Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has launched a railcar traction inverter system for 1500VDC catenaries that incorporates what is claimed to be the first all-silicon carbide (SiC) power modules made with SiC transistors and SiC diodes. ...
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Details of the new additions to Nissan Australia’s showroom in 2014. Nissan X-Trail (Q2) Highlighted by softer, more rounded exterior styling, a more premium cabin and the first-time inclusion of seating for seven, the all-new ...
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A car's solar control glazing system is one which selectively absorbs, reflects and transmits solar energy to help keep the occupants comfortable, protect the interior and lesson the requirement for air conditioning, thereby reducing fuel ...
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Can one person accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles? Sure, if he's Elon Musk. But what about one more typical person, who doesn't run a car company? Sven Thesen thinks that answer is yes. He calls himself an EV evangelist and ...
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Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), one of Asia's leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, today announced that its Canter Eco Hybrid light-duty truck has been awarded the "European Transport Sustainability Prize 2014." The ...
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Santos today announced that the Moomba-194 vertical shale gas well in the Cooper Basin is flowing gas at an average rate of 3 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscf/d). Moomba-194 is a follow-up to the existing successful shale gas ...
Details of the new additions to Mitsubishi Australia’s showroom in 2014. Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (April) Due in April, the Outlander PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) is a pointer to Mitsubishi’s design and ...
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Chinese rare earth miners are being forced to phase out excessive production capacity as rising overseas suppliers chip away at their dominance in the global market. Russia announced in April its plan to invest $1 billion in rare earth ...
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Christmas came early for Continental Tire the Americas LLC. The Federation Internationale de I'Automobile (FIA) Land Speed Records Commission has homologated both the 10-kilometer and 10-mile world speed records from a standing start. ...
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Engineers at Imec and IBM have independently developed new manufacturing processes for making the next decade's leading chips, they revealed late last year. These efforts will allow the marriage of silicon wafers and certain exotic ...
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Having teased the spy car paparazzi with camouflaged pre-production mules for many months, the Lamborghini Huracan has finally been revealed with the release of official images and technical details. Over 10 years, its predecessor, the ...
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Pillow block is mainly comprised of bearing seat and the outer spherical bearing and is widely applied to such industry as food machinery, corrugated paper machine and paper making machinery. I have a customer in east China who mainly ...
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After announcing earlier in the week that it had added 50kW in signed projects to its PV system development and installation services pipeline, XsunX Inc of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA, which is developing hybrid copper indium gallium (di)selenide ...
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Michael Lippert, of Saft Energy Storage Systems, explains how the SmartRegion Pellworm project will enable an island off the North Sea coast of Germany to increase self-consumption of its own renewable energy Pellworm Island presents a ...
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Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT8584,a monolithic flyback DC/DC converter designed to actively balance high voltage stacks of batteries.These battery stacks are commonly found in electric and hybrid vehicles as well as ...
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