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Tesla Taiwan owners seek investigation over alleged battery issues

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Tesla owners in Taiwan turned to the country’s Consumer Foundation for alleged issues with their electric vehicles’ batteries. As per the Foundation’s investigation, most owners reporting battery issues own Model X or Model S vehicles manufactured from late 2018 to 2019. .

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Taiwan to Increase Government Support of Li-ion Technology for EV Market

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Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) will increase its support of the country’s lithium-ion battery industry, with a focus on high-power and high-safety cells for application in electric vehicles. MOEA said estimated global electric vehicles (BEV, PHEV, HEV) sales in 2018 is expected to grow to 7.29 a market of about 6.26

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Tier IV raises $9M from Quanta Computer to develop reference model for ECUs for autonomous driving

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The current state of the art in autonomous driving requires low-power and high-performance ECUs with functional safety features. Founded in 1988, Quanta Computer is headquartered in Taiwan with major operation facilities set up in Asia, Canada, North America, South America, and Europe.

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Electron sandwich doubles thermoelectric performance

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Researchers from Hokkaido University and their colleagues in Japan and Taiwan have more than doubled the ability of a material to transform wasted heat into usable electricity by significantly narrowing the space through which spread electrons move, according to a new open-access study published in the journal Nature Communications.

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In 2024, Intel Hopes to Leapfrog Its Chipmaking Competitors

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For the past five years, Intel has lagged behind Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Intel hopes to leapfrog its competitors with new transistor technology and a power-delivery system that would be the first of its kind. and Samsung in advanced chip manufacturing. The company has been playing catch-up ever since.

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Sure, China’s Hypersonic Weapons May Have Incited a “Sputnik Moment”

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a speech in 2018 that was accompanied by an animated impression of how a hypersonic missile would look like on its way to North America. What does all this mean for the balance of power? In the 1960s the United States and the Soviet Union both experimented with the technology.

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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Compared with bipolar junction transistors, which were predominant in ICs then, MOS transistors are easier to scale and consume less power. He also served as the 2018–2019 chair of the IEEE Technical Activities Board periodicals committee. In 1987 he left to become manager of consulting services at Power Technology Inc.

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