On January 26, Nexperia announced that its NEX40400 step-down converter combines high efficiency with low operating quiescent current (60 μA typ.) and can provide up to 600 mA output from a wide 4.5 V to 40 V input range for applications.
Nexperia also plans to release an AEC-Q100-qualified version of the NEX40400 la

South Korea’s Egtronics Co., Ltd. will establish a new joint company, AIEG Motors (JiangSu) Co., Ltd., to develop and produce core components for electric vehicles (EVs) in Jiangsu, China. The company will invest KRW 13.85 billion (JPY 1.52 billion) to acquire a 70% stake. Egtronics has headquarters and a production

Continental AG (Continental) and The Remakers, a company of The Future is Neutral which is a subsidiary of Renault Group and Suez, have introduced the first circular economy offering in Europe specifically designed for EVs, focusing on the DCDC converter remanufacturing.
As part of the 3-year project, Continental Eng

On November 21, Melexis unveiled the MLX91235, a new current sensor. It expands Melexis' portfolio, enabling the measurement of larger currents flowing through external primary conductors like PCB traces and busbars. It supports automotive and alternative mobility applications like inverters, battery management syste

On October 18, Punch Powertrain announced that it has developed a highly integrated power control solution called UP-IV, a “Unified Power” 4-in-1 controller, tailored for the electric vehicles and electric light commercial vehicle (eLCV) market. It combines the functionalities of an inverter, onboard charger (OBC), D

On October 8, SABIC announced that it will present advanced material technologies and creative solutions for energy storage, particularly electric vehicle (EV) battery components and charging infrastructure at the Battery Show North America 2024.
It will present a multi-material EV battery pack enclosure. This novel

On September 18, Viritech announced that it is participating in the Government-funded Power-electronics Upscale for Localisation and Sustainable Electrification (PULSE) APC Project with Unipart, Transense, Hypromag, Coventry University, and Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), to deliver important inverter and DC/DC te

Infineon Technologies AG announced that Vitesco Technologies has selected its CoolGaN Transistors 650 V to improve the power efficiency of its Gen5+ GaN Air DCDC converter. 
With GaN Transistors, Vitesco can design its Gen5+ GaN Air DCDC converters with passive cooling. It also allows for simplified converter design

On July 2, Melexis announced new safety qualification (UL/IEC 62368-1) for the MLX91220 (5V) and MLX91221 (3.3V) current sensors. They can now be used in systems with higher voltage isolation requirements for both SOIC8 (715V BI, 307V RI) and SOIC16 (1415V BI, 707V RI) packages. 
To guarantee the safety and isolation

On March 18, MTA S.p.A. announced the opening of a new research & development Centre in Turin, in the Mirafiori neighborhood, a district that hosts an automotive excellence hub where major global component suppliers have already settled.
It will employ at full capacity about 25 engineers dedicated to the development

Several South Korean media sources reported that Shinsung ST Co., Ltd. will build a new plant for secondary battery parts in the Busan Metropolitan City.
The company is headquartered in Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, and produces busbar frame assemblies, cooling fins, and DC/DC converters.
It will invest KRW 46.3 bil

On February 27, Infineon Technologies presented the 750V G1 discrete CoolSiC MOSFET. The product family includes both industrial-graded and automotive-graded SiC MOSFETs that are optimized for totem-pole PFC, T-type, LLC/CLLC, dual active bridge (DAB), HERIC, buck/boost, and phase-shifted full bridge (PSFB) topologie

BorgWarner Inc. completed its acquisition of the Electric Hybrid Systems business segment of Eldor Corporation (“Eldor”). The acquisition is an important complement to the ePropulsion portfolio, especially as it relates to expansion in high-voltage power electronics beyond the inverter. Headquartered in Italy, Eldor’

Infineon Technologies AG expanded its 650 V CoolMOS CFD7A portfolio by introducing the QDPAK package. This package family is designed to provide equivalent thermal capabilities with improved electrical performance over the well-known TO247 THD devices, thus enabling efficient energy utilization in onboard chargers an

Several South Korean media sources reported that LG Magna e-Powertrain Co., Ltd. (LG Magna e-Powertrain), a joint venture between LG Electronics Inc. and Magna International Inc., commenced mass production at its Mexican plant in September 2023. The plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, produces motors, inverters, and con

On October 17, Viritech announced that it will lead a GBP 675 thousand project (Project FCDC) to develop a new generation of DC-DC Converter that integrates the energy management of a fuel cell and a battery pack. It creates a dynamic energy system in which the fuel cell is the primary energy source, with batteries p

Several South Korean media sources reported Hyundai Kefico will start supplying vehicle control units (VCU) and DC-DC converters to the Saudi Arabian electric vehicle (EV) brand, the Ceer. The sales under the deal will be KRW 250 billion (JPY 27.5 billion). The company expects to generate KRW 700 billion (JPY 77 bill

Rohm Co., Ltd. (Rohm) announced that it has developed isolated-type flyback DC/DC converters, BD7F105EFJ-C and BD7F205EFJ-C. These DC/DC converters are suitable for a gate driver’s power source used in main inverters, onboard chargers (OBC), electric compressors, PTC heaters, and other applications for electrified ve