Green Car Congress
JULY 11, 2014
Silicon Carbide multiport DC-DC converter fitted to the Tata Vista EV. A consortium led by motorsport and technology company Prodrive has successfully run a silicon carbide-based multiport DC-DC converter in an electric car. Click to enlarge.
Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 20, 2009
Featuring the industry’s lowest device capacitance for any given current rating, which enhances overall system efficiency at higher switching frequencies and under light load conditions, the new thinQ! Infineon was the world’s first provider of SiC Schottky diodes, introducing its first products in 2001.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2012
The RAV4 EV’s gauge system includes a “turtle light”, or reduced power indicator, which Toyota last used on its 2001-2003 first-generation (North America) Prius. The turtle light illuminates when HV battery pack state of charge (SOC) or temperature is low, or when a powertrain component overheats. Powertrain Control.
Green Car Congress
MAY 22, 2009
Charles Mendler, the principal of Envera and the inventor of this particular approach to a VCR engine, provided the update on the project at the Department of Energy (DOE) Merit Review this week in Washington, DC. A Report to the US Congress, April 2001 (DOE). Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Technology.
Cars That Think
MARCH 26, 2023
Starting around 2001, the compound semiconductor gallium nitride fomented a revolution in lighting that has been, by some measures, the fastest technology shift in human history. Switching power supplies are the type used to power virtually all personal computers, mobile devices, and appliances that run on DC.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 3, 2017
Millennials—the demographic cohort following Generation X, and defined as people born between 1982 – 2001—are tech-savvy, environmentally aware and cost-conscious. The Chrysler Portal concept uses an industry-accepted Combined Charge System (CCS) plug to connect to the next generation of 800V, 350-kilowatt DC charging stations.
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