Yesterday, Northvolt, the Swedish li-ion EV battery startup, produced its first battery cell. Backed by BMW, Baillie Gifford, Goldman Sachs, VW and Tesla, Northvolt’s ambition is to redress the imbalance of EV battery production between Europe and Asia. Northvolt says it has already got orders worth $30 billion from VW, BMW, Polestar and Volvo. Northvolt’s ...
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The world’s first 100% methane powered tractor, backed by £9.1 million from the government’s Advanced Propulsion Centre, runs on bio-methane fuel made from cow dung. The Low Carbon T6 Methane Power Tractor has been trial tested and used to harvest vegetables on a Cornish farm It was made in Basildon, Essex, by tractor manufacturers New ...
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Raspberry Pi has come up with the Trilobot robot kit. Trilobot’s chassis is made of layers of resilient FR-4 PCB. The motor driver hardware is built right into the chassis itself so you don’t need a separate HAT to handle the motors. It has a blingy gold bumper and a stylish reversible top plate. Bright ...
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From January 1st, India is taking applications from chip companies to set up fabs in India. The Indian government has allocated $10 billion in support for inwardly investing chip manufacturers. India expects at least a dozen semiconductor manufacturers to start building fabs in the next 2-3 years. The minister responsible for the investments, Ashwini Vaishnaw, ...
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Weebit Nano has received from manufacturing the first silicon wafers that integrate its embedded ReRAM module inside complete subsystem demonstration (demo) chips. The chips will be used for testing and characterisation, as well as for demonstration to potential customers. The demo ICs will allow customers to run applications to test Weebit’s ReRAM technology ahead of ...
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TE Connectivity (TE) has acquired force-guided narrow safety relay (NSR) elementary relay technology from the Phoenix Contact Group. The acquisition adds a single–pole, force–guided offering to TE’s relay portfolio for the factory automation, elevator and rail markets. As a part of the agreement, TE will assume responsibility for manufacturing and marketing of the NSR element. ...
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