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ACT Expo 2025: Battery Experts Fret Tariffs, Encourage Specific Designs

There’s a chaotic elephant in almost every room of the 2025 Advanced Clean Transportation Expo: Tariffs and the Trump administration’s seemingly hostile approach to environmentally friendly technology like EVs and alternative energy sources. Read on to learn more about it.

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Clarios Brings AI to Idle Management for Heavy Trucks

The predominant low-voltage battery maker Clarios today announced that IdleLess, a sensor-and-AI-driven system for heavy-duty trucks that it says can save up to $3,300 per year per...

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New York Auto Show 2025: News from the Floor

The 2025 edition of the New York International Auto Show proved some automakers still value the attention that comes with debuting a vehicle on a flashy convention center stage. Hyundai, Kia and...

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News
Power

Challenges and Opportunities of Electrifying Off-Highway Machines

The off-highway machine industry is embracing new technologies to optimize operations, specifically regarding electric and hybrid off-highway equipment. The electric...

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INSIDER
Green Design & Manufacturing

German Researchers Claim 'World First' In-flight Measurement of Hydrogen Propulsion Contrails

Formed in the upper troposphere when the air is sufficiently cold and humid, condensation trails (known as contrails) may be one of the most...

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Technology Report
Energy

ICE and Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Show Staying Power

The internal combustion engine. Hybrid-electric. Full-electric. Plug-in hybrid electric. Pick one, two, or more for the product portfolio.

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Technology Report
Manufacturing & Prototyping

WCX 2025: Intel’s Weast Says China Leaping Ahead Due to Focus on Innovation

Jack Weast, vice president and general manager of Intel Automotive, told an audience at WCX 2025 that China’s automotive industry is advancing quickly due to...

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Regulations/Standards

WCX 2025: Dumarey Launches U.S. Subsidiary for Better ICEs

The Dumarey Group used WCX 2025 as the launching point for its new U.S. subsidiary, Dumarey USA. Dumarey, a Belgian family-owned company, announced the acquisition of Mahle...

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Technology Report
Energy

WCX 2025: Vicor’s New Power Modules Arrive with 48V

As the automotive industry debates the merits of a 48V power network compared to keeping legacy 12V power networks, Vicor will present some of its newest high-power-density DC-DC...

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Power

Supersonic X-59 Completes Cruise Control Engine Speed Test Ahead of First Flight

The team behind NASA’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator completed another critical ground test in March, ensuring the quiet supersonic aircraft will be able to...

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Briefs
Power

Safe and Energy-Efficient Quasi-Solid Battery for Electric Vehicles and Devices

A team of researchers from Japan has developed a non-flammable quasi-solid-state LIB that can overcome the limitations of conventional batteries. Read on to learn more.

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Products
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New Products

See the new products, including KULR Technology Group's NASA-certified M35A battery cells; Nexperia's 650 V, 10 A silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diode; Rotor Clip's patented InterShim™ Wave Spring design; and more.

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Regulations/Standards

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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Road Ready
Electronics & Computers

2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Brings All the Right Updates

The place doesn’t look like much: A Sonic drive-through in Cathedral City, California, and a row of eight Tesla Superchargers. But the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 I’m driving is helping to...

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Road Ready
Power

2025 Toyota 4Runner: Capable Across the Lineup

The sixth-generation 4Runner, Toyota’s serious and accessible off-roader, is built at the Tahara Plant in Japan. That’s important because Tahara is also where Toyota builds the Land...

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Technology Report
Power

Elaphe Readies In-Wheel Motors for OEM EVs After 2030

Elaphe unveiled what it claims is the first and only in-wheel electric motor (IWM) designed to fit existing EVs at CES in January. Elaphe Propulsion Technologies, a pioneer of in-wheel...

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Articles
Propulsion

Designs on a Diverse Powertrain Future

Many manufacturers in the construction and mining vehicle sectors have tabbed the Bauma trade show in April as the venue for major product debuts. Perkins is one of those, though it provided select...

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Road Ready
Propulsion

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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Technical Innovation
Power

Cummins Unveils New B7.2 Diesel Engine

Cummins has unveiled the latest iteration of its renowned B series engine at its press conference during NTEA’s Work Truck Week 2025 in Indianapolis. The new B7.2 diesel is the latest engine to be...

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Road Ready
Power

2026 Escalade IQL Is Cadillac’s Biggest, Roomiest EV Yet

Cadillac today unveiled the 2026 Escalade IQL electric vehicle, which maintains the Escalade IQ’s class-leading range but adds additional passenger and cargo space.

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Technology Report
Energy

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...

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Aerospace

Safran's ENGINeUS 100 Electric Motor Earns EASA Certification

Safran Electrical & Power is celebrating a world first: certification awarded by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) of the ENGINeUS 100 motor – the first...

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Application Briefs
Manned Systems

Updated High-Pressure Turbine Kit for A320neo Engine

In December, the Federal Aviation Administration and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency certified the updated high-pressure turbine hardware durability kit for the CFM LEAP-1A engines that power Airbus A320neo family aircraft. Read on to learn more about the durability kit.

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Original Equipment
Motion Control

Freightliner Unveils Latest Cascadia Class 8 Truck

Freightliner has unveiled the fifth generation of its Cascadia Class 8 truck. The new version is scheduled to begin production mid-2025 and reportedly offers new advanced safety features,...

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Articles
Energy

JLG Reveals New Electric Telehandler

JLG Industries has unveiled its first electric telehandler, the E313, designed for all-terrain and off-road use. The battery-powered E313 offers zero-emission and low-noise operation for moving...

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Briefs
Power

Airman Brings Fuel Sampling Innovation to Eglin, Possibly Air Force

An innovation, known as the single-point nozzle adapter, or SN, removes two-thirds of the time and steps required to take a fuel sample from multiple fuel sources, such as trucks and mobile stations. It also removes almost any chance of direct exposure, from spillage or spray to the hazardous chemicals that make up the fuel. Read on to learn more.

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Q&A
Software

Elektrobit Sees the Future in SMH Afeela Software

At CES 2025, we sat down with Moritz Neukirchner, senior director of strategic product management for software-defined vehicles for Elektrobit, to talk about his excitement for SDVs and why...

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Articles
Energy

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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Technical Innovation
Motion Control

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...

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