Mexican Media Brands
Ex-Blackberry Chief to Head Powermat Wireless Charger Maker
Powermat Technologies Ltd., the maker of wireless charging mats for cell phones and other personal electronic devices, has named former Blackberry Ltd.
#electronics
Share
Powermat Technologies Ltd., the maker of wireless charging mats for cell phones and other personal electronic devices, has named former Blackberry Ltd. CEO Thorsten Heins to be its chairman and CEO.
The Israel-based startup supplies in-car wireless charging devices to General Motors Co., which invested $5 million in the company in 2011. GM has introduced the technology, which it calls DockSpot, in the 2015 Cadillac ATS sport sedan.
Heins succeeds Powermat founder Ran Poliakine, who was forced to step down by the board in a dispute about how to grow the company. Heins vows to scale up the technology and turn Powermat into a global supplier.
RELATED CONTENT
-
Honda Re-Imagines and Re-Engineers the Ridgeline
When Honda announced the first-generation Ridgeline in 2005, it opened the press release describing the vehicle: “The Honda Ridgeline re-defines what a truck can be with its true half-ton bed payload capability, an interior similar to a full-size truck and the exterior length of a compact truck.” And all that said, people simply couldn’t get over the way there is a diagonal piece, a sail-shaped buttress, between the cab and the box.
-
2018 Buick Regal GS AWD
For those who grew up driving sedans, or for those who would like an experience that is unlike what’s provided by things with a high H-point, the Buick Regal GS is an intriguing proposition.
-
GM Develops a New Electrical Platform
GM engineers create a better electrical architecture that can handle the ever-increasing needs of vehicle systems