OSAKA — Kyoto University-launched startup Flosfia plans to produce semiconductors for electric vehicles with improved energy-saving performance that will extend the driving range of EVs by about 10% compared with cars using current chips, Nikkei has learned.
The company — which counts Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Denso and the Development Bank of Japan as investors — will mass-produce semiconductors that use gallium oxide as a substrate. These can reduce power loss by 70% compared with current semiconductors. In addition, the chips can reduce EV power consumption by 10%, which will lead to longer cruising ranges on a single charge.