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Transphorm closes $25 Million in Series D funding

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GaN (gallium nitride) power electronics provider Transphorm Inc. a private investment fund managed by Soros Fund Management LLC, and existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, Foundation Capital and Lux Capital. This brings the total capital raised from all rounds to $63 million.

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GaN company Transphorm raises $35M; Japanese firms lead round; business alliance for commercialization

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GaN (Gallium nitride) power conversion company Transphorm Inc. Today’s strategic financing, coupled with the earlier investments, enables scaling of this disruptive technology and helps eliminate energy waste in multiple markets from servers to solar panels, from HVACs to hybrids. —Umesh Mishra, CEO of Transphorm.

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GaN company Transphorm closes $70M investment round

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Transphorm Inc, an early stage power conversion semiconductor company, announced a $70-million investment round led by global investment firm KKR. Similarly, when applied to power conversion, GaN components enable significantly more efficient, compact, and cost-effective products.

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Volkswagen showcases inductive charging w/ “power lift”, autonomous and semi-autonomous capabilities & gesture control at CES

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Beforehand, a “power lift” moves the charging plate integrated in the parking space into proximity with the underbody of the Golf. Inductive charging with a power lift is also safe and easy. It can accurately log whether the charging power listed for the station is actually available. e-Golf Intelligent Charge.

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ORNL researchers use stop-light cameras to reduce fuel consumption of less-efficient vehicles via traffic management

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Approximately 6 billion gallons of fuel are wasted in the US each year as vehicles wait at stop lights or sit in dense traffic with engines idling, according to US Department of Energy estimates. So, where to find a larger, fine-grained vehicle dataset?

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Volkswagen outlines a range of near-term technologies for reducing fuel consumption and emissions; stop-start 2.0, 10-speed DSG

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Compared to baseline figures for 2010, the Group wants to reduce energy and water consumption, waste generation and emissions (including CO 2 emissions) by 25% in all of its business areas. This would result in power density of 136 PS/liter (134 hp/liter).). VW’s “Strategy 2018”, earlier post.) Earlier post.). High-performance diesel.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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Process intensification breakthroughs can dramatically shrink the footprint of equipment needed on a crowded factory floor or eliminate waste by using the raw input materials more efficiently. Power America (Raleigh, NC). New technologies to better repurpose these materials could save U.S. manufacturers and the nation up to 1.6