ComEd and NC State receive $200,000 US DOE grant for SiC-based XFC project

October 24, 2022 | Semiconductor Today
Semiconductor Today

Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd, a unit of Chicago-based energy provider Exelon Corp), in partnership with North Carolina State University’s FREEDM Systems Center, has been awarded a $200,000 federal research and development grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to help fund a $5m research project focused on improving the efficiency of, and reducing the cost of, extreme fast charging (XFC) for electric vehicles (EVs).

Srdjan Lukic

Deputy Director, FREEDM
Distinguished Professor