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New Ricardo 48V electric motor aims to boost power and cut costs of hybrids; up to 50% increase in power density; ECOCHAMPS

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As part of its contribution to a recently completed major European research initiative to achieve more efficient and cost-effective hybrid powertrains for both passenger cars and commercial vehicles, Ricardo developed a new 48V e-motor offering up to a 50% increase in power density compared with current production machines.

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NC State team develops new Si/C inverter; 12.1 kW/L & greater efficiency in a smaller, lighter package

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Researchers at the Future Renewable Electric Energy Distribution and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center at North Carolina State University have developed an inverter for hybrid and electric vehicles using off-the-shelf components made of the wide-bandgap semiconductor material silicon carbide (SiC). kW/L by 2020. —Iqbal Husain.

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Infineon introduces next-generation of microcontroller multicore architecture for automotive applications

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The new architecture is the foundation of Infineon’s next generation MCU family designed to meet the requirements of upcoming automotive powertrain and safety applications. Design, implementation and documentation are focused for compliance to the highest Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL D).

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Peugeots Diesel 3008 Hybrid4

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The hybrid crossover, to be produced in France (in Sochaux and Mulhouse), will be the first full hybrid diesel to hit the market. The design of the powertrain (engine powering the front wheels, motor powering the rear) enables 4-wheel drive, an all-electric mode, and fuel consumption of 3.8 Tags: Diesel Hybrids.

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Peugeot Shows Two HYbrid4 Concepts, New BB1 EV Concept at Frankfurt

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The 3008 HYbrid4 ( earlier post ) previews the production model scheduled to appear in the spring of 2011, while the experimental RCZ HYbrid4 is a sports car application of the same hybrid system. The HYbrid4 is a “through-the-road” hybrid system. The BB1 is based on a tubular chassis designed by Peugeot Motorcycles.

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ORNL Researchers Modify Plug-in Hybrid Electric Traction Drive Power Electronics to Function as On-Board Charger; Mobile Power Generation and V2G Support as Well

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The approach for hybrids using multiple inverters and motors (left) and a single inverter and motor (right). Lixin Tang and Gui-Jia Su (2009) A low-cost, digitally-controlled charger for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2009), pp. 3923 - 3929 doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2009.5316496.

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NVIDIA introduces new Tesla P100 GPU accelerator for deep learning, HPC applications; NVIDIA DGX-1 deep learning supercomputer

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An innovative approach to memory design, Chip on Wafer on Substrate (CoWoS) with HBM2, provides a 3x boost in memory bandwidth performance, or 720GB/sec, compared to the Maxwell architecture. ECC protection for increased reliability. NVLink Hybrid Cube Mesh. CoWoS with HBM2 for big data workloads. NVIDIA DGX-1. 7TB SSD DL Cache.

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