Electrification options supplier Vitesco Applied sciences has secured a provide of energy-efficient silicon carbide (SiC) energy semiconductors via a long-term contract with Japanese digital components producer ROHM. The contract is price over $1 billion and runs till 2030.
This provide collaboration relies on a 2020 growth settlement with ROHM. Two prospects will use Vitesco Applied sciences’ superior inverters with built-in ROHM SiC chips in EV powertrains. Vitesco will present a primary sequence challenge in 2024. Through the current growth partnership with ROHM the related SiC chips had been additional optimized to be used in automotive inverters beginning in 2024.
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“The provision partnership settlement with ROHM is a vital constructing block for securing Vitesco Applied sciences’ SiC capacities within the years forward,” stated Andreas Wolf, CEO of Vitesco Applied sciences.
Supply: ROHM