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Don’t miss IESF Detroit – the annual automotive E/E design forum

Posted Apr 25, 2012, by John Day

Registration is now open at www.mentor.com/events/iesf/detroit for the 12th IESF Conference for Automotive EE Design – June 14th, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Dearborn, MI. Click to sign up if you haven’t already. I missed the last one and don’t want to miss this one – especially since this year I am on the program, speaking about automotive electronics reliability (shameless plug: http://books.sae.org/book-t-126) … Read More

Tags: LEONI Wiring Systems, Johnson Controls, system analysis, the GENIVI Alliance, Automotive EE Design, Hyatt Regency Hotel, The Hansen Report, automotive electronics reliability, IBM Rational, the Linux Foundation, wire harness engineering, IESF Detroit, 'FlexRay, Infolytica, CAN, electronic thermal design and measurement, Chrysler, AUTOSAR, Freescale Semiconductor, Bishop & Associates, GENIVI, Delphi Automotive Systems, Continental Automotive, E/E systems design, SAE International, LIN, power and signal design, NXP Semiconductors, Open Kernel Labs, Mentor Graphics, modeling and simulation, Linux, Mecel

Breaking up (might be) hard to do

Posted May 19, 2011, by John Day

It was fun while it lasted and quite rewarding for Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS), the advanced battery development joint venture (JV) involving Johnson Controls and Saft Batteries, but all good things come an end, and it appears as though the end may come in Delaware Chancery Court, where Johnson Controls filed suit to dissolve the JV the firms formed in 2006. Saft says it will oppose the suit. It says … Read More

Tags: Johnson Controls-Saft, Johnson Controls, lithium-ion batteries, Beijing Automotive Industry Company, Beijing Electric Vehicle Company, Azure, Saft Batteries, Ford, GM, SAIC, Daimler