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Alex Stapleton, the COO of Alexander Battery Technologies

PSDcast – Have We Become Overly-Reliant on Gigafactories?

As electric vehicles and batteries have become more sophisticated, we’ve witnessed the emergence of gigafactories. The term was first coined by Tesla CEO Elon Musk in 2013, and it’s since been adopted by other manufacturers involved in EVs and their associated parts and components. But have we become over-reliant on

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Date:

04/30/2025

STMicroelectronics’ Automotive Gate Driver Enables Scalable and High-Performance EV-Powertrain Designs

STMicroelectronics’ STGAP4S galvanically isolated automotive gate driver for SiC MOSFETs and IGBTs gives flexibility to control inverters of different power ratings featuring programmable protections and rich diagnostics that allow ISO 26262 ASIL D qualification. With analog-digital converter (ADC) an

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Date:

04/30/2025

Ilika's Goliath Battery for Electric Vehicles Achieves Scale-up Milestone

Ilika, the UK pioneer in solid state battery technology, confirms superior performance of its Goliath batteries manufactured via an industrially scaled process at The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre. This further underpins confidence that the battery is on track on its route to market, reducing costs, in

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Date:

04/18/2025

Revolutionizing Clean Energy Generation, Distribution and Storage with New XtremeSense TMR Current Sensors

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (“Allegro”) announced the launch of its latest XtremeSense™ TMR current sensors. Allegro’s CT4022 and CT4032 current sensors deliver superior noise performance and high-precision current measurements for high-voltage, power-dense clean energy applications. “Allegro's new Xtreme

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Date:

04/18/2025

Introducing the First 2kA Protection Thyristor in Compact DO-214AB Package from Littelfuse

Littelfuse, Inc. announced the launch of the Pxxx0S3G-A SIDACtor® Protection Thyristor Series, the industry’s first 2 kA thyristors in a compact DO-214AB (SMC) package. The Pxxx0S3G-A series, designed to safeguard equipment in harsh environments from severe overvoltage transients, enables engineers to

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Date:

04/17/2025

Navitas’ Latest SiCPAK Power Modules Set a New Standard for Unparalleled Reliability & Efficient High-Temperature Performance

Navitas Semiconductor announces the release of its latest SiCPAK™ power modules with epoxy-resin potting technology, powered by proprietary trench-assisted planar SiC MOSFET technology, that have been rigorously designed and validated for the most demanding high-power environments, prioritizing reliability an

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Date:

04/17/2025

Aditya Ambardar, the BU Manager – Switching Power, from Diodes Incorporated

PSDcast – A Renewed Interest in 48 V Architectures

With EVs thriving like never before, and a number of government- and self-imposed deadlines for switching over completely to zero emission vehicles, 48 volts is suddenly on the tip of everyone’s tongue. And on the line to discuss that is Aditya Ambardar, the BU Manager – Switching Power, from Diodes Inco

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Date:

04/16/2025

Charles Zha, SVP and GM of Navitas Asia-Pacific

Navitas & GigaDevice Announce Partnership to Combine Power & Control for Next-Gen, High-Frequency, High-Efficiency, & High-Density Power Platforms

Navitas Semiconductor has announced a new strategic partnership with GigaDevice, a world-leader in microcontrollers (MCUs) and flash memory, to create a joint-lab for integrating and tailoring Navitas’ GaNFast™ ICs & GigaDevice's Microcontrollers, targeting AI data centers, EVs, Solar, and Energy Sav

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Date:

04/09/2025

Engineering student Chloe Acosta plugs in an EV for charging in snowy weather on the University of Michigan's North Campus. Photo: Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering

Charging Electric Vehicles 5x Faster in Subfreezing Temps

A modified manufacturing process for electric vehicle batteries, developed by University of Michigan engineers, could enable high ranges and fast charging in cold weather, solving problems that are turning potential EV buyers away. "We envision this approach as something that EV battery manufacturers

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Date:

04/01/2025

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Figure 1: While the highly watched demand for EV and hybrid vehicles continues to increase, sales of new EV vehicles have slowed over the last several months due to many factors, including market and public policy

Automotive Electrification Movement

Matt McWhinney, group business development manager, and Kirk Ulery, distribution business development manager, at Molex; Shawn Luke, technical marketing engineer, at DigiKey

The automotive industry's evolution through electrification—replacing traditional mechanically driven systems with electric components and systems—is profoundly changing the design of today’s vehicles, which range widely from internal combustion engines to mild hybrids to fully electric architectures. As systems ha

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Date:

04/01/2025

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Figure 1: TRCDRIVE pack is a compact module offering high current density with heat dissipation on one side that has been developed for controlling traction inverters and is based on ROHM’s proprietary module technology

Reducing the Size of xEV Inverters

Imane Fouaide, Application Marketing Manager, ROHM

Mobility is a key part of our daily life. The rapid move to carbon-neutral and energy-efficient means of transport is making an important contribution to a greener future. Development of electric drives that are more compact, efficient and also lighter has a key part to play here - not only in promoting greater in

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Date:

04/01/2025

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

U.S. Battery Capacity on the Rise

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

In what’ll probably come as no surprise to those tuned in to the market, the U.S. battery capacity saw a huge uptick in 2024. But why, and could recent political developments bump up those numbers even further? According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, cumulative utility-scale battery storage c

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Date:

04/01/2025

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

The EV Battery Competition Heats Up

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

One area of the industry I find particularly fascinating is the search for new battery technology, particularly for electric vehicles. It seems almost every month, a new battery chemistry comes closer to commercialization. Although our current Li-ion batteries are very good at what they do, there is always ro

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Date:

04/01/2025

EV, Hybrids & Charging Infrastructure