General Motors Strikes Supplier Agreement With Wolfspeed for Silicon Carbide
October 04 2021 - 07:50AM
Dow Jones News
By Dave Sebastian
General Motors Co. has struck a supplier agreement with
Wolfspeed Inc., marking the company's initial shift to using
silicon carbide for electric-vehicle power electronics.
Wolfspeed, formerly Cree Inc., would supply silicon carbide
power device products for GM's future electric-vehicle programs,
the companies said Monday.
GM said the devices would enable it to install more efficient
electric-vehicle propulsion systems. It sees the agreement as
providing long-term, domestically sourced supply.
GM would use the silicon carbide in the integrated power
electronics contained within its Ultium Drive units in its
next-generation electric vehicles, the companies said.
Wolfspeed said the silicon carbide power device products would
be made at its Mohawk Valley Fab in Marcy, N.Y. The facility would
launch in early 2022.
Write to Dave Sebastian at dave.sebastian@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 04, 2021 08:35 ET (12:35 GMT)
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