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The Toyota Fuel Cell Sedan doesn’t go on sale until next year, but it’s already made its motorsport debut. Sort of. The hydrogen fuel-cell car was “featured” in the final round of the 2014 Japanese Rally Championship over the weekend, where it ran the course but didn’t try for a competitive time. Instead, the Fuel Cell Sedan drove the entire

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Southern California Edison just revealed the list of energy storage companies it has selected to help meet local capacity requirements. “Its a big, big announcement,” said Stem CEO John Carrington. It’s going to be a big week for the energy storage industry. Southern California Edison (SCE) just announced its latest procurement contract — and energy storage is a major winner.

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Light-emitting diode bulbs have long been far more efficient than incandescent or even compact florescent bulbs, but that gap has widened even more this year. The average efficiency of LEDs stood at around 80 lumens per watt in mid-2013, but is now closer to 100 lumens per watt, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is far higher than

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The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that it will shortly embark on the trial run of electric buses (powered by batteries) where the battery can be recharged up to 80 per cent in less than 30 minutes. The bus can cover up to 200km with a full battery at a speed of 100km per hour. The RTA will

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Lightning Packs LLC have created an electricity-generating backpack that can “provide wearable renewable electricity for combat soldiers or disaster-relief workers operating in remote locations.” Instead of using disposable batteries, which can weigh up to 20 lbs, the new backpack generates electricity via the kinetic movement of the cargo compartment moving up and down. This not only allows for longer missions,

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Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. The company reported third quarter sales of $143.1 million compared with $146.3 million in the second quarter of 2014 and $142.9 million in the third quarter of 2013. Net income was $12.3 million or $0.30 per diluted share. On a non-GAAP basis, net income was

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Toshiba Corporation announced the launch of the TC7734FTG system power management IC for mobile products, such as tablets and smartphones. Sample shipments start today, with mass production scheduled to start from January 2015. The new product is fabricated with the latest 0.13µm analog process technology and integrates various power supplies units—charger, power path, Buck Converters, LDO Regulators—and the LED Driver

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Torex Semiconductor has announced its first pfm-only step-down dc-dc converter developed specifically for ultra-low-power applications. The new XC9265 series consumes only 0.5µA during operation making it suited for applications that run from batteries for long periods of time. This ultra-low quiescent current is achieved by implementing a synchronous pfm architecture to minimize the switching losses during low loads. The new

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Allegro MicroSystems, LLC introduces two new devices to complement their existing portfolio of LED Driver ICs for LCD backlighting applications. Allegro’s A8518 and A8519 devices integrate a current-mode boost converter with internal power switch with either two current sinks (dual string) in their A8518 or four current sinks (quad string) in their A8519. Both devices are targeted at the automotive

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Aimtec, Inc. announces the release of the AME series ac-dc converters. The new regulated 1-Watt AME1-AZ, 2-Watt AME2-AZ, and 3-Watt AME3-AZ series are packaged in a miniature length width and height of only 1.33 x 0.87 x 0.71 inches (33.70 x 22.20 x 18.00 mm). The converters have EMI (EN55022, class B) filtering built-in eliminating the need for external components.

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