VW will drive an electric SUV with 50 Infineon chips across the country

<article id="post-2710268" class="border-top clearfix article-wrapper post-2710268 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-enterprise category-technology category-transportation tag-cars tag-category-autos-vehicles-motor-vehicles-by-type-hybrid-alternative-vehicles tag-chips tag-electric-car tag-infineon tag-volkswagen tag-vw vb_post_designations-homepage has-thumbnail"> <aside id="" class="MainBlock__sidebar"> <div class="vb_widget widget sidebar-widget-featured-event"> <h2 class="widgettitle">Data-driven creative for sensitive verticals</h2> <p class="sidebar-widget-featured-event-description">With big privacy changes, creative has become even more important with verticals like health and wellness and finance. 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Zietlow will drive VW’s first electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) across 37,000 miles to show that you can drive a car across the country on electric power. Infineon said that every seventh car produced today is operating on a form of electrification.</p> <div id="ac-lre-player-ph"> <div id="ac-lre-player"></div> </div> <p>The VW electric car has more than 50 semiconductor chips to enable things like sensors and battery charging. These kind of chips have been in short supply for all cars lately, and that’s one reason that the car industry will have a $100 billion shortfall in car sales in 2021, according to professional services firm <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2021/06/03/kpmg-car-makers-will-lose-100b-in-2021-due-to-semiconductor-shortage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KPMG</a>.</p> <p>“Semiconductors are significantly increasing in importance as they are transformative,” said Lars Ullrich, vice president of automotive at Infineon Technologies Americas, said in an interview with VentureBeat. “We are doing this to demonstrate that actually electric vehicles are here to stay. And we are here for the long haul.”</p> <p>Ullrich noted that Infineon relies on its own factories for the bulk of its own production, and that helps it do a better job with supplies.</p> <div> <div id="attachment_2710425" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width:800px;"> <img loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-2710425" src="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Infineon-VW-ID.4-Vehicle.jpg?w=800&resize=800%2C299&strip=all" alt="" width="800" height="299" srcset="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Infineon-VW-ID.4-Vehicle.jpg?w=1200&strip=all 1200w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Infineon-VW-ID.4-Vehicle.jpg?w=300&strip=all 300w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Infineon-VW-ID.4-Vehicle.jpg?w=768&strip=all 768w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Infineon-VW-ID.4-Vehicle.jpg?w=800&resize=800%2C299&strip=all&strip=all 800w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Infineon-VW-ID.4-Vehicle.jpg?w=400&strip=all 400w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Infineon-VW-ID.4-Vehicle.jpg?w=780&strip=all 780w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Infineon-VW-ID.4-Vehicle.jpg?w=578&strip=all 578w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Infineon-VW-ID.4-Vehicle.jpg?w=930&strip=all 930w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1"></p> <p class="wp-caption-text">Above: The VW ID.4 has 50 semiconductors.</p> <div class="vb_image_source"><em>Image Credit: VW/Infineon</em></div> </div> </div> <p>Zietlow will hit more than 600 VW dealerships across the country, as well as <a href="http://www.infineon.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Infineon</a> facilities including Livonia, Michigan; San Jose, California; Austin, Texas; El Segundo, California; and Washington D.C.</p> <p>Ullrich said that many of Infineon’s chips are at the heart of vehicle electrification and the enabling charging infrastructure. He said Infineon supports climate protection through the reduction of carbon emissions, along with products that enable renewable power generation, efficient storage, and sustainable mobility.</p> <p>By increasing range, efficiency and accessibility, Infineon is helping the automotive industry to successfully achieve the fundamental transformation towards electromobility – to protect the environment without compromising drivers’ flexibility and comfort, he said.