General Motors Corp. (Detroit, MI) expects to mass produce fuel cell cars by the end of the decade. According to Matthew Fronk, chief engineer of fuel cell systems at General Motors, "We see a path to volume production within this decade, probably around 2008-2010." The car developed by GM will use gasoline as the primary […]
Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced the LTC4251 hot-swap controller, which comes in a tiny six-lead SOT-23 and includes multiple stages of...
Melexis GmbH (Germany) announced the TH8060 and TH8061 automotive ICs, which provide LIN bus architects with high-integration slave transceiver ICs that combine both a LIN transceiver with an LDO voltage regulator. This reduces component count and makes it possible for designers to develop simple, powerful, and less expensive LIN bus slave nodes that can be […]
Ansoft Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) announced financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2001. Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2002 totaled $11.2 million, an increase of 29 percent compared to $8.7 million reported in the previous fiscal year's first quarter. Pro-forma net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2002 was […]
General Motors Corp. (Detroit, MI) announced its latest fuel cell stack, which sets a new world standard for power density that packs...
Millennium Cell Inc. (Eatontown, NJ) announced that it has provided Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, MI) with a prototype Hydrogen-on-Demand fuel system for...
Advanced Automotive Batteries (AAB, Oregon House, CA) announced that the market for advanced hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV) batteries will grow from approximately $70.0 million this year to over $250.0 million by 2005 and is expected to top $500.0 million by 2009, according to a new study, "The 2001 Advanced Automotive Battery Industry Report," to be published […]
Avant! Corp. (Fremont, CA) announced the introduction of its iQBus design environment, a complete design environment developed specifically for 42V automotive applications. The new product provides a complete design environment from specification to manufacturing and covers electronic, electrical, mechanical, and bus systems, subsystems and components. Features of the iQBus design include definition of logical and […]
Exide Technologies (Princeton, NJ) announced that its transportation battery manufacturing facility in Salina, KS, has earned the ISO/TS 16949 quality certification. "The employees in Salina have been very dedicated in their efforts to achieve ISO/TS 16949 certification as part of Exide Technologies ongoing initiative to earn this quality certification at all of our global locations," […]
Channel-e (Germany), the German/Russian online-publication for electronics, will be hosting a free, worldwide, online event, channel-eXPERTS Power, that focuses on batteries, charging concepts, battery test systems, fuel cells, circuit protection, photovoltaics, ultracaps, etc., until December 31, 2001. During this time period, a panel of more than 20 experts will answer questions online regarding these technologies. […]
IMPCO Technologies Inc. (Cerritos, CA) reported results for its fiscal first quarter ended July 31, 2001. For the first quarter of fiscal 2002, IMPCO reported a net loss of $5.6 million, or $0.54 per share on revenues of $25.9 million. This compared to a net loss of $0.6 million, or $0.07 per share for the […]
Exide Technologies (Reading, PA) announced that it has signed an exclusive two-year agreement to supply Pacific Automotive (Elizabeth, Australia) with transportation batteries. Pacific Automotive, a division of Pacific Dunlop Ltd., operates more than 570 retail outlets under the names Repco and Autopro. "The two-year supply agreement, retroactive to November 2000, is a significant achievement and […]
Evercel Inc. (Danbury, CT) announced the closing of its Newport News, VA, production facility and consolidation of manufacturing in China. Manufacturing will be shifted to the company's joint venture facility in Xiamen, China. "These decisions were difficult but absolutely necessary in order to ensure the long-term viability of the company and its products," said Garry […]
Motorola Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) announced that Motorola Labs scientists are the first to successfully combine the best properties of workhorse silicon technology...
ZAP (Sebastopol, CA) has redesigned and upgraded its ZAPPY electric scooter for 2002. ZAP says that the new ZAPPY has across-the-board improvements,...