Automotive
Advanced circuit protection solutions for connected, autonomous vehicles
As the automotive industry moves forward with the concept of semi- and fully- autonomous vehicles, the diversity of complex and sensitive electronics-based systems increases significantly. For society, automation promises to make our roads safer, with fewer accidents, and to ease traffic congestion proactively. Mouser’s Mark Patrick explains.
Ensuring software quality in ADAS
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) have an important role to play in ensuring the safety of modern vehicles - to help remove the human errors that cause the majority of road accidents (94% according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). Jill Britton, Perforce Software, explains.
A closer look at electric vehicles
The market for electric vehicles (EVs) has changed rapidly over the past few years, transitioning from a technology novelty with an added sustainability benefit, to being a true performance leader in the automotive market. EVs now have the lowest total cost of ownership for consumers and have the benefit of providing a sustainable mobility experience.
Duo partner to advance autonomous driving
Real-Time Innovations (RTI) has announced its partnership with NXP Semiconductors. RTI’s DDS-based solution, Connext Drive, now runs natively on NXP’s automotive-grade S32G vehicle network processors, enabling a zonal electrical/electronic (E/E) architecture through a flexible, modular and scalable platform. Together, the companies aim to accelerate the next-generation of production-track autonomous vehicles.&...
4-quadrant silicon PIN photodiode in SMD package
New Yorker Electronics has introduced Vishay’s 4-Quadrant Silicon PIN Photodiode in a standard surface-mount package, qualified for automotive applications.
G3 smart electric SUV delivered to first customers in Norway
Xpeng, a Chinese smart electric vehicle company, has started delivery of smart EVs to customers in Norway. 100 Xpeng G3 smart electric SUVs are being handed over this week to their new owners across 28 cities and towns in Norway - the northernmost of which is Bodø (67°N), just north of the Arctic Circle.
E-bikes come closer to Europe
It has been long time since Panasonic presented its first e-bike 1979 in Japan, that electrically assisted cycling has become a mass (and growth) market. Bicycles always enjoyed a particular attention within the global corporation, as company founder Konosuke Matsushita worked in a bicycle store in his youth, and have therefore been part of the product range since the 1950s.
5 significant Electric Vehicle opportunities in 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused 2020 to become the pivotal year as the automotive industry goes through a once in a hundred-year transformation. Overall, we expect global car sales in 2020 to crash by roughly 20%, yet plug-in electric cars (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) to grow by north of 21%, showing the remarkable resiliency of electric vehicles against the backdrop of economic downturn.
Long-life capacitor works at temperatures to +125°C
New Yorker Electronics has stocks of the new Vishay BC Components 190 RTL Aluminum Capacitors for increased design flexibility and board space in high temperature applications.
Massive opportunities for electric two-wheelers
Electric two-wheelers, including electric motorcycles and electric scooters, sell in huge numbers which dwarf any other electric vehicle segment. This is mainly driven by Asia, where the mobility mode offers a cheap, fast and clean way to travel through urban centres.