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SAE Media Group Acquires Aviation Carbon Event to Expand Aerospace Portfolio
SAE Media Group®, an SAE International company and a leading global provider of conferences and publications for aerospace, defense, and other critical industries, has announced its acquisition of Aviation Carbon, the specialist event platform dedicated to carbon reduction, sustainability, and decarbonization across the aviation industry.
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EV Industry Grapples with Unprecedented Battery Regulation Compliance Challenges
The EU Battery Regulation demands unprecedented granularity in supply chain tracking. Read on to learn more about what this means.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
The Factory’s Hidden Power Grid
How can carmakers make significant strides inside their plants to cut waste and improve sustainability? Read on to find out.
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Q&A: AVL Addresses Path to Greater Hybridization
The powertrain landscape of the future is sure to be a mix that includes clean diesel engines and other ICE options running alternative fuels. Zero-emissions technology such as...
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Orbis Says HaloDrive Axial-Flux Motor Available for In-Wheel, Other Uses
After years of development, Orbis Electric is introducing its HaloDrive axial flux e-motor /generator that it says is “slimmer, lighter, lower cost and more...
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Lyten Says 3D Graphene Could Disrupt Racing, Automotive and Space
Lyten is best-known as the developer of next-gen lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery technology. But new work on 3D Graphene means Lyten is branching out into motorsports with...
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Natural Gas Infrastructure Is Scaling Fast for HD Fleets
A significant shift is transforming the heavy-duty transportation sector: the rapid advancement of natural gas and renewable natural gas (RNG).
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Battery Innovation Key for Commercial and Off-Highway EVs
In the commercial and off-highway vehicle industry, the transition from internal combustion engines to hybrid and electric alternatives is underway. In 2024, sales of electrified...
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The Role of Plastic Pallets in the Automotive Supply Chain
The U.S. automotive industry relies on extensive global supply chains, with a recent report noting that manufacturers source 22% of their cars ’engines from Japan and 13% from...
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ACT Expo 2025: Heavy-Duty EVs, H2 Trucks and Tariff Talk Dominate Day One
Opening day of the ACT Expo 2025 in Anaheim, California, was a flood of product announcements and clean-fuel initiative updates. While the trucks and the technology...
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Maintaining Protection for Next-Gen HD Engine Lubricants
The American Petroleum Institute’s (API) Proposed Category 12 (PC-12) is currently under development. A target first license date has been set for January 2027, and industry...
News Energy
Propane Powers Ahead for Medium Duty Sector
The seemingly constant changing winds of North American emissions regulations have put many alternative propulsion-supplying OEMs on high alert over the first quarter of this year. However, not...
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Kalmar Launches 3rd-Gen Electric Terminal Tractor
Electric vehicle (EV) growth may be stagnant in certain market sectors amid pushback on EV mandates along with lingering infrastructure and TCO concerns, but in terminal tractor operations...
News Power
2025 Nissan Murano: Variable Compression to the Mpg Rescue
When it arrived in 2002, the Murano was the first crossover that Nissan North America, Inc. offered in the U.S. and Canada. The fourth-generation version went on sale last fall,...
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The International Fight over EFuels, Internal Combustion’s Would-Be Savior
Efuels, synthetic gasolines made from captured carbon dioxide and renewable energy (usually wind and solar power) are“ a valuable part of the solution” said...
News Energy
Suppliers Prepare for a Drop in EV Market Share
The already unsteady transition from fossil fuels to electrification is about to get bumpier. Just days after it became clear that Americans would be welcoming a new Republican White House...
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Army Researchers Examine Nanotechnology for Climate Solutions
As part of the Nano4 EARTH initiative, a national challenge launched by the White House and the National Nanotechnology Initiative, researchers are exploring how innovations at the nanoscale can lead to groundbreaking solutions for a more sustainable future. Read on to learn more about it.
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Hybrid Powertrains in the Product Mix
Perfect is the enemy of good. That aphorism embodies some of the frustrations voiced by trucking-industry companies and associations when it comes to satisfying lower greenhouse gas (GHG) and NOx...
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Study: Excessive Real-World NOx Emissions from HD Diesel Pickups
An eight-year study of in-use emissions from heavy-duty diesel pickups in Colorado and Virginia showed those vehicles to be emitting oxides of nitrogen (NOx) far in excess of...
Technology Report Transportation
CES 2025: Bosch Goes Right with Wrong-Way Alerts, Racing Hand Controls
Bosch took to CES 2025 with positive messages about its safety, accessibility and AI technologies, which it said will impact both the people who drive vehicles with its...
Articles Green Design & Manufacturing
SwRI Rolls out Hydrogen Demonstration Truck
For decades, the running joke around hydrogen being a viable fuel for commercial trucks has been that its “ten years away from being ten years away.” Though H2-fueled rigs operating at scale...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
Ford Engineering Lab Turns 100
“This might be our most forward-looking team occupying the building that was the impetus for our future-looking focus in the very beginning,” Jennifer Kolstad, Ford Motor Company’s Global Design and...
Technical Innovation Green Design & Manufacturing
Donaldson Filters Keep Fuel Cells Clean
One of the advantages of the internal combustion engine is that it can function with relatively simple intake air filtration. Provided that dust is kept out, air entering the engine can ensure that...
Articles Energy
Solving the Battery Recycling Challenge
The surging global popularity of electric vehicles is creating a new challenge: a mounting pile of spent lithium-ion batteries. In just a decade, more than 1.2 million tons of lithium-ion batteries will reach their end-of-life, creating an urgent need for efficient and profitable recycling solutions. This impending battery waste crisis presents both a challenge and an opportunity. Read on to learn more.
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Shell Details Upcoming Engine-Oil Developments
Shell Rotella hosted journalists at the National Tractor Pulling Championships in Bowling Green, Ohio, in August, where the company was sponsoring tractors run by Koester Racing in the...
Articles Green Design & Manufacturing
Cummins New X15 Engine Meets Upcoming Regs While Boosting Efficiency
Cummins provided extensive details of the design and engineering involved in developing the new HELM version of its X15 diesel engine. The company says its new engine...
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Truck OEMs Invested in Infrastructure
Truck manufacturers have not sat idly by as charging infrastructure continues to lag behind the growing availability of battery-electric commercial vehicles. Take for example Daimler Truck North...
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Mercedes: H2-ICE Is Ready for Primetime in Commercial Trucks
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a pair of prototypes powered by hydrogen combustion engines that were created in collaboration with Mörtlbauer Baumaschinen Vertriebs. The prototypes...
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Altair Honors Innovations in Automotive Lightweighting and Sustainability
General Motors engineers opted for a battery structure comprised entirely of high-performance polymeric materials for the 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray’s hybrid...
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Ford Announces 48-Volt Architecture for Future Electric Truck
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Active Strake System Cuts Cruise Drag, Boosts Flight Efficiency
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Accelerating Down the Road to Autonomy
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Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
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Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
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Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design Cycle
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Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
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Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance