The toughest solar car race–3,022 km powered exclusively by the sun
When the teams leave Darwin, they’ve got until 5 pm to drive as far as possible. After that, they have to set up camp in the desert.
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:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1887800/1887830/original.jpg "The CO2 heat pump technology has excellent thermodynamic properties.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1886100/1886166/original.jpg "The 800V MDmesh K6 series STPOWER MOSFET raises power density and efficiency.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1864200/1864234/original.jpg "Communication protocol plays a big role in organizing communication between devices.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1879700/1879714/original.jpg "Power Integrations introduces the InnoSwitch3-PD family of flyback switcher ICs with a fully integrated solution combining USB PD, PPS, PowiGaN and FluxLink to maximize efficiency and slash component count in adapters and chargers.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1868200/1868234/original.jpg "EV sales increased more than 40 % last year, even while overall car sales fell by 6 %.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1861000/1861029/original.jpg "According to Dr. Sven Baumann of ZVEI, focus needs to shift to bolstering competencies in Europe where it currently lags other countries.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1878600/1878649/original.jpg "PCIM Asia looks well placed to drive the industry forward in the decades to come.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1873600/1873639/original.jpg "Marking the 20th anniversary of the show, PCIM Asia is moving to Shenzhen for the first time in the fair’s history at the country’s largest exhibition venue.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1884100/1884167/original.jpg "The ZEPOWEL project has shown that the digital revolution and the energy revolution do not have to exclude each other.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1877700/1877778/original.jpg "This large-bore, full-scale high-temperature superconducting magnet designed and built by Commonwealth Fusion Systems and MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) has demonstrated a record-breaking 20 tesla magnetic field. It is the strongest fusion magnet in the world.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1861500/1861563/original.jpg "Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, along with colleagues from Stanford University, have carried out works that look at what happens when oxygen leaks out of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries (or ‘LiBs’) during charging and discharging.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1873300/1873356/original.jpg "CIGS flexible solar cells consist of very thin layers and include a compound composed of the elements copper, indium, gallium and selenium. The layers are deposited onto flexible polymer substrates, mainly by vacuum processes.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1883900/1883900/original.jpg "Toshiba’s new modeling technology separately calculates the electronic circuits and the mechanical components.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1879700/1879738/original.jpg "The design flexibility of wBMS will enable Lotus’ engineers to freely design the vehicle and fit the battery pack into the design, instead of designing the car around it.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1869700/1869718/original.jpg "UL has released Windographer 5, a new version of its software for analyzing, visualizing and validating wind resource data.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1860800/1860840/original.jpg "The EDA market in China has historically been relatively small.")
/cdn4.vogel.de/infinity/white.jpg "When the teams leave Darwin, they’ve got until 5 pm to drive as far as possible. After that, they have to set up camp in the desert.")
