China Zenix Auto International has joined forces with Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturer Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC) to enter into the electric-powered commercial vehicle market in the country. Zenix Auto is presently the ...
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China-based internet entrepreneurs and financial investors, including the likes of Tencent and Hillhouse Capital, are supporting NextEV to create a competitor to US electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors. In that direction, the promoters ...
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Greenlots, an open standards-based technology firm for electric vehicle (EV) networks, has teamed up with real estate developers CapitaLand and BMW Group Asia to install additional EV and Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) charging stations in the ...
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Researchers in the USA and Korea have developed a hydrogen high pressure annealing (HPA) process for aluminium oxide/hafnium dioxide (Al2O3/HfO2) gate stacks on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) quantum wells [Tae-Woo Kim et al, IEEE ...
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Off-road vehicles maker Polaris Industries has unveiled Ranger EV Li-Ion Polaris Pursuit Camo, one of the first vehicles post-acquisition from Brammo. Ranger EV Li-Ion Polaris Pursuit Camo is stated to offer over three times the total ...
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According to the report 'GaN and SiC for power electronics applications' from Yole Développement, in 2014 the silicon carbide (SiC) chip business was worth more than $133m, with power factor correction (PFC) and photovoltaics (PV) ...
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Kwaithong Motor will pump in $0.14m to set up an assembly unit for electric vehicles in Thailand with a view to catering to the domestic and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) markets. Set to come up in Greater Bangkok, the ...
Green Charge Networks, provider of commercial energy storage in the US, has announced its partnership with ChargePoint, the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging network. Combining energy storage with EV charging eliminates ...
Micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti of Grenoble, France and EV Group of St Florian, Austria (a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor applications) have launched a program in ...
FreeWire Technologies and Siemens have joined hands to pilot and market Mobi Charger, riding high on Siemens eCar Operation Center (OC) and Siemens VersiCharge electric vehicle-charging knowhow. Mobi Charger claims to power businesses to ...
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The Auckland Council in New Zealand is switching on to electric vehicles (EVs), substituting 10 of its petrol vehicles with two all-electric Nissan Leafs and eight Toyota Prius hybrids. If everything works as planned, the civic body will ...
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For a third consecutive year, EV Group of St Florian, Austria (a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor applications) has earned all three awards from VLSIresearch Inc's annual ...
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US-based Kettering University's Advanced Power Electronics Lab (APEL) has joined hands with German automotive lighting and electronic products firm HELLA for bringing about an innovation towards charging electric vehicles (EV). HELLA has ...
Lexus, the luxury vehicle arm of Japanese automotive major Toyota, has revved up its luxury hybrid model 2016 ES 300h that flaunts a 2.5-liter four-cylinder Atkinson cycle engine fitted with an electric motor generating 200hp. Capable of ...
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Kia Motors America (KMA) has embarked upon sustaining its drive for putting in place Soul Electric Vehicle (EV) and expanding its infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) region, riding high with 20 Soul EV-certified dealers and a ...
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