The toughest solar car race–3,022 km powered exclusively by the sun
The teams cross the boundaries of technological innovation and explore the outback in a vehicles powered solely by solar energy.
(Picture: World Solar Challenge)
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:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1763500/1763565/original.jpg "A battery is a device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells with external connections for powering electrical devices.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1760900/1760990/original.jpg "Dr. Stefan Matlok (left) and Dr. Bernd Eckardt received the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize for developing a new generation of DC/DC converters.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1759200/1759219/original.jpg "Demand for stationary battery systems is rising, while at the same time it is predicted that the growing market for electric vehicles will generate an increasing supply of \"used\" car batteries. Most of these batteries can have a useful second life within a stationary battery application, provided they are installed in a suitable Battery Electric Storage System (BESS).")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1773300/1773314/original.jpg "Menlo Micro closes $44 million in series B funding to support high-volume production of the \"ideal switch\".")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1771700/1771767/original.jpg "A picture from the SPS Exhibition 2019 which took place in Nuremberg.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1771700/1771792/original.jpg "PCIM Asia 2020 concluded successfully as Asia’s leading power electronics fair.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1767600/1767633/original.jpg "There are two major challenges in the further development of Electric Vehicles (EV) - slow charging times and weak power. Researchers from South Korea now seem to have the solution.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1764300/1764330/original.jpg "To reduce the risks during developments, and make it possible to work in parallel on the hardware and software of the converter, a replica of the future hardware was needed.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1767500/1767579/original.jpg "Currently, extreme cold is required to achieve superconductivity, as seen in the above photo from Dias’s lab. In the photo, a magnet can be seen floating above a superconductor cooled with liquid nitrogen.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1767500/1767560/original.jpg "An international research group has developed a new protocol that can protect and correct the fragile quantum information in instances of errors due to qubit loss.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1774400/1774484/original.jpg "FINFET transistor 3D render. Fin FET transistor used for building semiconductor chips and integrated circuits at nano scale.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1772500/1772539/original.jpg "Samsung’s MBCFET GAA, which is formed as a nanosheet.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1771200/1771286/original.jpg "STMicroelectronics Collaborates with Qualcomm Technologies on Unique Sensor Solutions for Next-Gen Mobile, Connected PC, IoT, and Wearable Applications.")
/cdn4.vogel.de/infinity/white.jpg "The teams cross the boundaries of technological innovation and explore the outback in a vehicles powered solely by solar energy.")
