![]() ![]() Jaguar Land Rover partners with Wolfspeed for SiC semiconductor / Source: JLR Jaguar Land Rover EVs to feature Wolfspeed chipsĪs part of Jaguar Land Rover’s Reimagine strategy to convert to an electric-first business, the automaker is expanding access to critical semiconductor technology to ensure it can meet future demand. ![]() Jaguar Land Rover has been using the technology to boost on-track efficiency and performance with plans to power the future of JLR as it expands its EV lineup. JLR and GM are joining Wolfspeed’s Assurance of Supply program to ensure a reliable domestic semiconductor supply chain. In 2021, Wolfspeed and GM established a supplier agreement for SiC devices to help the automaker accelerate its expanding EV lineup. On top of this, production was limited as many companies anticipated a slowdown, not an acceleration in demand. The more digital, connected devices that come online, the more computer chips are needed. The pandemic greatly accelerated the need for computer chips as the world adjusted to a new, digital world. In particular, a shortage of semiconductors crippled the industry. With nearly every major automaker and startup spending billions to meet the growing wave of buyers demanding EVs, supply chain bottlenecks limit output. SiC-based inverters are smaller, lighter, and more efficient (5-10% increase in EV range), according to the chip maker. Wolfspeed looks to power a new era of zero-emission transportation with its silicon carbide inverters (SiC). The chip maker has been supplying its silicon carbide semiconductors to the Jaguar TCS Racing Formula E for use in its powertrain since 2017. This is not the first business partnership between Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Wolfspeed. Jaguar Land Rover has entered into a new strategic partnership with semiconductor maker Wolfspeed (WOLF) to use its chips to power its next generation of EVs.
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