This time, we are talking about change – which is often exciting, but rarely frictionless. Our e-mobility experts Bruno Schuster and Jan Alsmeier, who works in process management, explain why they swapped silicon for silicon carbide in semiconductor production. Spoiler alert: this was a pretty challenging change. In any case, it could be a true leap forward in e-mobility technology because tiny amounts of silicon carbide in an electric car can have a big impact on the vehicle’s weight and energy efficiency. To learn more about the material, we also take you to space: Siddharth Tiwari from the German Start-up Tiwari Instruments explains why silicon carbide also has a lot of potential for satellites and telescopes. ...and speaking of change: this is also the first episode of our new co-host Shuko. Will there be any friction between her and Geoff? ;-) We’ll find out!

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More Bosch podcasts:

From Know-how to wow “MEMS: with all technical senses”: https://fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/4-mems

Silicon carbide semiconductors make electric cars more efficient

https://www.bosch-presse.de/pressportal/de/en/bosch-poised-for-leap-in-e-mobility-technology-201158.html

Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

Mighty Micro our German Podcast all things Semiconductors: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

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