Under the agreement, Eltek will supply complete water-cooled on-board chargers with volume production starting in 2012.
Eltek E-Mobility vice president Michel Fraisse said with its hybrid vehicles, Volvo Car brings together the best of the latest electric vehicle technology with its top combustion engines, enabling drivers to have all of the benefits of an electric vehicle, without sacrificing performance or range.
The Eltek EV Powercharger 3000 features a 96% power conversion efficiency, which minimizes heat generation and battery charge time, and thereby lowers consumer charging costs.
Eltek is a technology firm developing and marketing power conversion solutions for a variety of industries including telecom, rail and infrastructure, power generation and distribution, solar energy and electric vehicles.