Officials from Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne, IL), the US Department of Energy and automotive manufacturers announced the opening of Argonne's new Advanced Powertrain Research Facility. The facility is North America's only public testing facility for engines, fuel cells, electric drives and energy storage. State-of-the-art performance and emissions measurement equipment is available to support model development […]
Absopulse Electronics Ltd. (Carp, ON) released its new TSI Series of sine wave inverters as a low-cost, low-power alternative to its extensive...
STMicroelectronics Inc. (Geneva, Switzerland) announced an extension to its ST7 family of eight-bit micros with the launch of the ST72324 general-purpose microcontroller, which is aimed at the appliance, industrial and automotive markets. The new devices are available in 32-, 44-, 64- and 80-pin TQFP packages as well as SDIP32 and SDIP42. The new series features […]
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, SC) announced new ultra-high-energy density film capacitors that provide small package solutions where high ripple current handling capability...
Azure Dynamics Corp. (Vancouver, BC) announced a series of private placement financings for gross proceeds of $750,000. Hydro-Québec CapiTech Inc. increased its...
DaimlerChrysler AG (Auburn Hills, MI) announced that it will be introducing a gasoline-electric hybrid pickup truck next year in a bid to test consumers' willingness to pay for better fuel economy. Chrysler had previously canceled another hybrid vehicle that had been planned for 2003 that would have used electric motors to provide all-wheel-drive because it […]
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, Canada) has received a $1.88 million order from a new automotive customer for Ballard's fuel cell engine and support services. The contract will include Ballard's light-duty fuel cell engine, featuring the Mark 902 fuel cell module, application engineering, integration and vehicle launch support. "The performance of our Mark 902 fuel […]
GrafTech International Ltd. (Wilmington, DE) announced that GRAFCELL™ advanced flexible graphite will be included in Ballard Power Systems Inc.'s (Vancouver, BC) fuel cell engines, used to power Honda Motor Co.'s (Japan) new FCX fuel cell vehicle (FCV), and which are planned for commercial release by the end of 2002. Honda announced that the City of […]
General Electric Co. (GE, Fairfield, CT), ExxonMobil and Stanford University announced an unprecedented, multi-million dollar, collaborative energy research project, called the Global Climate and Energy Project (G-CEP), which will identify and develop alternative and next-generation energy technologies. Energy sources that will be researched involve a wide array of technologies, including advanced transportation systems; the production, […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced the appointment of Donald Dancer as Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel. He will report to CEO Alex Lidow. Dancer joins IR from General Electric Co. (Fairfield, CT), where he served most recently as general counsel for GE Industrial Systems Solutions (Duluth, GA) and GE Power Controls […]
Anadigm Inc. (Campbell, CA) announced that William McLean, a 20-year veteran of the semiconductor industry, has been named CEO and President of Anadigm. McLean served as President, US Operations, and Vice President, Worldwide Sales, of Parthus Technologies from 1998 until the company's recent combination with Ceva. "William McLean has a stellar record of taking companies […]
General Dynamics C4 Systems (Taunton, MA), a business unit of General Dynamics Corp. (Falls Church, VA), has delivered a fuel-cell-based auxiliary power unit for installation aboard "The 21st Century Truck," a government-industry collaborative effort for development of commercially viable technologies that will dramatically cut the fuel use and emissions of commercial trucks and buses. As […]
GAIA Converter S.A. (Merignac, France) announced its new MGDS-150 Series of 150W, synchronizable, industry-standard, half-brick package dc/dc converters designed for use in...
QuestAir Technologies Inc. (Burnaby, BC) announced that its commercial HyQuestor® hydrogen purification system has been installed as a key component of the Hydrogen Energy Station in Las Vegas, NV, the first integrated hydrogen vehicle fueling and power generation facility in North America. A formal dedication ceremony for the Energy Station was held at the West […]
Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (Worcester, MA) announced its new A3935 power MOSFET pre-driver IC for large three-phase brushless dc motors. The IC is...