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Michigan EGLE awards $1.7 million for 36 EV fast charger stations

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The EGLE Charge Up Michigan Program grants will partially fund 36 EV DC fast charging stations with a total of 76 plug-in points for automobiles and light-utility vehicles. The funding is to be used toward the cost of a DC fast charging station, including site preparation, equipment installation, networking fees and signage.

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SwRI develops device to test friction, wear associated with EV fluids

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The team modified a commercial tribology testing device to give it the capability to evaluate the impact of electric currents in fluids, measuring the wear and friction on the automobile parts in the presence of an applied voltage. The numerous rotating surfaces within EVs are exposed to voltage spikes during the DC-to-AC conversion process.

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TDK and Toshiba establish JV for automotive inverters for HEVs, PHEVs, EVs

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Many countries propose to impose more stringent regulation of automobile exhaust emissions in 2020 and after, in an effort to prevent air pollution and global warming. TDK offers a lineup of products, such as DC-DC converters, on board chargers and wireless power transfer systems that are currently being developed.

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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

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At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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DENSO and USJC collaborate on automotive power semiconductors

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IGBTs are core devices in power cards, serving as efficient power switches in inverters to convert DC and AC currents in order to drive and control electric vehicle motors. Through this collaboration, we contribute to the stable supply of power semiconductors and electrification of automobiles. —Koji Arima, President of DENSO.

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New Automotive Technology Companies Struggle for Recognition in DC

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the Aptera 2e) as a automobile and hence qualified for funds under the DOE program, but also on the strategic question of how much the Federal programs should support more novel technology our of the automotive mainstream.

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BMW selects power electronics and electronics testing company Scienlab as strategic electromobility partner

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The business unit Test Systems develops customer-specific test environments for high-voltage energy storage systems, battery management systems, inverters, DC/DC converters, charging devices and charging infrastructures, and for the integration of multiple components.

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