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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., Our partnership with ZF for the development of gallium nitride-based power inverters in electric vehicles illustrates the break-through of gallium nitride technology in the automotive industry.

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Israel’s RFISee unveils long-range high resolution 4D imaging radar on a chip

Green Car Congress

Israel-based RFISee , a developer of affordable imaging radars for the automotive industry, is unveiling the first Phased Array 4D imaging radar on a chip. One example is the 1 June accident involving an autopilot-driven vehicle in Taiwan. million from Clear Future, Drive, NextGear and the Israel Innovation Authority.

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Celebrating the Life of University of Texas Professor Mo-Shing Chen

Cars That Think

Mentoring the next generation of power engineers Born in the village of Wuxing in China, Chen and his family moved to Taiwan in 1949 when he was a teenager. After Chen earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1954 from National Taiwan University in Taipei, he joined the Taiwan Power Co.

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Adgero signs €3.5M deal with ultracap manufacturer Skeleton for road freight KERS

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Under the agreement, the French transport technology developer will now source SkelMod 160V modules exclusively for the Adgero hybrid system pioneered to increase efficiency for the truck transport industry. Under the deal for 2016 and 2017 Adgero will purchase hundreds of SkelMod units in a deal worth approximately €3.5

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Gogoro expands its battery-swapping electric scooters to the Americas

Baua Electric

Starting in Taiwan, Gogoro has since expanded to China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Singapore, South Korea, and The Philippines. While some smaller battery-swapping networks have emerged in South America, Gogoro’s is by far the largest worldwide and is seen as a defacto standard in the industry.

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Budget Drones in Ukraine Are Redefining Warfare

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Greico, Stimson Center Back in 1981, Israel sent modest contraptions sporting surveillance cameras in its war against Syria, to some effect. If those two powers ever clash, it would likely be over Taiwan, which China says it will one day absorb and the U.S. But even if they do, you’d need to get them all the way to Taiwan.

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