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VinFast partners with Gotion High-Tech on LFP battery cell R&D

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For VinFast, exploring the local production of LFP batteries in Vietnam is part of the car maker’s efforts to establish a clean energy ecosystem and localize parts supply. VinFast also has plans to build production facilities for battery and charging equipment in the US and Europe, as part of its global expansion strategy.

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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., The inverter—which converts DC power from the traction battery to AC power that drives the motor—is a key part of the electric drive chain.

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

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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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million (US$4-million) distribution agreement to ensure modules from ultracapacitor manufacturer Skeleton Technologies, are part of its Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) for road freight. Adgero has signed a €3.5-million Earlier post.)

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Budget Drones in Ukraine Are Redefining Warfare

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But for the most part, the price is right: China’s DJI Mavic 3 , used by both Russia and Ukraine for surveillance and for delivering bombs, goes for around $2,000. Greico, Stimson Center Back in 1981, Israel sent modest contraptions sporting surveillance cameras in its war against Syria, to some effect. says it will defend.

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Micro-components in EVs: small dimensions and tight tolerances (Whitepaper) – Charged EVs

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Economics Drives Ray-Gun Resurgence

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Israel made news in April by field-testing an airborne antimissile laser called Iron Beam, a play on the name Iron Dome, the missile system it has used to down rockets fired from Gaza. Israel opted to pursue laser weapons in part because its Iron Dome missiles cost so much more than the unguided, largely homemade rockets they defend against.

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