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Driving down the High Cost of Overspray in Automotive Paint Processes
When painting automotive exteriors, automotive paint robot arms quickly move around the body to deliver paint. As the arm constantly changes position, the angle of...
Articles Unmanned Systems
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...
Technology Report Manufacturing & Prototyping
Accelerating Materials Development with Quantum Computing
As most engineers pursue ways to improve material properties such as longevity, corrosion resistance and eco-friendliness, quantum computing is emerging as a groundbreaking...
Technology Report Manufacturing & Prototyping
Lighter, Recyclable Body Seal from Cooper Standard Wins SAA Award
A lighter, colorable and fully recyclable thermoplastic body seal from Cooper Standard won the annual Innovations in Lightweighting Award given by the Society for Automotive...
Road Ready Power
2025 BMW M5 First Drive: Stuffed like Schnitzel with PHEV Tech
Before BMW designed its first in-house car, the 3/20 of 1932, the Bavarian manufacturer had built a reputation on lightness. The company’s air-cooled radial aircraft engines...
Briefs Design
Folded or Cut, This Lithium-Sulfur Battery Keeps Going
To address stability and safety issues, researchers have designed a lithium-sulfur battery that features an improved iron sulfide cathode. One prototype remains highly stable over 300 charge-discharge cycles, and another provides power even after being folded or cut. Read on to learn more.
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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 Manufacturing & Prototyping
Honda Unveils Solid-State Battery Demonstration Production Line
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is taking the next step in bringing its proprietary solid-state batteries to production. The automaker unveiled its demonstration production line for...
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...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Factorial’s Solid-State B-Samples Send a Message
Earlier this year, Factorial Energy CEO Siyu Huang told SAE Media her company was “very committed” to bringing solid-state battery technology to the market sooner than basically anyone...
INSIDER Software
Battery Analysis Pioneer: North America Has Five Years to Catch China
North American automakers and EV battery firms have five years to erase China’s dominance in technology and manufacturing or they may face the reality of buying...
Technical Innovation Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Bemis, BASF Develop Lightweight Hydraulic Tank for Compact Excavators
Bemis Manufacturing and BASF collaborated to develop a lighter-weight and lower-cost hydraulic tank for compact excavators that was recognized with a lightweighting...
Technology Report Materials
Coherix’s Laser-Based Computer-Vision Improves Electronics Manufacturing
An industry-first 3D laser-based, computer-vision system can monitor and control the application of adhesive beads as tiny in width as two human hairs. This unique...
Briefs AR/AI
Engineers Develop More Accurate AI Algorithm for Improving Nuclear Reactor Performance
To expand the availability of electricity generated from nuclear power, several countries have started developing designs for small modular reactors (SMRs), which could take less time and money to construct compared to existing reactors. Toward this effort, a Purdue University study has made progress in enabling artificial intelligence to improve monitoring and control of SMRs. Read on to learn what this means.
Articles Energy
Blazer EV Is a Steel-Intensive Showcase
Chevrolet Blazer EV customers are likely to cite the Ultium battery and dual-motor driveline as their vehicle’s most advanced technologies. But in doing so, they’d miss an equally key aspect of...
Articles Automotive
Steel Targets EV Structures, Battery Boxes
The steel and aluminum industries are waging a new materials war that could determine which of the long-time competitors dominates EV structures in the next design cycle. Feeling the heat from new...
Technology Report Materials
UX Work Underway to Make Alphabet Soup, Control Icons Easier on Drivers
At the InCabin USA interior vehicle technology expo in Detroit in May, Ford customer research lead Susan Shaw said that the sea of letters around ADAS features and...
Technology Report Mechanical & Fluid Systems
SkillReal Says Inexpensive Camera and AI Add up to Faster, Better Inspections
A company says that its digital twin alignment system, incorporating a sophisticated AI algorithm and an off-the-shelf camera, has the potential to revolutionize...
Technology Report Sensors/Data Acquisition
AutoSens: Nodar’s Plan to Make Park Assist Tech Better, Cheaper, Cleaner
Park assist technology seems like low-hanging fruit in the assisted and automated driving space, but anyone who’s attempted to use one of these systems might have...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
TI Fluid Systems Opens Facility to Create Cooling Products for EVs
TI Fluid Systems’ newest e-Mobility Innovation Center (eMIC) provides the North American market with a collaborative space to develop efficient thermal management...
Executive Viewpoints Energy
Volvo Charts Its Path Towards Zero Emissions
Volvo Trucks is betting on themselves to reach the aggressive goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. The company is taking an almost fanatical approach to its emissions reduction targets in...
Briefs Materials
Evaluation of Additively Manufactured Ultrahard Steels
Recent advances in both alloy development and additive manufacturing have enabled the production of ultrahigh-strength steels in near net shape parts.
Articles Power
Are We Stuck with Lithium-Ion?
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...
Supplier Eye Manufacturing & Prototyping
We've Been Here Before
For a couple of decades, virtually every global original equipment manufacturer spent significant capital and attention raising their sales/production profile in China. It became the world’s largest light vehicle...
Q&A Sensors/Data Acquisition
Q&A: Owl AI Making Better ADAS Systems with Help from Drones
Owl AI has steadily been improving the SWaP-C (Size, Weight, Power and Cost) of the electronics in its thermal camera sensors while also improving capability. The company’s...
Technology Report Energy
Enterprise Battery-Analysis Pioneer Voltaiq Partners with Siemens
As CES 2024 was wrapping up in Las Vegas, battery-analysis pioneer Voltaiq and Siemens Digital Industries Software announced a partnership they said is intended to help...
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Tuning-Up AI’s ‘Understanding’ to Make Safer ADAS, AVs
In December 2023, Kognic, the Gothenburg, Sweden-based developer of a software platform to analyze and optimize the massively complex datasets behind ADAS and automated-driving...
Application Briefs Materials
Cold Spray Technology
Naval Air Systems CommandNaval Air Station North Island, CA(619) 545-3415www.navair.navy.mil In the realm of naval aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul, a transformative technology is taking flight. At the heart...
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Schaeffler Heads Back to CES with New Acquisition, Capabilities
Schaeffler Group, energized by a new acquisition and a new tagline “we pioneer motion,” will showcase new capabilities at CES in January — its first appearance at the...
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Supersonic X-59 Completes Cruise Control Engine Speed Test Ahead of First Flight
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Engineering the EL9: Electra's Ultra Short Hybrid-Electric Aircraft
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Materials
Optimizing Electric Powertrains: Advanced Materials for Performance, Safety,...
Imaging
Breakthrough in Infrared and Visible Imaging: One Dataset with...
Test & Measurement
Improving Rocket and Flight Vehicle Testing Under Capital...
AR/AI
Advancing Automotive Manufacturing with Digital Twins
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Powering NewSpace Missions: Navigating the Cost vs. Reliability...
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Solving Thermal Challenges in Defense: The Role of ECUs and...