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By John Day, Newsletter Editor March 13, 2008 A Penton Media Publication
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 Table of Contents

Daimler powers Mercedes with Li-Ion
BorgWarner Expands in Hungary
Garmin opens offices in Australia, New Zealand
China Yuchai International enters joint venture with Geely and Yinlun
TI fixed-point digital signal controllers are compatible with floating-point devices
Micronas launches LIN bus MCU line and Hall-effect sensor
Continental plans Li-Ion battery production
Volkswagen selects Infineon MCU for convenience electronics
Upcoming Events

  Industry News
  Daimler powers Mercedes with Li-Ion
By John Day
March 13, 2008    
  Daimler AG says it’s developed a lithium-ion battery suitable for use in the Mercedes S 400 BlueHYBRID beginning next year. more >>

  BorgWarner Expands in Hungary
March 13, 2008    
  BorgWarner has expanded its facility in Oroszlany, Hungary, adding a 50,000-square-foot building that will provide extra manufacturing, training, development and administrative space. more >>

  Garmin opens offices in Australia, New Zealand
March 13, 2008    
  Garmin Ltd. is parting company with GME Electrophone, its distributor in Australia and New Zealand for the past 17 years, and plans to open company-owned offices. more >>

  China Yuchai International enters joint venture with Geely and Yinlun
March 13, 2008    
  Diesel engine manufacturer China Yuchai International Ltd. said its subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Ltd., has entered into an equity joint venture Agreement with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Yinlun Machinery Co, Ltd., to form two joint venture companies in Tiantai, Zhejiang Province, and Jining, Shandong Province. more >>

  Products
  TI fixed-point digital signal controllers are compatible with floating-point devices
March 13, 2008    
  Targeting automotive radar, among other applications, Texas Instruments has introduced a family of fixed-point digital signal controllers that are hardware- and software-compatible with floating-point DSCs. more >>

  Micronas launches LIN bus MCU line and Hall-effect sensor
March 13, 2008    
  Micronas has introduced a line of 8-bit microcontrollers for LIN bus applications, and the first member of a new family of microcontroller-based Hall-effect sensors. more >>

  Design Wins
  Continental plans Li-Ion battery production
March 13, 2008    
  Continental Automotive Systems plans to begin volume production of a high-performance lithium-ion battery for hybrid vehicles at the end of this year. more >>

  Volkswagen selects Infineon MCU for convenience electronics
March 13, 2008    
  Infineon Technologies said that Volkswagen has selected an Infineon XC2200 microcontroller for use in automotive body and convenience electronics. more >>

  Event Calendar
  Upcoming Events
March 13, 2008    
  SAE 2008 World Congress
April 14-17
Cobo Center
Detroit

Freescale Technology Forum 2008
June 16-19
JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton
Orlando, FL

Convergence 2008
Oct. 20-22
Cobo Center
Detroit

SEMA Show
Nov. 4-7
Las VegasConvention Center

electronica 2008
Nov. 11-14, 2008

15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
Nov. 16-20, 2008
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
New York more >>


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