Annual sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in China will reach only 45,000 units by 2015, increasing to 152,000 vehicles in 2017, according to a report from Pike Research. The report found that the figure represents less than 1% of ...
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US carmaker Ford Motor is planning to invest $135m in its advanced electrification center in Dearborn, Michigan, US for the development of advanced battery systems and associated components for its new hybrid-electric vehicles (EVs). The ...
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Japanese electronics, electrical equipment and information technology firm Toshiba is planning to launch a new lithium-ion battery monitor chipset for automotive applications. The new battery monitor chipset is designed to detect the ...
Despite many governments and industry players anticipating rapidly increasing popularity of electric vehicles(EVs),a recent report from Pike Research,a major market intelligence firm on new technology markets,shows annual sales of plug-in ...
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SemiSouth Laboratories Inc of Starkville, MS, USA, which designs and manufactures silicon carbide (SiC) devices for high-power, high-efficiency, harsh-environment power management and conversion applications, is to close down, according to ...
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Taipei, Nov. 2, 2012 (CENS)--American automaker Ford Motor Co. recently demonstrated a prototype carbon-fiber engine hood that helps lower fuel consumption. The carbon-fiber reinforced plastic Ford Focus hood displayed at the Composites ...
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Global low emission vehicle market is expected to reach $103.13bn by 2017, up from $21.13bn in 2011 and $27.45bn in 2012, rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30.3% during the period, according to a new report. According to ...
European traction motor market is expected to rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 50% for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs), recording sales of more than 2.6 million units by 2017, according to a new ...
Automotive ICs have remained a bright spot for the industry and should be almost a$20bn market this year,says IC Insights. One of the silver linings to the automotive downturn in 2008 was that it initiated a massive and perhaps long ...
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EpiGaN starts 8-inch GaN-on-Si development on Aixtron reactors Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany says that new customer EpiGaN of Hasselt, Belgium, a start-up manufacturer of III-nitride epitaxial material, ...
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AIXTRON SE announced that EpiGaN, a new customer and a start-up manufacturer of III-Nitrides epitaxial material in Hasselt, Belgium, has successfully commissioned two new MOCVD systems, able to operate either in multiple 6” or in ...
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The Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor device market is expected to reach $12.6m by the end of 2012, and the phenomenal growth rate of 60-80% year-on-year is expected to continue in subsequent years, according to the report ‘Gallium ...
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