Exide picks SiC for industrial vehicle charging

Navitas Exide SiC adoption

Battery maker Exide Technologies has switched to silicon carbide transistors for a 7kW industrial electric vehicle charger.

Its chargers convert 220Vac to between 24 and 80V for lead-acid and lithium-ion powered vehicles.


The 7 kW unit uses 750V mosfets (G3R60MT07D) and 1.2kV Schottky diodes (GD10MPS12A) from Navitas, and the same SiC platform is good for 10kW, and could be paralleled to 40kW, said Navitas.


Steve Bush

Steve Bush is the long-standing technology editor for Electronics Weekly, covering electronics developments for more than 25 years. He has a particular interest in the Power and Embedded areas of the industry. He also writes for the Engineer In Wonderland blog, covering 3D printing, CNC machines and miscellaneous other engineering matters.

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