Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

The 2020 edition of US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) comprehensive annual report on nationwide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions shows that emissions increased from 2017 to 2018 by 3.1% (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector). Source: EPA. >. through the uptake of carbon and storage in forests, vegetation and soils.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2016

Renesas Electronics announced the availability of six new intelligent power devices (IPDs) for automotive motor and heater control applications. Previously, most ECUs used relays as the switching elements in their drive circuits, with the average automobile using around 100 relays.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2016

Transmission control systems, for their part, must instantly select the optimal gear ratio to match the driving conditions, which change moment by moment, in order to minimize power loss in the transmission. This contributes to shorter development cycles, even though the Electronic Control Units (ECUs) used in automobiles become more complex.

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