DENSO International America Inc of Southfield, MI, USA (a subsidiary of Japan-based automotive technology, system and component supplier DENSO Corp) has invested in TriLumina Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which manufactures and integrates ...
Ford has disclosed that it is developing a driver-less car which can be driven under snowy conditions. The company uses LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology to create 3D maps of the roads that the AV (Autonomous Vehicles) will ...
Tags: Ford, Drive-less car, LiDAR, 3D maps, Snow
In booth #2244 at the 31st IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2016) in Long Beach (20-24 March), Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on ...
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Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management applications, has launched the EPC2040 power transistor, ...
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Ford is conducting the industry's first autonomous vehicle tests in snow-covered environments – a major step in the company’s plan to bring fully autonomous vehicles to millions of customers worldwide. Unlike other major ...
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Hyundai Motor has started testing its fully-autonomous Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) in the US after receiving a license from the US state of Nevada. The automaker testing two Tucson (ix35) Fuel Cell on the public roads to ...
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Lasers and infrared LEDs for self-driving cars More than ten years ago, Osram Opto Semiconductors supplied infrared laser diodes for the first laser sensors in cars. As one of the first suppliers of powerful infrared LEDs (IREDs), Osram ...
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Over the past 15 years or so, car manufacturers have been showing increasing interest in new technologies – especially photonics-based developments – in all areas: from powertrain, through lighting to driver assistance and ...
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Renesas Electronics America, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced a new, comprehensive, vehicle-level driving platform to accelerate autonomous and automotive driving innovation. Working in close ...
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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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Energized by growing demand for power supplies, hybrid and electric vehicles, photovoltaic (PV) inverters and other established applications, the emerging global market for silicon carbide and gallium nitride power semiconductors will grow ...
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TriLumina Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which provides illumination solutions based on vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) arrays for automotive laser radar (LiDAR) and sensing platforms, has closed an $8.5m Series A round of ...
General Motors is planning to unveil Chevrolet EN-V 2.0 concept, Opel Insignia research vehicle and Chevrolet Cruze, featuring advanced automated driving technology at the ongoing Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress in ...
Daylight Defense LLC has been selected by the US Army to develop next-generation high-power ultraviolet (UV) laser capability to support future defense applications. Daylight Defense is a a subsidiary of Daylight Solutions Inc of San ...
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Electronic components manufacturer Pulse Electronics has introduced a new concept to provide EMC/EMI protection for automotive electronics, the HOT ROD I-Bar chokes for automotive networks. I-Bar HOT ROD range of chokes are said to be ...
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