</p> <h2>Going carbon neutral</h2> <div> <div id="attachment_2710426" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width:432px;"> <img loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-2710426" src="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/infineon-Lars_Ullrich_Infineon.jpg?w=432&resize=432%2C600&strip=all" alt="" width="432" height="600" srcset="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/infineon-Lars_Ullrich_Infineon.jpg?w=500&strip=all 500w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/infineon-Lars_Ullrich_Infineon.jpg?w=288&strip=all 288w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/infineon-Lars_Ullrich_Infineon.jpg?w=432&resize=432%2C600&strip=all&strip=all 432w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/infineon-Lars_Ullrich_Infineon.jpg?w=400&strip=all 400w" sizes="(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px" data-recalc-dims="1"></p> <p class="wp-caption-text">Above: Lars Ullrich is a vice president at Infineon.</p> <div class="vb_image_source"><em>Image Credit: VW/Infineon</em></div> </div> </div> <p>Stringent carbon dioxide emission standards are accelerating EV adoption globally. In the U.S., for example, the state of California mandates that by 2035, all new cars and passenger trucks sold must be zero-emission vehicles.</p> <p>“California is leading the way in the nation from this perspective,” Ullrich said. “More consumers are actually opening up about electric vehicles because they see the opportunity of contributing to a clean environment.”</p> <p>Infineon plans to<a href="https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/about-infineon/sustainability/Environmental-Sustainability-and-Climate-Protection/Carbon-Neutrality/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/about-infineon/sustainability/Environmental-Sustainability-and-Climate-Protection/Carbon-Neutrality/&source=gmail&ust=1627943158466000&usg=AFQjCNFLp2VUp8cV4sBXlEdT_BuB7ucGxA"> be carbon neutral by 2030</a>, and the company reduced its emissions by a net total of 54 million tons of CO2 equivalent last fiscal year. About 17 out of the 25 top-selling models of battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles of 2020 have Infineon power semiconductors in the electric powertrain.</p> <p>Semiconductors play a major role for electromobility by powering electric drives and laying the foundation for carbon-neutral mobility of the future. Well above 50% of all vehicles newly produced at the end of this decade are expected tobe driven by a partially or fully electric powertrain. This year, over 35 electric and plug-in hybrid models with a drivetrain incorporating power semiconductors from Infineon will be in production worldwide.</p> <div> <div id="attachment_2710427" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width:800px;"> <img loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-2710427" src="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/infineon-Main-inverter_diagram.jpg?w=800&resize=800%2C577&strip=all" alt="" width="800" height="577" srcset="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/infineon-Main-inverter_diagram.jpg?w=1200&strip=all 1200w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/infineon-Main-inverter_diagram.jpg?w=300&strip=all 300w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/infineon-Main-inverter_diagram.jpg?w=768&strip=all 768w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/infineon-Main-inverter_diagram.jpg?w=800&resize=800%2C577&strip=all&strip=all 800w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/infineon-Main-inverter_diagram.jpg?w=400&strip=all 400w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/infineon-Main-inverter_diagram.jpg?w=780&strip=all 780w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/infineon-Main-inverter_diagram.jpg?w=578&strip=all 578w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/infineon-Main-inverter_diagram.jpg?w=930&strip=all 930w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1"></p> <p class="wp-caption-text">Above: The main inverter in the ID.4.</p> <div class="vb_image_source"><em>Image Credit: VW/Infineon</em></div> </div> </div> <p>The ID.4 is Volkswagen’s first all-electric SUV and the brand’s first global EV. At launch in the U.S., it is powered by an 82 kilowatt-hour (gross) battery pack and has an EPA-estimated range of 250 miles in ID.4 1st Edition and Pro S rear-wheel-drive models. At a public DC fast-charging station, with 125 kilowatt charging, the ID.4 can go from 5% to 80% charged in about 38 minutes. That’s a lot better than in the past.</p> <p>“Beyond the semiconductors from Infineon will also play a large role in the electric charging infrastructure enabling fast charging,” he said.</p> <p>Infineon provides the ID.4 with power semiconductors, microcontrollers and driver ICs. At the heart of the electric drivetrain is a power<br /> module from the HybridPack Drive product family for the conversion of energy between the battery and motor. Infineon’s chips control power, driver integrated circuits, and microcontrollers.</p> <p>Zietlow will put the car and its chip through its paces by driving across the U.S. in 98 days with his co-driver Derek Collins. 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