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New electric vehicle models available now

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As we head into the beginning of 2022, there are several exciting new electric vehicle models on the market. These highly-anticipated EVs have recently made their debut and are now available to consumers. Light function uses glowing visual and acoustic cues to track incoming calls, brake warnings, charge status, and more.

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Freescale introduces new ARM-based microcontrollers for automotive market

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Freescale Semiconductor is introducing its ARM-based Kinetis series of microcontrollers (MCUs) into the automotive market. Reference software code made available at no cost: LIN/CAN driver, Flash initialization, motor control libraries. The initial Kinetis EA series devices are available now.

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Bird unveils new consumer e-Bike for purchase: Bird Bike

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A limited quantity of Bird Bikes are available to order now direct from Bird, and will be broadly available from leading US retailers this fall. Bird’s consumer e-bike is custom designed by Bird’s in-house team of engineers and industrial designers who brought to market the Bird Three shared e-scooter.

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EPA annual inventory shows US GHG up 3.1% from 2017-2018

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While the current Inventory does not include 2019, preliminary energy data available now for 2019 from EIA projects that fossil fuel-CO 2 emissions decreased by approximately 3% from 2018 to 2019. The number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by light-duty vehicles (i.e.,

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Nexperia announces 80% smaller automotive power MOSFET package

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This extension of our LFPAK portfolio provides designers with more product choices than anywhere else on the market today. —Richard Ogden, International Product Marketing Engineer at Nexperia. MOSFETS in the new LFPAK33 compact automotive power package are available now.

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ON Semiconductor introduces first highly scalable family of next-generation automotive image sensors

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The scalable approach of the sensors from ½" to ¼" optical sizes reduces customer development time and effort for multiple car platforms, giving them a time-to-market advantage. We are now putting this proven architecture into new sensors developed from the ground up for automotive standards. The first product in this family, the 2.6

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South Carolina Vehicle Conversion Centers Roll Out First Round of Propane Autogas Vehicles

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Greenville County, South Carolina and Light’N’Up, deployed 15 propane Autogas vehicles last month as part of a large-scale, Recovery Act-funded alternative fuel vehicle project in the Southeast United States. Greenville County and Light’N’Up are two of nine conversion centers participating in the project.