Onsemi and Ideal Auto renew the strategic agreement to jointly build the next generation of 800V smart electric vehicles

     Onsemi, a leader in smart power and intellisense technologies, announced the renewal of a long-term supply agreement with luxury smart electric vehicle brand Li Auto. Ideal Car uses Onsemi's proven 8-megapixel image sensor in its Extended Range Electric Model (EREV). With this agreement, Ideal Automotive will use ON's high-performance EliteSiC 1200V bare chip in its next generation of 800V high-voltage pure electric models and continue to integrate ON's 8-megapixel high-performance image sensors in its future models. The collaboration between the two companies will accelerate the electrification of vehicles and improve driving safety.

     The Onsemi EliteSiC 1200 V product enables a more energy efficient and lightweight design to help increase range and speed charging, and the bare chip allows customers to differentiate package design based on specific application needs. The 8-megapixel image sensor improves the system's intelligence perception, enabling safer advanced Driver assistance systems (ADAS) and moving toward level L3/L4 autonomous driving systems.

     "Onsemi enables a more sustainable future with smart power and intellisense technologies, which are key elements in realizing our vision of 'creating mobile homes, creating happy homes.' Our goal is to have a product layout that develops both extended range electric vehicles and high voltage pure electric vehicles by 2025, and a stable and reliable SiC supply chain is critical in the transition to 800V high voltage. With a vertically integrated end-to-end SiC supply chain and scalable production capacity, On Semiconductor has full control over the entire SiC manufacturing process, providing us with long-term supply assurance and the latest technology to ensure high quality and reliability. Our long-standing collaboration on sensors and the successful validation of existing extended range electric models (EREV) give us confidence in ON. We will continue our partnership with EliteSiC products in the next generation of vehicles and continue to integrate the 8 megapixel sensor."

     David Chow, Onsemi's Senior Vice President of Sales for Asia Pacific, said: "We will work with the ideal vehicle to drive the realization and implementation of smarter electric vehicles with high-performance vehicle grade products, innovative technology and reliable application support."