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Asahi Kasei Microdevices and Silentium enter license agreement for automotive Active Road Noise Cancellation (ARNC) technology

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Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) has entered into a license agreement with Israel-based Silentium for automotive Active Road Noise Cancellation (ARNC). Still, keeping the inside of electric vehicles quiet is a major challenge for car manufacturers. Sample shipment is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2022.

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VisIC and ZF partner on R&D effort to develop EV inverter based on GaN semiconductor technology; focus on 400V

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ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Israel-based VisIC Technologies Ltd., This optimization is important for the inverter design and manufacturing in order to minimize the required paralleling and to optimize the inverter cost. It also simplifies the system solution and enables high-efficiency and affordable power train solutions.

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

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We will support efforts to achieve the road transport breakthrough announced by world leaders, which aims to make zero emission vehicles the new normal by making them accessible, affordable and sustainable in all regions by 2030. … —COP 26 Declaration. Unilever; Vattenfall; Zenith; Zurich.

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Why Are Modern Vehicles So Much Bigger?

The Truth About Cars

Safety standards have required the implementation of systems that often won’t fit into older/smaller designs and loopholes in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards have resulted in manufacturers sizing up models to exploit regulatory blind spots. This changed in the following decade. Here’s an example from The Washington Post.

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Ford targeting highly autonomous vehicle for ride-sharing in 2021; new tech company investments, staffing up in Silicon Valley

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We have a strategic advantage because of our ability to combine the software and sensing technology with the sophisticated engineering necessary to manufacture high-quality vehicles. The aim is to quickly mass-produce a more affordable automotive LiDAR sensor. —Mark Fields, Ford president and CEO.

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EERC Foundation Receives Patent Application Approval for On-Demand Hydrogen Fueling System

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EERC envisions that such a process would eliminate the prohibitive infrastructure costs of nationwide hydrogen transportation and storage so that hydrogen refueling could be accessible and affordable. The first demonstration of this technology is tentatively planned for Grand Forks in 2010.

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Indian Oil Corp exploring hydrogen to use as eco-friendly fuels 

Electric Vehicles India

IOC EV battery manufacturing & ethanol plants. IOC is also planning a GW scale EV battery manufacturing plant, that will also be finalized soon. It is to soon finalise plans for a GW scale EV battery manufacturing plant with the collaboration of an Israeli company. 600 crores each. Watch the related video.

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