Siemens Digital Industries Software today announced it has collaborated with United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) to develop process design kits (PDKs) for the foundry‘s 110-nanometer (nm) and 180-nm BCD technology platforms. The new PDKs for UMC, which is a leading semiconductor foundry focused on logic and specialty technologies, are optimized for Siemens EDA’s Tanner custom design flow software, enabling innovative designs for a wide variety of integrated circuits (ICs) used in automotive and power applications.
Continental and SHARE NOW Denmark are broadening their partnership. The move follows a successful collaboration between the two companies as part of a pilot project on tread depth monitoring for the car-sharing service’s fleet that is set to run until mid-2022. In the future, SHARE NOW Denmark will have a Conti360° Solutions contract in place to handle all tire management for its fleet of around 700 vehicles. Close to 65 percent of these are electrically powered, while 35 percent have a combustion engine.
Battery systems for 48 V are used in multiple, growing market categories including Mild Hybrid Electrical Vehicles, trucks, e-wheelers and battery packs for solar panels. These Li-ion battery systems need to be protected against negative and positive voltages.
FANUC has introduced the new M-1000iA robot capable of handling very heavy products including automotive components, construction materials and battery packs for electric vehicles.
HELLA combines all the necessary functions for efficient thermal management for the first time in the form of a subsystem. Innovative 7-way valve ensures ideal temperature of battery, components and vehicle interior at any time of the year and enables efficient heat recovery. Modular approach allows components to be combined according to requirements.
AKASOL AG will supply GILLIG, a leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in North America, with the third generation of its battery systems, the AKASystem 9 AKM 150 CYC. The framework agreement has a total order value in the low triple-digit-million-euro range. GILLIG offers up to 686 kWh of available energy in its transit bus – the largest capacity in a North American transit bus and an increase by 32 percent compared to the second-generation battery system.
Recently, SANY’s first intelligent battery swapping station made its debut with a staged demonstration, signifying another major breakthrough in SANY’s electrification progress.