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Coulomb Technologies to Provide 4,600 Free Home and Public Charging Stations Through ChargePoint America Program

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ChargePoint charging stations are available now for installation in all nine designated regional metropolitan areas of the US. This grant will bring thousands of networked charging stations to nine US regions that are slated to receive the first electric vehicles from our automobile partners.

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New Renesas 32-Bit MCUs for improved fuel efficiency in vehicle powertrain control applications

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The number of sensors used in automobiles to provide information on the vehicle or environment status is growing rapidly, and these sensors are becoming more sophisticated. It also supports a mode allowing connection to CAN buses using the earlier standard. Samples of the RH850/E1M-S2 are available now.

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New lineup of Intelligent Power Devices from Renesas contribute to reduced vehicle weight; high-current load switch applications

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Previously, most ECUs used relays as the switching elements in their drive circuits, with the average automobile using around 100 relays. Previously, switching in large-current applications was handled using mechanical relays or multiple semiconductor switches connected in parallel. Samples of the new IPDs are available now.

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