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Delivering Higher Performance Batteries with Advanced Microscopy
As we collectively move away from fossil fuel power and work toward cleaner energy solutions, batteries are emerging as the preferred clean energy source. Read on to learn how they're advancing.
Articles Power
Examining EV Battery Thermal Management
In this article, we'll discuss how modeling and simulation can be used to facilitate the design of thermal management systems for EV batteries – from the cell scale up. Read on to learn more.
Products Energy
New Products
See the new products, including Webasto's traction batteries, which are increasing from 35 to 40 kilowatt hours; Avery Dennison's pressure-sensitive adhesive tape solutions for EV battery cell wrapping applications; Thermo Fisher Scientific's Thermo Scientific™ LInspector™ Edge In-line Mass Profilometer; and more.
Briefs Energy
Cheaper and Safer Battery Storage
Researchers have developed a new technique to solve the problem of how to increase the capacity of sodium-ion batteries. Read on to learn more about it.
Briefs Energy
Anode-Free Sodium Solid-State Battery
A team has created the world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery. This research has brought the reality of inexpensive, fast-charging, high-capacity batteries for electric vehicles and grid storage closer than ever. Read on to learn more.
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Iron Could Be Key to Less Expensive, Greener Lithium-Ion Batteries
Researchers are hoping to spark a green battery revolution by showing that iron instead of cobalt and nickel can be used as a cathode material in lithium-ion batteries. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Energy
A New Way to Enhance Durability of Lithium Batteries
Researchers have been developing batteries with higher energy storage density, and thus, longer driving range. Other goals include shorter charging times, greater tolerance to low temperatures, and safer operation. One of the more promising such batteries has a lithium-containing cathode supplemented with nickel, manganese, and cobalt (NMC). Read on to learn more.
Briefs Energy
Algorithms to Enhance Reliability of Electric Vehicle Charging
American drivers have long been accustomed to quickly filling up at a gas station with plenty of fuel available, and electric vehicle drivers want their pit stops to mimic this experience. Researchers are working to make EV charging more resilient. Read on to learn more about it.
Articles Power
Battery Progress, But What’s the Holdup in Adoption?
There’s no shortage of alternatives to lithium-ion EV batteries in development. From lithium-iron phosphate to sodium-ion to multiple solid-state chemistries, companies are racing to perfect these technologies and figure out how to manufacture them at scale. Read on to find out what the holdup is.
Articles Power
Enhancing EV Battery Design with Advanced Testing
This article explores how advanced testing using end-to-end EV battery test systems can improve the quality and performance of EV battery designs. Read on to learn more.
News Power
Off-Highway Hybrids Are Entering Prime Time
Vocational off-highway vehicles are piling on the miles with power provided by an internal combustion engine (ICE) with additional hybrid technology. “We often get asked the question,...
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Cybersecurity Expert Says Crowdstrike and CDK Global Incidents Serve as Wake-Up Calls
When cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike’s platform went down in July, it became the most significant outage in the history of information technology,...
News Power
Thermal Management Lies at the Heart of EV Innovation
At the heart of innovations that have powered improvements in EV range and performance is the pursuit of efficiency. Today’s electric drivetrains convert over 85% of a battery’s...
News Energy
HD Hyundai Rolls out a Slew of New Machines
HD Hyundai recently announced several new additions to its portfolio of off-highway machines. The expansion includes the HD100 dozer, the HX355A excavator, and a quartet of new models for its...
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Brownout for Commercial-Vehicle Electrification?
The high cost of batteries to electrify on-road commercial vehicles is one thing. But some connected with or studying electrification for the CV sector now are concerned that the cost of...
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Sinonus Carbon-Fiber Structural Batteries Would Reduce Weight While Adding Range
Carbon-fiber structural batteries are not entirely new, but now Sinonus, a company spun out of Chalmers Technical University in Gothenburg, Sweden, is further...
INSIDER Propulsion
Pangea Aerospace to Design Next Generation Rocket Engine for European Space Agency
Pangea Aerospace has been tasked by the European Space Agency (ESA) to design and identify de-risking technologies for a Very High Thrust rocket engine for...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
How European Collaboration is Driving an Open Source Revolution in the Chip Space
The open source software ‘movement’ has already transformed computer operating systems. Can it do the same for semiconductors? European leaders think so....
INSIDER Manned Systems
New Cognitive 'MIMO' Drone Radar Completes Flight Testing in Germany
An ever-growing number of aircraft now share the airspace over urban areas. Drones are increasingly being used for a wide range of applications, including in Class G...
Podcasts Aerospace
Streaming Video Over Legacy Military Tactical Networks
Joshua Cryer, President and CEO of Reticulate Micro, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology Podcast.
News Software
Valeo Moves to Support the Progression to Electrified Vehicles
Whether it’s reinventing the vehicle cabin, repackaging power products, or writing new software code, Valeo is focused on smarter mobility technologies. “When you put it...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Europe’s Aviation Regulator Mandates Inspections of Some Airbus A350 Trent XWB Engines
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2024-0182 for Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines fitted on Airbus...
News Connectivity
Making Machines Software-Defined No Simple Task
Software-defined machines (SDMs) were a top-of-mind topic at the recent 2024 SAE COMVEC event in Schaumburg, Illinois, with experts expounding on where the industry stands today and where it...
News Energy
Case Launches ‘Industry First’ Electric Backhoe Loader
Case Construction Equipment launched its first electric vehicle (EV) products last year – the CX15EV mini excavator and the SL22EV small articulated loader – and the company...
News AR/AI
Navigating the Future of AI
Every fall, SAE International’s COMVEC symposium brings leaders from the on-highway, off-highway and defense sectors together to collaborate on solutions for the macro and micro challenges within the...
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How Airbus is Using w-DED to 3D Print Larger Titanium Airplane Parts
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Microvision Aquires Luminar, Plans Relationship Restoration, Multi-industry Push
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A Next Generation Helmet System for Navy Pilots
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New Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Agreements Expand Missile Defense Production
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CES 2026: Bosch is Ready to Bring AI to Your (Likely ICE-powered) Vehicle
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Semiconductors & ICs
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive...
Unmanned Systems
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design...
Electronics & Computers
Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
Power
Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
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