Japan has decided to make a plan for using sewage disposal facilities operated by local governments as stations to provide hydrogen to fuel cell vehicles. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will develop technologies to produce methane gas at low costs from sewage sludge. From methane, hydrogen fuel for those vehicles can be produced. […]
Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan) announced its new Toyota PM (Personal Mobility) prototype car, which adjusts the position of its wheels for different...
A car that runs on hydrogen and solar power completed a gruelling journey across Australia in what organizers claimed was a world...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced a new series of high-current, ultra-low dropout (ULDO) linear voltage regulators in high-density, hermetic...
Mercedes-Benz, a DaimlerChrysler AG (Auburn Hills, MI) division, will be displaying the latest DaimlerChrysler fuel cell vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto...
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) introduced its LM5025 integrated 100V pulse-width modulation (PWM) controller for forward converters with the active clamp/reset...
Enova Systems Inc. (Torrance, CA), a developer and manufacturer of mobile and stationary electric, hybrid and fuel cell digital power management systems, announced that it has received an order from EDO Corp. (New York) for the development and fabrication of advanced power electronic components for EDO's Unmanned Surface Mine Sweeping Vessel. EDO was awarded a […]
TT electronics plc (Boone, NC) announced its acquisition of optoelectronic manufacturer Optek Technology Inc. (Carrollton, TX) from privately held Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corp. (DKM). Optek will expand TT electronics' sensor portfolio, adding optoelectronic as well as fiber optic technology to the extensive offering of automotive sensors, hybrid assemblies and passive components from TT electronics divisions. Optek has […]
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC, Canada) announced that it will provide three of its latest-generation, heavy-duty fuel cell engines to EvoBus for integration into Mercedes-Benz Citaro buses for the public transport system in Perth, Western Australia. Ballard will deliver the 205kW, heavy-duty fuel cell engines in the first half of 2004, and the buses […]
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) introduced two secondary-side, synchronous n-channel MOSFET drivers, the LTC3900 and LTC3901. Both devices have timer and...
AMI Semiconductor Inc. (AMIS, Pocatello, ID), a leader in the design and manufacture of application-specific integrated circuits, announced that the company has combined the popular 8051 processor core with its own I3T80 mixed-signal, high-voltage technology to deliver leading-edge system-on-a-chip devices for the automotive, industrial and medical markets. The new products offer a unique range of […]
Gresham Power (Salisbury, UK) announced a new family of dc/ac inverters for telecomm applications. Employing inherently low-noise and high-reliability technology, the company...
Industries International Inc. (China), a manufacturer and distributor of telephones, telecommunications-related technology and lithium batteries, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Li Sun Power, has been awarded a technology patent (Patent No. 03254599.1-China) for its battery control system for electric vehicles. The control system uses Li Sun Power's self-developed, real-time control and intelligent voltage stabilization […]
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced four new pulse-width modulation (PWM) controllers (the UCC2891, UCC2892, UCC2893 and UCC2894) that significantly simplify...
Absopulse Electronics Ltd. (Carp, Ontario, Canada) introduced its new DRC150 modular power supply system designed for dual-input and redundant-output operation. The system...