Japanese automaker Toyota will be showcasing its new Concept-i series at Tokyo Motor Show 2017, which will be held from 25 October through 5 November. The Concept-i series includes two vehicles, the Concept-i and Concept-i RIDE. These two ...
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After being showcased at the International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ICSCRM 2017) in Washington DC, USA (17-22 September), Tokyo-based Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd (SEI) has launched the EpiEra high-quality ...
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Japanese auto components supplier Denso is investing $1bn in its Maryville, Tennessee location in the US as part of its commitment to advancing automotive innovation in North America. The investment will focus on vehicle electrification ...
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Following development that was partially supported by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp is to launch the MGFG5H3001, a Ka-band (26–40GHz) 8W ...
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Solar-Tectic LLC of Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA says that the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted it US patent 15/205,316 ‘Method of Growing III-V Semiconductor Films for Tandem Solar Cells’ for high-efficiency and ...
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Market insiders noted that TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.), the world's largest semiconductor foundry headquartered in Taiwan, will see a strong revenue performance as the firm won massive orders from multinational ...
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Automaker Ford Motor is targeting $10bn in incremental material cost reductions and lower engineering costs by $4bn from planned levels over the next five years. Ford’s newly appointed CEO and president Jim Hackett noted that the ...
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General Motors has stated that it plans to introduce at least 20 electric vehicles by 2023, as part of its vision of world with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion. In the coming eighteen months, the American automaker plans ...
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British automaker Jaguar Land Rover has launched its first ever zero emission plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, the new Range Rover Sport. The plug-in hybrid offers a total power of 404hp (297kW). It is claimed to have a fuel economy of ...
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Engel is set to showcase its advanced automation solutions at this year’s Fakuma event in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The event will take place between 17 and 21 October. At the event, the company will exhibit e-pic B and e-pic Z ...
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Automakers Toyota and Mazda and auto components supplier Denso have signed a joint technology development contract for electric vehicles. The new company has been named EV C.A. Spirit Corporation to efficiently implement joint ...
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Yesterday (Aug 27th), James Dyson, founder of Dyson Ltd., a British-based multinational technology company manufacturing household appliances such as vacuum cleaners, hand dryers, bladeless fans, heaters and hair dryers, announced to put ...
Honda Foundation (a public-interest incorporated foundation created by Honda Motor Co Ltd’s founder Soichiro Honda and his younger brother Benjiro Honda) says that the Honda Prize 2017 will be awarded to Kyoto University professor ...
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“The SiC power business is concrete and real, with a promising outlook,” said Yole Développement in 2016. The trend has not changed in 2017, and the SiC industry is going even further as industrial players have increasing ...
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San Jose-based Solar Frontier Americas, the US subsidiary of Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has sold two fully developed solar ...
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