Electric Vehicle
Auto EV Lithium Ion batteries prices seeing a major fall in 2023
Lithium Ion batteries prices per watthour hovering around $150 from 2021 to 2022. but in the year 2023, due to significant fall in the second quarter, the battery prices are expected to come down. Along with the slow demand, the raw material cost for making lithium ion batteries is also coming dow
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Li-ion battery packs for BEV and PHEV grow to US$180 billion in 2028, at 16.9% CAGR 22-28
Yole reported that The total annual demand for lithium-ion battery packs used in Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEVs) and Battery Electric Vehicle (BEVs) is projected to experience substantial growth, surging from approximately 430 GWh in 2022 to roughly 1,500 GWh by 2028. Yole estimates the t
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Global EV sales up 49% to 6.2 million units in H1 2023, with 55% of vehicles sold in Mainland China
Market researcher Canalys reports from its latest finding that the worldwide sales of electric vehicles (EVs) grew by 49% to 6.2 million units in H1 2023. EVs constitute 16% of the global light vehicle market, marking a significant increase of 12.4% from the first half of 2022. Further analysis
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Littelfuse announce AEC-Q200 Rev E qualified fuses for automotive applications
Littelfuse released its new AEC-Q200 Rev E Qualified Fuses, specifically designed for the demanding circuit protection needs of compact automotive electronics and electric vehicle (EV) applications. The new product portfolio includes a range of thin film fuses, Nano2 fuses, PICO fuses, and cartridge
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Current shunt monitors from Diodes can sense small voltages in EV automotive power sys
The new devices from Diodes for current monitoring in power systems can capture small sense voltages across a wide common-mode voltage range in electric vehicles (Evs). The new ZXCT21xQ family of single-stage instrumentation amplifiers can sense current in load/rail in brushless DC (BLDC) motor con
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Extreme low power consuming BLE sensor beacon dev kit for wide IoT applications
For an environment friendly electronics design engineer, use of battery in portable electronics is forcible acceptance due to non-availability of any other green energy source. If there is an option to use solar PV, or any other energy harvesting techniques at least battery size can be reduced. In s
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Mazda's future EV cars and other vehicles to be powered by Panasonic Li-ion batteries
Japan-based leading battery maker Panasonic Energy and automotive manufacturer Mazda have agreed to enter into discussions to establish medium to long-term partnership or supplying of automotive cylindrical Lithium-ion Batteries to meet demand for battery electric vehicles and automotive batteries
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US to overtake Germany to become second-biggest EV automotive market
Market researcher counterpoint finds the sale of electric vehicles in US has gone up by 79% year over year in first quarter of 2023. US is a fast growing market for electric vehicles, this got further boosted by introduction of an EV tax credit of up to $7,500. However brands like Hyundai, Audi, BMW
4 min readEV Battery Prices Plummet in May, Poised for Demand Surge in June, Says TrendForce
TrendForce reports that May proved to be a turning point in the lithium salt market, highlighting a notable surge in prices. The price of battery-grade lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide in China skyrocketed from less than CNY 200,000/ton (~USD 28,000) to over CNY 300,000/ton (~USD 43,000). Not
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Automotive: EV sales reach close to 2 Million in 1Q 2023, yoy growth of 26%
Market researcher TrendForce finds the total sales of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) comprising battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs) reached 2.656 million units in the first quarter of 2023, marking a 28% YoY increase. Sales of BEVs co
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Murata's new MLCCs with extended creepage distance for EV electronics
Leading electronics manufacturer Murata has introduced multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) products that successfully draw on the company’s advanced resin molding capabilities. The EVA series of MLCCs have properties that will be highly appealing to electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers. These capaci
3 min readTI helps maximize EV driving range with SiC gate driver
Texas Instruments has made available a highly integrated, functional safety-compliant, isolated gate driver that enables engineers to design more efficient traction inverters and maximize electric vehicle (EV) driving range. The new UCC5880-Q1 reinforced isolated gate driver offers features that ena
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