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Plugless Power Apollo Launch Programme
Clemson University's International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) announced recently that it will participate in the 2012 Apollo Launch Program hosted by Evatran, the developer of Plugless Power wireless electric vehicle recharging systems. The Apollo Program aims to encourage electric vehicle adoption across the United States through the launch of a convenient recharging alternative to the repetitive plug-in, unplug process.
EB Expands Presence In Asia With Opening Of Shanghai Office
EB (Elektrobit) announced today the expansion into the People's Republic of China with the formation of EB Automotive Software (Shanghai) Ltd, the legal entity in Shanghai. In addition to its office in Beijing, serving both automotive and wireless customers, this new global hub will help EB support especially the company's growing automotive customer base in China and neighboring markets in Central Asia. By expanding its presence in China, EB is ...
Significant breakthrough in high temperature voltage accelerometer technology
A new range of piezo-electric voltage accelerometers is available that works in high temperature environments - at up to 22185°C with a further increase to 225°C just around the corner.
Quadruple success as BMW Group wins Plus X Award 2011 for ConnectedDrive
The BMW Group has walked away with no less than four prizes for BMW ConnectedDrive in the annual, internationally renowned “Plus X Award”. Apart from the top awards in the categories Innovation, Design and Operating Comfort, the jury also honoured BMW ConnectedDrive as the “Best Technology of the Year 2011” with an additional “Plus X Award” seal of quality.
NXP demonstrates new car-to-x communication platform
NXP Semiconductors N.V. this week gave a live demonstration of car-to-x (C2X) communication on a public road in the Netherlands. With this demo, NXP is the first semiconductor company to take the step from showing concepts to actually demonstrating an automotive-ready hardware platform for connected mobility. NXP has co-developed the C2X platform with Australian-based Cohda Wireless. Combined with telematics for location-based services and networ...
ACEA, CLEPA And Eurelectric Promote Single Standard For Charging Electrically-Chargeable Vehicles
E-mobility has the potential to play a key role in meeting the challenges towards sustainable transport. Standardisation of the connection between the electricity grid and electrically-chargeable vehicles is one of the prerequisites to help e-mobility gain a viable market share.
Ansys Making Electric Vehicle Batteries More Practical And Efficient
One year into a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funded project, ANSYS, General Motors LLC, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ESim are leveraging engineering simulation technology to optimize electric and hybrid vehicle battery performance. The team achieved significant milestones during the past year in support of the DOE’s Computer Aided Engineering for Electric Drive Vehicle Batteries (CAEBAT) project.
Extensive Range of MIL Spec Power Modules available from Powerstax
Powerstax, one of Europe’s leading application-rich power solutions specialists, announces the availability of its PX range of competitively priced, high reliability MIL standard DC:DC converters and pre-regulator, filter and hold-up modules. Tim Worley, CEO of Powerstax comments; “ Our PX range of power modules offers designers one stop shop for complete board level power solutions.”
AWS Group believes momentum for SC21 as ‘flagship vehicle for change’ in defence and aerospace sectors is growing
During a recent address to the A|D|S Quality Conference at RAF Cosford, Mike Berridge, Director of Business Improvement for AWS Group - one of the UK’s leading independent Electronic Manufacturing Solutions (EMS) providers - gave his views on the SC21 program, highlighting significant challenges for the defence and aerospace sector. AWS is one of only 16 companies out of 7000 suppliers to the aerospace industry to have been accredited with ...
Back Manufacturing, But That Is Only Half The Story
Manufacturing is re-emerging as a leading economic growth engine after a rather quiet summer. However this sector alone is not big enough to pull the whole of the UK back into good times. So says Mark Ingham, sales manager at Sensor Technology Ltd in Banbury, one of the innovating yet commercially aware companies identified by politicians as vital for ‘rebalancing the economy’. “It is clear that we need to rebuild the national base of manuf...