Jaguar Land Rover will lead a collaborative research and development program into advanced next-generation hybrid and electric powertrain technologies based on the Range Rover Evoque. Dubbed ‘Evoque_e‘, the two-year ...
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced more than $45m for 38 new projects that strengthen the research and development of advanced transport technologies. These vehicle technologies are aimed at improving fuel efficiency, ...
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British luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is leading a GBP16.3m advanced powertrain research and development program, Evoque_e, for the development of next-generation hybrid and battery-electric powertrain technologies based ...
Nanoelectronics research centre imec of Belgium and Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq:VECO) are collaborating on a project aimed at lowering the cost of producing gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) -based power devices and LEDs. Barun ...
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA and Belgium's imec are collaborating on a project aimed at lowering the cost of producing gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si)-based power ...
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That renewable energy is the future of power production is crystal clear, but so too may be energy storage. Researchers at Penn State's Materials Research Institute are developing a thin and flexible glass, about one-tenth the thickness ...
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ABB has acquired Alstom’s ring motor business, saying the deal will enhance its gearless mill drive (GMD) system business. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Bilbao, Spain, the business has about 120 ...
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ROAL Electronics SpA and Efore Plc, a company based in Finland and listed in NASDAQ OMX HELSINKI, announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Efore to acquire ROAL Electronics. The transaction has been closed ...
The University of Glasgow has been awarded £3m in government funding for equipment to support pioneering research to improve the efficiency of electronic and optical components, which includes developing advanced processes on multiple ...
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Official production details of the BMW i3 have been released ahead of its full unveiling later this month. The German manufacturer’s first mass-produced electric car is entirely new from the ground up. The i3 is based on BMW’s ...
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The UK's capacity in power electronics has received an £18m boost from the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) with the opening of the first EPSRC National Centre of Excellence for Power Electronics. As ...
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Devices with wide-bandgap semiconductors will offer the greater competitive advantage in micro-inverters and small string inverters, reckons market analyst firm Lux Research. Wide-bandgap semiconductors – specifically, silicon ...
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GT Advanced Technologies Inc of Nashua, NH, USA (a provider of polysilicon production technology as well as sapphire and silicon crystal growth systems and materials for the solar, LED and electronics markets) has introduced a silicon ...
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Sol Voltaics AB of Ideon Science Park, Lund, Sweden says that the Swedish Energy Agency (SEA), the national authority for energy policy issues, has provided a $6m conditional loan (one of the largest it has ever issued to a company) to ...
Tags: Nanowire GaAs PV, Electrical, Electronics
The Obama Administration recently announced that it is launching competitions to create three new manufacturing innovation institutes with a Federal commitment of $200 million across five Federal agencies – Defense, Energy, Commerce, ...