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Autonomous Quarry Haulage in High Demand
At Komatsu’s Quarry Days 2025 event at its Arizona Proving Grounds outside of Tucson, dealers, customers, and media got the opportunity to operate Komatsu mining and construction equipment, learn about its latest technology innovations, and talk to product experts. Read on to learn more.
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‘Electronification’ of Working Hydraulics in Compact Machines
Compact off-highway machines should be as maneuverable, versatile and energy-efficient as possible. Key to achieving these goals is the electronification of the working...
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Managing the Evolution of the EV Charging Standard
SAE International announced in late June, 2023, that it intended to standardize the Tesla-developed North American Charging Standard (NACS) EV charging connector for North America. SAE...
Technical Innovation Transportation
ZF Premieres AxTrax 2 Electric Axle Platform at ACT Expo
ZF unveiled its all-new AxTrax 2 electric axle platform at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Anaheim, California. The fully integrated and modular e-powertrain system...
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Reliability Is Key to Capturing EVSE Market Share
Pick a percentage: 10%, 20%, 30%. The number of public EV charging stations that are out of service at any given time typically is a double-digit percentage, according to surveys. For a new...
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Unzipping the Future of Sustainable Electronics
Electronic-systems designers are facing a serious reckoning: How to significantly reduce the environmental impact of more and more electronic content in new vehicles?
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Securing CAN Networks in Commercial Vehicles
Commercial road vehicles are the backbone of the modern consumer economy. Almost any business from construction, to energy, to online retail at some point relies on the delivery of goods by...
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Chattanooga Power Haus
Volkswagen is rapidly gaining on General Motors, Ford and Tesla in terms of overall EV development and production assets in North America, industry analysts tell SAE Media. With the recent launch of its $22 million...
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Rexroth Takes Aim at Electrification for Off-Highway Vehicles
Bosch Rexroth recently invited SAE Media to attend EMPAC, their Electrified Mobile Product & Application Conference in Schaumburg, Illinois. The show featured many of...
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Secure Wireless Communication System
pureLiFi has announced a new deal to supply the US Army Europe and Africa with Kitefin™, a next generation optical wireless communication system
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Cloud-Connected, Battery-Based IoT Devices Last Years Longer
Demand for wireless IoT cloud-connected devices is growing rapidly, yet deploying Wi-Fi battery-based products is difficult.
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Software Enables New-Age, Flexible Test Solution for Analog and Digital Radios
Radios are a staple of naval operations but their standards must change to keep up with the times.
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Platform-Agnostic Interface Aims to Accelerate Truck Autonomy
“Trucking will be the first place that self-driving vehicles make it to public roads.” That premise prompted the founding of autonomous technology developer Embark five...
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A Resonant Solution for Fast, Flexible EV Charging
The infrastructure of 400V charging stations has been massively expanded in Europe, with some 400 locations in place and more on the way. However, 800V vehicles currently are left out...
Road Ready Energy
After a 30-Year Hiatus, Jeep Remakes the Wagoneer
You won’t have a hard time distinguishing the all-new 2022 Jeep Wagoneer from the old one. Automotive design and engineering have moved on dramatically in 30 years, even if the Wagoneer...
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Alliance Platform Elevates 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander
Ten years is an eternity in terms of automotive product cycles, especially in a segment as hot and crowded as C/D sport utility. For Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA), waiting for...
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TCU Testing at the Heart of Vehicle Connectivity
The wireless connectivity between the modern vehicle and the outside world is possible thanks to a constantly evolving component called the telematics control unit (TCU). The TCU is at the...
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CES 2021: Deere Highlights Digital Technology Via Virtual Reality
Digital technology is rapidly transforming off-highway equipment, giving users more functionality and higher precision than is possible with human operators. John Deere...
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Vehicle Safety Communications Landscape Clarified with Controversial FCC Ruling
After years of transportation-industry tussle over competing technologies to enable communications between vehicles and a “connected” environment, the...
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Built-In Google Vehicle Apps Arrive
The modern vehicle cabin experience increasingly is defined by software and interactive screens. The new prominence of digital media interactions is evident in the late 2020 debut of the all-electric...
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Dana’s Twin-Clutch Axle Boosts Bronco Sport’s Off-Road Cred
Bandwidth is the Holy Grail of global vehicle development. Its measure of success includes the ability to derive genuinely diverse products and even entire brands from a...
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Protecting AV Control Circuits
The safety and convenience offered by autonomous vehicles (AVs) cannot be achieved unless the vehicle’s electronic circuits are highly reliable and robust to electrical shocks. Designers can substantially...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Digitalizing Off-Highway Machines Delivers Actionable Data
Off-highway equipment manufacturers are increasingly working with suppliers of drivetrain systems and electrohydraulic (EH) system suppliers to advance the digitalization of mobile...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Creating Safe, Reliable Circuits for Next-Gen EVs
Designing circuits for electrified vehicles is extremely challenging. To ensure robust and safe designs that can withstand overloads, transients, and electrostatic discharge (ESD),...
News Power
The ISO Standard for Electric-Vehicle “Plug-And-Charge” Faces Security Concerns
In 2010, a joint working group of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) started...
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BMW Details New Motorcycle Adaptive Cruise Control
BMW has released details about its new Motorcycle Active Cruise Control (ACC), bringing a popular automotive convenience feature to the two-wheeled realm. The new system, developed in...
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Radar Testing with an O-Scope
A new generation of compact radar sensors with long range and high resolution is under development for automated driver assistance systems (ADAS) and future fully autonomous vehicles. Operating in the...
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New Cooperative Driving Automation Standard Provides Clarity to Support Advancement of Full Automation
In May, amid quarantine and lockdowns for the Coronavirus pandemic, SAE International published SAE J3216 Standard: Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Cooperative Driving Automation for On-Road Motor Vehicles. The new standard...
News Energy
New CHAdeMO 3.0 Aims to Harmonize Global EV Quick-Charging Standards
On April 24, the CHAdeMO Association released the 3.0 version of its electric-vehicle (EV) charging protocol. The technology was co-developed by the China Electricity...
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