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Friday 20 May 2022
Chinese carmakers, Tesla eyeing midrange market
The surging costs of lithium batteries and vehicle components continue to pressure suppliers of micro- and small-sized cars in China. Many of them are migrating to the mid-priced...
Friday 20 May 2022
Toyota BEV lands in Taiwan
Hotai Motor, Toyota Motor's distributor in Taiwan, has unveiled the Japanese carmaker's battery electric vehicle (BEV) model bZ4X. It is Toyota's first BEV model arriving in Taiwan...
Thursday 19 May 2022
Solid-state relay chips work well for power isolation in EVs, says TI manager
The emerging trend of vehicles going electrical and adopting ever-more automotive electronics has not only brought new growth opportunities for the entire automotive industry, but...
Thursday 19 May 2022
Arun Plus and CATL announce strategic collaboration in battery business to accelerate ASEAN EV supply chain
Arun Plus and Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) have signed a strategic MOU to explore potential cooperation and development opportunities in battery-related business in ASEAN,...
Thursday 19 May 2022
Tesla use of SiC sparks debates after Model 3 recalls
One month after Tesla recalled more than 120,000 units of its Model 3 in China, allegedly due to defects in rear motor inverters, the real causes of the defects remain unclear. As...
Wednesday 18 May 2022
Everlight expects automotive miniLED BLU shipments to rise in 2H22
LED chipmaker Everlight Electronics expects shipments of its miniLED backlight units (BLU) for automotive displays to rise in the second half of 2022, when its Taiwan production capacity...
Wednesday 18 May 2022
Hyundai partners with Tata Power to build EV charging facilities in India
Hyundai Motor India and Tata Power have entered into a partnership to build fast-charging facilities for Hyundai's dealer stores and customers, an important step for Hyundai's electric...
Wednesday 18 May 2022
Advanced vision AI eliminates potential risks in cleanroom environments for semiconductor and panel manufacturers
Industries such as semiconductors and panel manufacturing, which the world depends on, implement cleanrooms to prevent contaminants such as microorganisms, suspended particles, volatile...
Wednesday 18 May 2022
3D measurement solutions gaining importance in EV production
As power systems of EVs differ greatly from those of oil-fueled cars, automakers require innovative technologies to manufacture and assemble key system components, leading to a growing...
Tuesday 17 May 2022
SAS enjoys growing sales from cloud businesses in 2021
AI and data analysis service provider SAS saw its revenues from the cloud computing business rise 19% on year in 2021 and is set to strengthen its cloud analysis platform and cloud-first...
Tuesday 17 May 2022
South Korea to start testing 5G-V2X projects in 2Q23
South Korea's 5G-V2X cooperative autonomous vehicle infrastructures and service research projects are now open for bids, according to Korean-language media ET News.
Tuesday 17 May 2022
BlueOval SK reportedly to spend KRW8 trillion on equipment for US EV plants
SK On and Ford Motor are spending KRW8 trillion (US$6.35 billion) on equipment for EV battery factories they are jointly setting up in the US states of Kentucky and Tennessee, according...
Tuesday 17 May 2022
Renesas intros automotive ECU virtualization solution platform
Renesas Electronics has announced an integrated automotive ECU virtualization platform that enables designers to integrate multiple applications into a single ECU that are safely...
Monday 16 May 2022
Taiwan OSATs embracing more car, industrial IC orders from IDMs
International IDMs including Infineon and STMicroelectronics continue stepping up production of automotive, industrial control and networking chips to meet ever-rising demand, outsourcing...
Monday 16 May 2022
Lithium battery materials shortages add pressure to EV makers
The rapid growth of electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage systems has intensified the short supply of lithium batteries, while battery materials prices are being further pushed...