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Sensata’s Sensors Aid Blind Spot Monitoring for Tractor-Trailers
Sensata Technologies’ booth at this year’s IAA Transportation tradeshow included two of the company’s Precor radar sensors. The PreView STA79 is a heavy-duty vehicle...

Articles Test & Measurement
Euro NCAP Details New Testing for Heavy-Truck Safety Rating
Euro NCAP has revealed the elements it is considering as part of an upcoming Truck Safe rating, and how it intends to test and benchmark truck performance. The announcement was...

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Research Focuses on Safety of Electric Scooter Riders, Other Vulnerable Road Users
Passenger vehicles traveling alongside electric scooters is an increasingly common road sharing scenario rife with safety issues such as an e-scooter rider...

Articles Propulsion
Volvo Reveals New VNL with SuperTruck Influence
Volvo Trucks North America has launched the completely redesigned VNL Class 8 truck. The all-new VNL was designed specifically for the North American market and features Volvo’s next...

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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...

Articles Automotive
2022 Honda Civic Hatchback Enjoys Premium Assembly, Weight-Cutting Measures
As a veteran manufacturing engineer, Jill Fuel was an ideal choice for the project leader for the production launch of Honda’s 2022 Civic Hatchback at Honda's...

News Test & Measurement
Purpose, Perceptions for Driver-Assist Tech Solidify
A panel of automated-driving experts at this week’s virtual presentation of SAE International’s annual Government/Industry Meeting had strong opinions on the current state of...

News Test & Measurement
Cellular V2X Pilot Launching in Virginia
Cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology is going live via a pilot program in Virginia, with the specific goals of improving work-zone and traffic-signal safety. The Virginia Department of...

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What We’re Driving: 2020 Nissan Versa SR
The 2020 Nissan Sentra’s most important asset isn’t as obvious as its all-new sheetmetal, although nobody could deny the sharky new body is an immense upgrade over the dowdy previous...

News Connectivity
V2X Communication, Not Automation, to Usher in Next Road-Safety Revolution
Development of autonomous vehicles (AV) is moving inexorably forward, driven by staggering industry investment. It’s understood that connectivity, often...

News Software
Thermal Imaging Makes Its Case for ADAS, AVs
What specific sensor types will comprise the advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) of the 2020s? That’s a controversial subject among engineers who are developing SAE Level 2 and 3 (and...

News Test & Measurement
New Proving-Ground Tools Needed to Manage AV Testing
According to Dr. Richard Simpson, principal systems engineer at test systems’ supplier AB Dynamics, a universal command and control system for test-track operators is vital to manage...

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AB Dynamics Supports Germany’s PEGASUS Project Test of Multiple Autonomous Vehicle Control
Test systems supplier AB Dynamics has announced it will support PEGASUS, Germany’s new testing procedure for automated vehicles (AV). PEGASUS...

Road Ready Energy
New-Generation Nissan Versa Breaks for Higher Ground
Subcompact cars hardly are spotlight-grabbers at the moment, but Nissan has nonetheless delivered up an all-new 2020 Versa that notches higher fuel economy, quicker acceleration, tighter...

News Regulations/Standards
SAE Rolls out Introduction to Automated Vehicle Safety in Shanghai
Since 2016, five fatal accidents involving self-driving cars have served as cautionary tales for engineers designing and testing automated vehicles (AVs). These accidents have...

Road Ready Unmanned Systems
NAIAS 2019: Three-Row Cadillac XT6 SUV Makes Global Debut
Cadillac has added another SUV to its lineup with the global debut of the all-new three-row XT6 at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The XT6 joins the two-row XT4...

News Imaging
NAIAS 2019: The Tech-Savvy Next-Generation Ford Explorer
The 6th-generation Ford Explorer looks to retain its all-time best-selling-SUV in America status by adding driver assist and other technologies, while dropping its former FWD/AWD...

News Manned Systems
WABCO Adds Autonomous Driving 'Building Blocks' to 2019 Portfolio
Active steering, high-deceleration emergency braking, and rear object detection with automatic braking underscore WABCO’s autonomous-tinged commercial vehicle products...

Road Ready Propulsion
The 2019 Nissan Altima Is a Competent Player in a Shrinking Sedan Segment
The Altima sedan is an important product for Nissan, what it calls its “brand ambassador.” Long a solid choice in the mid-size sedan segment, its typically...

Road Ready Unmanned Systems
2019 Toyota Corolla Injects Sport, Adds Hatchback
There are three good reasons why Toyota’s compact Corolla overtook the original VW Beetle, the VW Golf and even the Ford F-Series to become the top-selling vehicle nameplate ever built:...

News Software
ADAS: Functional Safety and Freedom from Unacceptable Risk
“When it comes to safety in cars, there are two main considerations: firstly, reducing dependency on driver skill and awareness and secondly, functional safety,” said Tim Mace,...

News RF & Microwave Electronics
Pedestrian Headforms
Used for pedestrian safety testing, Diversified Technical Systems’ (Seal Beach, CA) pedestrian headforms (which emulate a human head) embedded data acquisition solution are instrumented with a triaxial accelerometer and...

News RF & Microwave Electronics
Gas-Damped Auto Crash Sensor
The new Endevco model 7264H from Meggitt Sensing Systems (Irvine, CA) is an optimally gas-damped accelerometer for automotive safety testing with target applications that include pedestrian safety, military-vehicle...

News Unmanned Systems
Ford Aims for New 'Halo' Products and More Female Engineers, Says COO Barb Samardzich
Ford has a lot riding on the new Mustang. It isn’t just another Ford model; it is a statement of capability and international intent, and no one...

News Design
Walking Through Some Ideas for Improved Pedestrian Safety
"Everyone is a pedestrian" is a traffic safety dictum of NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). That's pretty obvious, but America's pedestrian safety record is not...

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