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Vicor appoints European Director of Automotive Business Development

Vicor Corporation today announced the appointment of Nicolas Richard to the role of Director of Automotive Business Development for Europe.

(Continental Automotive), working on projects designing DC-DC converters for hybrid and electric vehicles. Commenting on the appointment, Vicor VP of Sales for EMEA Henryk Dabrowski stated, “I am delighted to have Nicolas join Vicor as we begin projects with several leading OEMs in Europe. Nicolas

Prior to joining Vicor, Nicolas worked at IDT (Renesas) as Automotive Sales and Field Applications Engineer focused on technical sales in powertrain, infotainment and ADAS-based systems. His experience includes numerous engineering roles at On Semiconductor, Continental Automotive and VDO

will lead our initiative to deepen our engagements with these early customers and also expand our design wins to additional automotive Tier-1s and OEMs.”

Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in Israeli technology start- ups MDGo and UVeye

Volvo Cars has made investments in two promising Israeli technology start-ups through the Volvo Cars Tech Fund, the company’s venture capital investment arm. Both UVeye and MDGo have their headquarters in Tel Aviv, where Volvo Cars has been involved with DRIVE, a so- called ‘accelerator’ for young

car during an accident with medical knowledge with the aim to make automated early and immediate predictions on the type of injuries emergency personnel are likely to encounter at the scene of the accident This data would be transmitted to trauma physicans and emergency personnel via a

companies in the mobility sector, since 2017. UVeye and MDGo have developed their business in recent years with the help of DRIVE, offering the potential to boost quality and safety respectively. They represent the Tech Fund’s first investments outside the US and Europe. MDGo is a company specialising in what it calls medical artificial intelligence. By using advanced machine learning technology it aims to save numerous lives by making sure that people are treated according to their specific injury following an accident with their car. MDGo’s technology will combine real-time data from the

cloud-based platform to improve treatment of the people involved in an accident. As such, the technology has the potential to reduce the likelihood of complications and by extension serious injuries and fatalities. “MDGo’s technology aims to do something that is close to our hearts, which is saving lives,” says Zaki Fasihuddin, CEO of the Volvo Cars Tech Fund. “Their mission as a company seamlessly connects with ours at Volvo Cars, so we are happy to support the continued development of MDGo.” The Tech Fund’s other investment, UVeye, has developed advanced technology for the automatic external

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