While the debate on EV/HEV tax credits, battery technology and infrastructure has been a constant over the last decades, high voltage technology for Automobiles remains a key enabler for advanced applications. Electric Vehicles in particular still face infrastructure hurdles. Both HEV and EV platforms are challenged by battery costs and reliability. While Hybrid Electric and [...]
Read More »During the 1970s – while Fairchild Semiconductor was launching a few first in the industry devices – it was also becoming a legendary part of United States (as well as human-kind) history. In 1977, NASA launched Voyager One and Two, tasked with an Interstellar Mission. Designed specifically for the exploration of Saturn and Jupiter, the [...]
Read More »Research shows that as much as 70 percent of the total electricity consumed by the average modern household goes to power motors in appliances like refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, fans and vacuum cleaners. In Taiwan, for example, the total electric power consumption for 2007 was 117.2 billion kWh, with motors representing roughly 80 billion [...]
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