Jiji Press LONDON (Jiji Press) — New high-speed train cars manufactured by Hitachi Ltd. made an embarrassing debut in Britain on Monday, hit by delays and broken air conditioning.
The first service, which had Transport Secretary Chris Grayling on board, departed 25 minutes later than scheduled and arrived 41 minutes late due to technical problems, according to BBC and other media reports.
Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd exhibited a 48V lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack at Automotive Engineering Exposition 2017, which took place from May 24 to 26, 2017, in Yokohama, Japan.
The company is now shipping samples of the product, expecting that it will be employed in the Chinese market in 2019.
Hitachi Power Semiconductor Device Ltd developed a SiC power module with a withstand voltage of 3.3kV and an output current of 450A and exhibited it at PCIM Europe 2017, which took place from May 16 to 18, 2017, in Nuremberg, Germany.
It is a so-called "full-SiC" power module, whose diode and transistor are made of SiC (silicon carbide). This time, The "nHPD2," which is a next-generation package for high-output industrial power modules, was employed.
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., and Honda Motor Co., Ltd., today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") on Feb. 3, aiming to establish a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electric vehicles. The two companies now will conduct formal discussions regarding the establishment of the new company. 
Hitachi Maxell Ltd will release an LED-based lantern that generates electricity by using water and salt Jan 25, 2017.
Hitachi Ltd developed a new image-sensing technology to reduce the size and cost of cameras for its "social innovation" business.
Hitachi will begin providing walk-through type explosives trace detection system for critical infrastructure facilities such as power plants and data centers from this October. The system detects explosives in 3 seconds by efficiently collecting the fine particles attached on ID cards and analyzing them with built-in devices. 
Hitachi Zosen Corp announced Sept 15, 2016, that it has received an order for hydrogen production equipment from Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).
Hitachi Ltd. started trials of its EMIEW3 humanoid robot at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Friday to aid foreign visitors to Japan.
Hitachi today announced the development of a database management system optimized for the high-speed embedded memory in the hardware (FPGA) and technology for high performance parallel data processing in FPGAs. Using these technologies, speed of data analytics was successfully increased by up to a maximum of 100 times compared with not using these technologies. 
Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd announced in April 2016 that it has developed a high-output 48V lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack for mild hybrid vehicles (mild HEVs). 
Hitachi Automotive Systems has developed a high-output 48-volt battery pack to improve the fuel efficiency of mild hybrid electric vehicles (mild HEVs) that use a battery and motor to provide power assistance when the vehicle is being driven by its internal combustion engine. 
Hitachi Transport System Ltd. and SG Holdings Co. will form a capital and business alliance, creating Japan's second-largest distribution service provider, company sources said Wednesday. 
Hitachi Ltd and Honda R&D Co Ltd announced March 24, 2016, that they have prototyped a compact alcohol detector to be used with a smart key.