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Revolutionizing Vehicle Technology Through Intelligent Actuators
Autonomous driving is often seen as just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to public perception of how artificial intelligence has been implemented in vehicles. However,...
Technology Report Test & Measurement
Ultra-Wide, Low-Distortion Lenses for Crash Testing Environments
In the demanding field of automotive crash testing, imaging systems face a dual challenge: They must survive extreme forces while delivering precise, distortion-free footage for...
Technology Report Software
Talking SDVs and Zonal Architecture with TE Connectivity
For a company focused on selling components to make physical connections in vehicles, TE Connectivity is more than ready for future growth in software-defined vehicles (SDVs) and the...
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Factorial CEO Says Cells with 375Wh/kg Energy Density a ‘Milestone’ for Stellantis
In April, Stellantis and Factorial Energy announced that the two companies validated automotive-sized solid-state battery cells with an energy density...
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Lifelike Simulation Accelerates Middle-Mile Autonomous Trucking
Gatik Arena is a next-generation simulation platform designed to accelerate the development and validation of autonomous vehicle (AV) systems. Gatik, which targets autonomous...
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Sonatus Launches AI Director to Integrate More AI in More Vehicles
Vehicle software company Sonatus wants the automotive industry to rethink the role of the middle manager. At least, when those managers are AI-based. The company unveiled...
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From ADAS to SDVs with Plato Pathros
An experienced engineer with a history in software development and systems engineering, Plato Pathrose is turning from ADAS to SDVs with his latest work. Pathrose’s third book, Software Defined...
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Factory Robots See Slight Drop in Growth, but Still Have Momentum
Despite a slight drop in the installations of factory robots in 2024, the push to automate automotive and other manufacturing was carrying momentum into fiscal 2025 and...
News Power
Moving Targets: How Improvements to SiC, GaN Power Electronics Will Redefine EV
Better power electronics are on the way, thanks to private-public efforts that go back years.
Articles Power
Solving Problems and Seeking Big Ideas for Commercial Vehicles
Advancing technology to solve challenges involving regulation, compliance, autonomy, electrification, combustion engines and other areas is an obvious focus of SAE...
News Energy
Clarios to Build Supercapacitor Plant in U.S.
Clarios, the global leader in low-voltage vehicle batteries, said it is evaluating sites for a new factory to make supercapacitor systems that will pair with the company’s AGM batteries.
Technical Innovation Manned Systems
Clarios Brings AI to Idle Management for Heavy Trucks
The predominant low-voltage battery maker Clarios today announced that IdleLess, a sensor-and-AI-driven system for heavy-duty trucks that it says can save up to $3,300 per year per...
Technology Report Test & Measurement
SkillReal Signs Tier 1 Supplier for NVIDIA-Powered AI Inspection
AI inspection company SkillReal has signed a contract to supply its system to a major Tier 1 global supplier in addition to global OEMs and other suppliers already using the...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
U.S. States Focus on Taiwan as Trade War Continues
Interest in Taiwan as a source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the U.S. has been growing in recent years. At this year’s 360 Degree Mobility event in Taipei, held in late April, a...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
All (Robot) Hands on Deck
For more than 100 years, BMW has been manufacturing vehicles in the heart of downtown Munich at a three-story plant that currently produces 1,000 cars a day. At the same time, the plant is in a state of being both...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
WCX 2025: Stellantis Design Chief Gilles Asks - What's Wrong with Diversity?
“It’s not rocket science,” Stellantis design chief Ralph Gilles said when asked about diversity at the leadoff keynote of WCX 2025 in Detroit.
News Unmanned Systems
Artificial Intelligence Being Schooled for Mining Applications
A battery-electric Honda midsize SUV entering production in early 2026 will use Helm.ai’s artificial intelligence to facilitate conditional automated driving. The start-up...
News Electronics & Computers
Siemens Senior Director for Battery Industry: Industrial AI Is Coming
Siemens is working to make industrial AI a reality. But, to integrate generative AI into industry, the AI has to be trained on the language of industry — engineering...
Articles Software
Undeterred, WCX Strides Toward Future
The national and global economy may face turbulent times for the near future, but the show goes on in automotive manufacturing. In addition to being a great place for engineers to upgrade their...
Q&A Software
Mercedes CEO Talks SDVs and 30 Years in Silicon Valley
Nestled in a commercial park in Sunnyvale, California, sits the Mercedes-Benz research and development North America Office. A spinning star sits in the front of the building. It is...
News Unmanned Systems
Recuperating from AI-Induced CES Fatigue
Listening to some end-of-the-year music shows recently, I was reminded of how natural it is to get jaded about things, even things we truly enjoy, as we get older. The critics I listened to didn’t...
Supplier Eye Power
Near-Term Focus Can Obscure Reliable Path Forward
So often in our industry, we can be too focused on near-term opportunities and navigating immediate issues. With a new U.S. administration on the way in and more than a handful of other...
News Unmanned Systems
CES 2025: Oshkosh Puts AI, Autonomy and Electrification to Work
A multi-brand global company that serves several different industries marked its debut at one of the world’s largest technology exhibitions by highlighting its...
Articles AR/AI
CES 2025: Deere Advances Off-Highway Autonomy
With the pungent smell of garlic in the air and the threat of tremors from three major fault lines, a select group of journalists invited to John Deere’s Gilroy, California, test center in...
Application Briefs Manned Systems
Autonomous Air Defense Production
Anduril Industries has been awarded a $249,978,466 contract to deliver advanced air defense capabilities across services for the Department of Defense (DoD). This contract will deliver more than 500 Roadrunner-Ms and additional Pulsar electronic warfare capabilities, addressing the growing threat of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) attacks against U.S. forces. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Electronics & Computers
The US Army’s New AI Supercomputer
The Army announced the deployment of a new supercomputer for its scientists and engineers to conduct a wide range of focused research and development, test and evaluation, and acquisition engineering activities. Read on to learn more about it.
News Transportation
Inside Tesla's Cybercab Future
For over a decade, the autonomous vehicle problem has been far more difficult than originally expected for every company involved. The landscape is littered with abandoned attempts.
News Software
Driving Success with the Software-Defined Product
Across industries, more and more products are becoming smart and connected devices. The cellphone is the quintessential example of this development. It has evolved beyond a single-purpose...
Road Ready AR/AI
Honda Pioneering New Manufacturing Tech for Zero Electrified Platform
Honda has long been at the cutting edge of mobility and tech, with everything from the Asimo robot of 20 years ago to plans for reusable rockets to launch lightweight...
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