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Engineering Flexibility into EV Powertrains

When developing specialist and performance EVs, the challenge goes far beyond selecting an off-the-shelf powertrain. Each manufacturer brings unique performance targets, packaging constraints, and...

Articles

Motion Control

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

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...

Q&A

AR/AI

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...

News

Software

Upstream: Better Data Collection, Processing Will Reduce SDV Recalls

Cars that are more connected, equipped with more sensors than ever before, should make proactive maintenance somewhat easy and reliable. Drivers could have lower repair...

News

Power

The EV Tech of BMW’s Neue-Klasse IX3

The rollout of electric vehicles has recently encountered a few bumps in the United States. For international automakers with roadmaps that look ahead for decades, a hiccup isn't enough to fully...

Technical Innovation

Electronics & Computers

Off-Highway Vehicle Electrification Surges Ahead

Thanks to the continued growth of electrified machines in the off-highway segment, DC/DC converters are rapidly becoming a crucial component in the supply chain for numerous OEMs for a wide...

News

Connectivity

ZF’s Smart Chassis Sensors Debut in Cadillac Celestiq

The Cadillac Celestiq is full of new technologies, from the 130+ parts made using additive manufacturing to the 655hp (488 kW) dual-motor AWD powertrain. ZF announced in early July...

Articles

Communications

Making Connections: New V2X Tech Brings in Smartphones, Next-Gen ECall

To point at just one example of the continued evolution of V2X technologies, let’s take a quick visit to Japan and the 2025 JSAE Annual Spring Congress this May....

News

Manufacturing & Prototyping

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...

Articles

Manned Systems

48V Is Coming, and Not Just for EVs

In every corner of the automotive power engineering world, there are discussions and debates over the merits of 48V power networks vs. legacy 12V power networks. The dialogue started over 20 years ago,...

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Semiconductors & ICs

Audio Updates You Can’t Even Hear

While autonomous driving, electric powertrains and the evolving role of AI in automotive get most of the attention (deservedly, sure), technological advancements aimed at the audio experience in...

News

Manufacturing & Prototyping

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.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

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

AR/AI

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

Manufacturing & Prototyping

WCX 2025: Intel’s Weast Says China Leaping Ahead Due to Focus on Innovation

Jack Weast, vice president and general manager of Intel Automotive, told an audience at WCX 2025 that China’s automotive industry is advancing quickly due to...

News

Connectivity

WCX 2025: Vicor’s New Power Modules Arrive with 48V

As the automotive industry debates the merits of a 48V power network compared to keeping legacy 12V power networks, Vicor will present some of its newest high-power-density DC-DC...

Road Ready

Connectivity

2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Brings All the Right Updates

The place doesn’t look like much: A Sonic drive-through in Cathedral City, California, and a row of eight Tesla Superchargers. But the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 I’m driving is helping to...

Technology Report

Software

Building Resilient SDVs: Secure by Design in the Automotive Industry

Modern vehicles contain upward of 100 million lines of code and growing. The emergence of autonomous vehicles and software-defined vehicles (SDVs) means cars often run...

News

Manufacturing & Prototyping

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...

News

Sensors/Data Acquisition

FPT’s Battery Pack Dives into Marine Market

FPT Industrial formed its ePowertrain department in 2018 and since has developed a range of electric drivelines, battery packs and battery management systems (BMS) targeting on-road commercial...

News

Imaging

Not Quite Your Father’s Cab

When New Holland developed its model year 2025 FR Forage Cruiser self-propelled forage harvester, the operator environment was top of mind, evidenced by the “more informative cab” leading the list of...

News

Software

Power over Coaxial in Automotive: A Simplified Path to Advanced Vehicle Systems

As automotive technology advances, modern vehicles increasingly rely on complex electronics such as cameras, sensors, radar, and lidar. These components are...

Q&A

Sensors/Data Acquisition

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...

Road Ready

Imaging

CES 2025 Preview: All the Tech That’s Fit to Print

Software trends continue to dominate the automotive industry’s collective brainpower, but as OEMS take a moment to breathe and possibly regroup on self-driving technology, much of the...

News

Connectivity

Closing Gap to Leverage Enhanced Computational Power for SDV Advancement

Developing a standardized approach to harness the power of modern hardware accelerators in a safe and efficient way is essential in furthering the advancement of...

News

Communications

MTA Expands Wireless Communication, EV Tech for Trucks

Automotive electrical and electronics manufacturer MTA attended IAA Transportation for the first time, demonstrating its new range of wireless communication technologies for the truck...

News

Transportation

Making Software-Defined Vehicles Cyber-Secure

There is one sure-fire way to secure commercial vehicles from cyber-attacks. “You just remove the connectivity,” quipped Brandon Barry, CEO of Block Harbor Cybersecurity and the moderator...

Road Ready

Energy

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...