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How Much Do You Know About Hybrid-Electric Systems for Off-Highway Vehicles?

Test your understanding of the key concepts and applications of hybrid-electric systems used in construction, mining, agricultural, and other off-highway vehicles.

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Transportation

Engineering Fluid Conveyance Systems for Alternative Fuel On-Highway Vehicles

The shift to CNG, LNG, RNG, and hydrogen-powered vehicles introduces new engineering challenges where fluid properties, regulatory demands, and packaging constraints...

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Energy

GM Energy Bets on Sodium Batteries for Energy Storage

GM Energy expands bidirectional charging features.

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Energy

Virtual Screening of Materials for Increased Battery Performance

Development of the next generation of batteries requires materials with improved properties and energy storage systems that provide better performance, durability, and longevity....

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Automotive

Battery Manufacturing & Simulation Summit 2026

Understanding the elements that contribute to successful battery manufacturing is critical to the trajectory of next-gen mobility. As demands for battery solutions and production strategies evolve,...

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Manned Systems

In Fuel Control: Engineering Confidence in Off-Highway Combustion

The future of off-highway combustion will continue to be determined by the application of precision engineering.

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Energy

Diversification Key for Sustainable Fleets

Fleets pursuing multiple technology pathways are positioned to absorb tariff disruptions, funding cuts and freight market weakness.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Quality Assurance: The Hidden Key to Battery Manufacturing

Ultimately, the success of the battery industry will not be determined solely by breakthroughs in chemistry or capacity. It will be judged by its ability to manufacture at scale, safely, sustainably, and affordably. And that only hinges on quality assurance. Read on to learn more.

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Improved EV Battery Technology Will Outmatch Degradation From Climate Change

In a new study led by the University of Michigan, researchers have shown that batteries have gotten a lot better over the past several years. So much so, in fact, that their gains will more than offset their expected heat-related degradation on a warming planet. Read on to learn more.

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Software

Express Delivery: Simulation App Speeds Up Electric Truck Battery Design

The custom simulation app developed by the LaserBATMAN consortium can be used to help produce more robust battery designs with ranges that can support highway travel over longer distances with fewer failures — all while promoting the use of green energy. Read on to learn more.

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Making EV Batteries Truly Sustainable: Where to Focus and What Industry Can Do

As the global electric vehicle fleet approaches 40 million vehicles, a critical question emerges: are we truly on the path to building a sustainable transportation future, and where should we focus our efforts to improve? The answer lies in how quickly we can move from today’s linear EV battery value chain into a truly circular system. Read on to learn more.

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Electronics & Computers

New Products

See the new products, including BYD's FLASH Charging, delivering up to 1500kW through a single connector, and the second generation of its Blade Battery; Sensata's FaultBreak contactor, a next-generation high-voltage switching and protection solution; and more.

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Researchers Turn Recovered Car Battery Acid and Plastic Waste Into Clean Hydrogen

Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor to break down hard-to-recycle forms of plastic waste – such as drinks bottles, nylon textiles and polyurethane foams – using acid recovered from old car batteries, and converting it into clean hydrogen fuel and valuable industrial chemicals. Read on to learn more.

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Electronics & Computers

How Redwood Materials Prioritizes Battery Recycling Safety

Whether it’s a phone, mouse, e-bike, or EV, the batteries powering those devices at some point need to be collected, shipped, and recycled in a safe manner. Read on to learn what Redwood Materials is working on to help make this happen.

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Energy

Safer Batteries for Storing Energy at Massive Scale

Among the enduring challenges of storing energy is batteries that can hold large amounts of electricity for a long time. In addition to having a large capacity – potentially enough to power a neighborhood or small city for days or weeks – ideally, these batteries would be safe, affordable, and environmentally harmless. With an eye toward meeting those benchmarks, researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing novel electrolytes—fluids that can conduct ions—for rechargeable flow batteries.

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Energy

A New Electrolyte Points to Stronger, Safer Batteries

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a new gel electrolyte that both improves the lifetime and safety of anode-free lithium batteries, an emerging battery architecture that could dramatically boost energy density while simplifying manufacturing. Read on to learn more.

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Energy

Lithium Metal Battery Issue Might be Solved

KAIST announced that the research team led by Prof. Nam-Soon Choi has developed a technology that resolves the most critical challenge of lithium-metal batteries, “interfacial instability,” at the electronic structure level. Read on to learn more.

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Manned Systems

WCX: NHTSA Open to Negotiated Rulemaking on Some Safety Issues

The chief lawyer for the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration said the agency wants to move quickly to reduce regulatory burden.

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Power

WCX: Resilient Propulsion Strategies Require Options

Industry experts - spurred by volatile fuel prices - discuss resilient propulsion strategies at SAE International’s WCX 2026, including EVs, hybrids, PHEVs and gas engines.

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Energy

Longtime Auto Supplier Eyes Data Center Needs with 'Living Lab' Microgrid

With a demonstration microgrid, longtime auto supplier Delta Electronics eyes the data center market.

INSIDER

Energy

New Clean Planet Facility Converts Waste Plastic to Sustainable Aviation Fuel

A major breakthrough in tackling both waste plastic and aviation emissions has been marked with the opening of what Clean Planet Technologies claims to be is the...

Technical Innovation

Automotive

Bosch Shows off its First U.S. Electrolyzer in Support of Hydrogen Research

Bosch continues its bet on hydrogen with its first U.S. electrolyzer to create hydrogen from water and electricity.

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Energy

Mercedes Sticks with EVs After Making a Few Adjustments

Mercedes adapts electric vehicle roadmap to meet customer demand

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Energy

How Much Do You Know About Alternative Fuels?

Fuel supply and costs are a growing concern for consumers and businesses alike. Fleets running medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles have many options beyond conventional diesel fuel. Test your knowledge on the history and current state of alternative fuels with this quiz.

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Energy

Career Ford Engineer Zhou Awarded SAE’s Medal of Honor

SAE International named a longtime Ford engineer with its Medal of Honor during its annual World Congress event.

Summits

Automotive

2026 Battery & Electrification Summit (Online)

As electrification reshapes how vehicles are designed, powered, and integrated into energy ecosystems, OEMs and design engineers are faced with complex design challenges.

Technology Report

Power

Some Automakers Retreat from North American EV Market

In a somewhat surprising move, even non-U.S. automakers are pulling back from electric vehicles.