Japanese automaker Nissan has abandoned the deal to sell its EV battery manufacturing unit to Chinese private equity firm GSR Capital. The deal, valued at nearly $1bn, was cancelled by Nissan stating that the Chinese firm lacked the ...
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Samsung SDI has completed the construction of an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Hungary. Samsung SDI President Jun Young-hyun hosted a completion ceremony for the state-of-art electric vehicle (EV) battery plant scheduled to open ...
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Samsung SDI has unveiled a new battery cell which allows electric vehicles (EVs) to run up to 600km with fast charging. Marking its 4th consecutive year, Samsung SDI (President and CEO: Namseong Cho) (KRX:006400) participated at the North ...
Wolfspeed of Research Triangle Park, NC, USA — a Cree Company that makes silicon carbide (SiC) power products including MOSFETs, Schottky diodes, and modules — has introduced what it claims is the first 1000V MOSFET, which ...
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Nissan announced Nissan Intelligent Mobility vision at Geneva. This will guide Nissan product evolution, will anchor critical company decisions around how cars are powered, how cars are driven, and how cars integrate into society, all while ...
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Darfon Electronics the turnkey green energy total power solutions provider, new launched a whole series of built-in 10KV lightning surge protected rugged & ultra efficiency outdoor LED lighting driver 60W ~ 270W smart series. To catch the ...
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Seiko Instruments has announced the release of the new S-35720 Series convenience timer IC suitable for managing relative time after engine shut-down with its optional alarm time in 1 second increments from 1 second to 194 days. The ...
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German automaker Daimler has chosen Korean advanced battery maker LG Chem to supply lithium-ion batteries for its Smart EVs which scheduled to be launched in 2016. LG Chem highlighted that it will providing battery cells to Smart EV and ...
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Boston Power, a provider of next generation electric vehicle battery design and production, has secured USD $290 million in local government financial support for the expansion of its two facilities in China. The company's Liyang facility ...
GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless producer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications, is exhibiting at the Electronica 2014 trade fair in Munich, Germany ...
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US-based engineering simulation software developer ANSYS in association with the General Motors (GM), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ESim is working to design better, safer and longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries for ...
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American Honda Motor, IBM and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) will collaborate on a pilot project to allow communication between electric vehicles (EVs) and the power grid. The pilot project aims to demonstrate and test how an EV's ...
IBM said Asahi Kasei and Central Glass will join its 'Battery 500 Project' that aims to develop a new lithium-air battery technology capable of powering an electric car for about 500 miles (800km) on a single charge. As partners in the ...
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November 27, 2012 - The 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV, introduced today ahead of the Los Angeles International Auto Show, "packs smart performance and connectivity technologies into an affordable five-door urban mini car designed to make the trip ...
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Boston-Power, a supplier of lithium-ion battery cells, modules and systems, has signed a deal with Beijing Electric Vehicle Company (BJEV), the electric vehicle (EV) division of Beijing Automotive Industry (BAIC), to provide battery ...