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Constellium Develops New Alloys for EV Battery Enclosures
Aluminum is the dominant material for electric vehicle (EV) battery enclosures for one simple but significant factor: lightweighting capability. All currently available long-range...
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Oshkosh Defense Selected to Assemble Next-Gen Mail Trucks
Oshkosh Defense won the long-awaited contract to manufacture the U.S. Postal Service’s next generation of postal delivery vehicles, which are expected to begin appearing on routes...
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2022 Bolt EUV: Super Cruise Comes to Chevy
General Motors has made the first step toward democratizing Super Cruise, its SAE Level 2 driver-assist system that is designed to reduce driver workload during long trips. In summer 2021, Super...
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Deere Bullish on Biodiesel, Renewable Diesel
Petroleum-based fuels long have been the industry standard for heavy equipment primarily due to the lack of acceptable, cost-effective and reliable alternatives. But with growing interest in...
News Propulsion
New Holland Extends Ag Lineup with CH7.70 Combine, T6 ‘Multitasker’ Tractor
To reinforce its position as a “full-liner,” New Holland Agriculture’s focus for 2021 is to continue developing and launching new ranges, models and...
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Preview: SAE 2021 WCX
SAE International’s 2021 WCX event will unfold entirely online April 13-15 with hundreds of technical paper presentations and insights from top mobility-industry leaders, who will share their perspectives on...
News Energy
Atlis EV Pickup, Platform Targets Medium-Duty Market
Electric-vehicle (EV) startups no longer are a phenomena – and the subset of startups focused just on EV pickup trucks seems to add a new player nearly every quarter. The business plan...
INSIDER Aerospace
Insect-Sized Agile Drones Operate in Tight Spaces
MIT has developed insect-sized drones with unprecedented dexterity and resilience. The aerial robots are powered by a new class of soft actuator that allows them to withstand the physical...
INSIDER Propulsion
Making Quieter Drone Propellers
RMIT University aerospace engineers used machine learning to design new drone propellers, then 3D-printed several of the most promising prototypes for experimental acoustic testing. The prototypes produced...
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Volkswagen Details Plan for New EV Battery Cell, Manufacturing
Volkswagen announced on March 15 a new development and business model for the production of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) that is projected to yield as much as a 50%...
INSIDER Propulsion
Scientists Explore Nanoparticles for Future Weapon Systems
Material scientists from the U.S. Army and Department of Energy conducted a study of plasma-treated aluminum nanoparticles with the goal of improving future propellants and...
INSIDER Defense
Tool Will Help Military Vehicles Fight Fires Using Less Harmful Chemicals
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new, interactive spreadsheet that will help the U.S. military extinguish...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Lab-Designed Instrumentation Flies Aboard Unarmed Missile
A joint test assembly (JTA) designed by Lawrence Livermore and Sandia national laboratories was recently onboard an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM),...
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Umlaut Benchmarks Vehicle Connectivity: Who’s on Top?
Connectivity’s role in today’s vehicles is mostly focused on driver information and entertainment. But seamless connectivity will play a vital role in highly automated, and...
News Aerospace
Turn Growing Complexity into Competitive Advantage Through Digitalization -- Focus of AeroTech Keynote Thursday
In this new year of 2021, there is much to look forward to, and yet we do so with guarded optimism.
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AI Points the Way to Better EV Battery Management
After two decades of significant advances in electric vehicle (EV) battery development, innovations continue to bring promises of greater battery performance, safety, faster charging,...
News Unmanned Systems
Powering the IoT Without Batteries Using Energy Harvesting
Ensuring that vehicles are reliably connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) is only possible when every step of the IoT is itself robust. A vehicle-to-home-thermostat connection,...
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA to Begin Ground Testing on All-Electric X-57
NASA is set to start high-voltage functional ground testing of the agency’s first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell, which will perform flights to help develop certification standards...
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ZF Builds ‘Middleware’ to Address Vehicle Software Escalation
Acknowledging the emergence of the “software-defined” vehicle, Tier 1 auto supplier ZF announced that it is in the process of developing a “middleware” platform...
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Aptiv’s Satellite Route to ‘Democratizing’ Autonomous Tech
Despite the myriad challenges the world faced in 2020, it was a "great year of growth” for Aptiv, the technology company formerly known as Delphi Automotive, according to...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
German OEMs Flex 3D Manufacturing Muscle
A chief impediment for wider adoption of additive manufacturing long has been its potential for application in high-volume and high-throughput production. But continuing process and technique...
Technology Report Software
CES 2021: Bosch Consolidates Computing Talent in New Mobility Division
Bosch announced on January 7 during its CES 2021 conference event that it has created a new division labeled Cross-Domain Computing Solutions (CDCC). The CDCC division...
News Unmanned Systems
TDK Unveils Power-Generating Wheel Sensor
Electronics maker TDK in January introduced its InWheelSense piezo-electronic “energy harvesting and sensing module” that it said can generate power from vehicle wheel movement while also...
Technology Report Power
Electrified Corvettes in Development
With more than 20,000 of the eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette sold since it arrived in showrooms last year, expanding this sports car family is next on the C8 program’s agenda. In keeping with...
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The Navigator: Mapping the Way to Safe Automated Driving
When it comes to automated driving systems (ADS), Tesla CEO Elon Musk often runs counter to the consensus of almost everyone else in the sector. His disdain for lidar sensing is...
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