At the 30th IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2015) in Charlotte, NC, USA (15-19 March), Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which designs and provides gallium nitride-based power conversion ...
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Astro Teller explained the company’s decision to remove the steering wheel and brakes from the early prototypes of its 'driverless' vehicles. Google’s vision was short lived thanks to the California department of motor ...
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German automaker BMW has previewed the company’s first plug-in hybrid production version of BMW X5 xDrive40e. The car is powered by a four-cylinder petrol engine with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology and an electric motor, capable of ...
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Audi has announced its plans to launch an all-electric family-friendly zero-emission SUV in 2018. After launching its first all electric R8 e-tron car at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, Audi Engineering chief Dr Ulrich Hackenberg revealed the ...
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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced its technology lineup for the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) 2015, taking place March 15-19 in Charlotte, North Carolina. In booth 501, the company will ...
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Nanotechnology Research and Development company N1 Technologies has filed a patent for a bio-based non-petroleum motor oil. The non-petroleum motor oil has been created, using a blend of plant oils with Tungsten and Carbon Nanotubes. ...
China's economic "new normal" can bring more opportunities for UK companies, British business leaders said on Wednesday. James Sassoon, chairman of the China-Britain Business Council, said China is undergoing a period of further ...
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Hyundai Motor, South Korea's Number One automaker, is expected to speed up a strategy of "localization " by expanding its production capacity in China after China-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA) is implemented. China and South ...
Belgian manufacturer ThermoFlexX, a part of Xeikon Prepress, has installed its first ThermoFlexX 80-S imager in Europe at digital flexo platemaking company AtoutFlex. The equipment is capable of exposing plates up to 1,270 x 2,032 mm at ...
Ford has commenced production of its twin-scroll 2.0-liter and 2.3-liter EcoBoost engines at its Cleveland Engine Plant in Ohio. The engines produced at the Cleveland Engine Plant are targeted towards the North American market. ...
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China's auto industry saw total sales drop by 0.22 percent to 1.59 million units in February, the first year-on-year drop in two years, data from an industry association showed Tuesday. Sales of passenger cars increased 6.42 percent ...
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China's auto sales accelerated in the first two months of this year, led by demand for sport utility vehicles and minivans. Retail deliveries of passenger vehicles increased by 16 percent to 3.49 million units in January and February, the ...
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Chinese new energy vehicle maker BYD is planning to sell its electric vehicles to the South Korea market before the end of 2015, according to a senior company executive. BYD, a rising Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, has brought its ...
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Following the global reveal of the hardcore P1 GTR and the striking 675LT at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show earlier this week, McLaren has now given the clearest view of its new offering – the Sports Series, ahead of its debut at the New ...
Power supply makers and energy management solution providers including Delta Electronics, AcBel Polytech and Zippy Technology have all been aggressively pushing into the electric vehicle (EV) market, developing drive motors, battery ...
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