider that supports new care delivery models. Hybrid-electric vehicles offer a practical first step toward electrification in emergency and medical environments, while preserving full operational readiness and clinical reliability.”

Frazer and Harbinger plan to build several new mobile healthcare products:

• an emergency medical response vehicle built on Harbinger’s hybrid chassis to support mission-critical reliability, clinical grade power redundancy, and drastically reduced operational complexity;
• a mobile healthcare platform built on Harbinger’s hybrid chassis to support care delivery outside traditional fixed location facilities such as community care facilities and hospital system extensions;
• auxiliary power systems based on Harbinger’s battery technology, providing redundant power for field medical care in both hybrid and ICE vehicles.

Harbinger’s hybrid offering pairs its electric chassis with a gas-powered range extender that recharges the battery when needed. This architecture enables reduced emissions during idling, stable and redundant power delivery for onboard medical equipment, and simplified energy management.

Both Harbinger and Frazer are committed to US manufacturing. Harbinger designs and manufactures its electric and hybrid chassis in-house at its California headquarters, including all major vehicle systems such as the powertrain, battery system, steering, brakes and more. Frazer produces its products in Houston.

“Through this partnership, Harbinger is entering the mobile healthcare and emergency medical response market for the first time,” said John Harris. “Our proprietary platform was designed from the ground up as a modular foundation to support a wide range of commercial and specialty applications. In mobile healthcare, redundancy, uptime and operational flexibility are non-negotiable, and our platform is built to deliver the reliability this market requires.”

Source: Harbinger

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PPST broadens AC/DC power test portfolio with EA Elektro-Automatik battery cyclers and regenerative loads

PPST Solutions says it has been named a value-added reseller for EA Elektro-Automatik, expanding its test portfolio to cover both AC and DC power validation for electrification markets.

Engineers increasingly need test coverage across the whole power-conversion chain, not just isolated AC or DC boxes. With the new arrangement, PPST now combines Pacific Power Source AC systems—sources, grid simulators and loads—with EA’s bidirectional DC power supplies, regenerative DC loads, and battery test systems. The company says that combination can reduce integration complexity and support more complete validation workflows for applications including EVs, energy storage, V2G, renewable energy, aerospace, defense, and AI-oriented power infrastructure.

PPST describes the offering as a one-stop AC/DC test platform backed by systems integration, application engineering, and lifecycle support. It also says the platforms are designed to be open and configurable, with built-in safety features and flexible software integration for engineered test environments.

“As power electronics solutions grow in scale and complexity, engineers face new challenges optimizing designs for rapidly evolving industries,” said James Hitchcock, VP and GM of EA Elektro-Automatik at Tektronix. PPST VP Peter O’Brien said the broader lineup is meant to deliver “comprehensive AC and DC test solutions” with strong out-of-the-box value.

Source: PPST Solutions

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Coperion launches RF400 roller feeder for uniform dry-electrode deposition in battery pilot lines

Coperion K-Tron has introduced the RF400 Roller Feeder for battery manufacturing, a feeding system aimed at improving consistency in dry-electrode processing at laboratory and pilot scale.

The company says the RF400 is designed to provide uniform deposition of electrode dry blends while reducing waste and production variability. The system uses a grooved feed roller paired with a smooth scraper roller to feed material gently and consistently, helping prevent bridging at the outlet and improving distribution across the calender roller below.

The feeder supports a coating width adjustable up to 400 mm, making it suitable for lab and pilot-scale battery production setups. The company also says the unit integrates with its existing KCM-III controls and Smart Force Transducer weighing technology to enable real-time monitoring, precise feed-rate control and adjustments for changing material characteristics.

Dry-electrode manufacturing is getting a lot of attention because it promises lower energy use and less solvent handling than conventional wet coating—but it also makes material handling and uniform deposition trickier. “The RF400 will set a new standard in the industry,” said Jay Daniel, Head of R&D Feeders and Feeding Systems at Coperion K-Tron.

Source: Coperion

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Pii’s EVDC line of EV chargers earns cETLus listing

Power Innovations International (Pii) is a global provider of power management systems and services. Founded in the US in 1997, Pii became a subsidiary of LITEON in 2014. The company’s EVDC line of DC fast chargers can accept a wide range of input voltages—a feature that addresses a major bottleneck for DC charger installations. (Read an in-depth interview with Nick Stone, Pii’s Product and Market Manager, from our January-March 2025 issue.)

Now Pii has announced that its EVDC lineup is officially cETLus listed, meaning that the chargers have been certified to meet North American electrical and safety standards set by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

The EVDC line was evaluated for safety by Intertek, ensuring that the products conform with UL standards 2202, 2231-1 and 2231-2; and CSA standards C22.2 No. 281.1, 281.2 and 346.

Pii’s EVDC chargers are designed to provide ease of installation and maximum power input flexibility. The EVDC line features a direct DC voltage input, making the units suitable for DC-coupled microgrids and DC power distribution systems.

“The EVDC line represents a major step forward in how we approach site-specific charging needs,” said Nick Stone, Pii’s Director of Product. “With a DC voltage input added to our listing, we’re making it easier than ever for our customers to deploy reliable [DC fast charging] infrastructure in an expanded set of applications without the typical installation hurdles.”

“Achieving this listing for our EVDC line reinforces our mission to provide the most flexible charging solutions on the market,” said Pii President Gary Straker. “By meeting these rigorous North American safety standards, we are giving our customers the confidence that they are investing in a product that doesn’t compromise on safety or performance.”

Source: Power Innovations International

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