Joint Auto Electronics Lab Planned

Dongfeng Motor Corp. of Wuhan, China, and Freescale Semiconductor of Austin, Texas, plan to establish a joint automotive electronics laboratory in China. The lab will be aimed at jointly developing silicon, software and system-level solutions to be used in the next generation of the Chinese company’s vehicles. The companies will cooperate in developing key automotive applications, including body electronics, power-train control and hybrid electric vehicle technologies.