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Recently, ZF, a German auto parts supplier, announced the establishment of a strategic partnership with Cree. The latter will provide silicon carbide technology to ZF for application in the electric drive system produced by ZF, which is expected to be officially put on the market in 2022. It is reported that ZF will adopt Cree's wolfspeed silicon carbide technology to make its own motor inverter have higher working efficiency, so as to improve the electric vehicle's endurance, or provide smaller capacity under the same endurance, so as to save costs. "Silicon carbide technology has been used in the next generation of electric vehicles by leading auto parts manufacturers like ZF, which shows that the technology has an irreplaceable role in expanding the capacity of electric vehicles," Cree chief executive said in an interview It is understood that it is the first manufacturer to apply silicon carbide technology in the electric drive system. It is reported that the single silicon carbide technology can increase the endurance mileage of Tesla Model 3 by about 6%, which shows that this technology has a huge advantage in saving energy consumption of electric vehicles. (source: insideevs; Wen / Hu Yongbin, home of automobile)