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Editorial Transportation
Off-highway Innovators to Demo Digital Prowess at CES 2026
JLG and Caterpillar are among the equipment manufacturers demonstrating their intelligent systems.
Editorial Energy
Off We Go
Even in some truly novel times, the automotive industry has kept the SAE Media team on the go in recent months. We went out to drive the new Lucid Gravity in California and the new Ford Expedition in Kentucky. We also spent some...
News Energy
Tech – and Tariffs – Top of Mind at Tradeshows
April saw two major tradeshows take place, playing host to numerous advanced vehicle and technology reveals from global OEMs and suppliers – some of which are detailed on this site....
Editorial Regulations/Standards
Absolutely Nothing’s Changed
A chaotic wrecking ball continues to smash not just the world’s political stability but the very idea of a rules-based society. If only we could find a way to figure out what the automotive industry is...
News Transportation
Wrecking Ball
It seems the chaos is just starting as the industry tries to stay on track despite chaotic moves by a new United States presidential administration. Read on to learn more.
Editorial Unmanned Systems
Recuperating from AI-Induced CES Fatigue
Listening to some end-of-the-year music shows recently, I was reminded of how natural it is to get jaded about things, even things we truly enjoy, as we get older. The critics I listened to didn’t...
Editorial Energy
Bauma the Big One in 2025
December is a good time to reflect on the past year – to celebrate successes and consider opportunities for improvement – but it is also an opportune time to look to the future. As I think about the year ahead...
News Connectivity
Making Machines Software-Defined No Simple Task
Software-defined machines (SDMs) were a top-of-mind topic at the recent 2024 SAE COMVEC event in Schaumburg, Illinois, with experts expounding on where the industry stands today and where it...
Editorial Design
No, Really, What’s an SDV?
What is an SDV? No, you can’t just say “software defined vehicle,” because that’s not precise enough. Software has been part of modern vehicles for decades, but the code didn’t define the car. So,...
Editorial RF & Microwave Electronics
Sensitive Subjects
You’ve got regulations, cost and personal preferences all getting in the way of the next generation of automated vehicles. Oh, and those pesky legal issues about who’s at fault should something happen. Under all...
Editorial Manned Systems
Hybrids Are Having a Moment
Manufacturers at the forefront of sustainability efforts and intent on electrifying commercial trucks and off-highway machines still see the necessity to include internal combustion engines in their future...
News Manned Systems
Tesla Semi “Crushes” SuperTruck 2 in Real-World Efficiency
Usually hosted in Southern California, the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo moved about 265 miles (425 km) north and east for its latest edition, taking place in Las...
Editorial Manned Systems
Charging Infrastructure Coming – at a Cost
It’s no secret that insufficient battery charging infrastructure is an impediment to commercial-vehicle fleets’ electrification efforts. To provide direction and some certainty for...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
EV Confidence
EVs are not for everyone. Not yet, anyway. But despite the headlines, there’s no reason to lose confidence in the overall EV trajectory that’s been underway for the last dozen years or so.
Editorial Sensors/Data Acquisition
Change? Sure, Sometimes.
SAE’s Automotive Engineering magazine is not immune to the constant beat of changes happening across the automotive industry. In case you’re curious what that means, the byline and picture accompanying this...
Editorial AR/AI
Automated Driving’s Journey: One Step Forward…
The AV sector was stunned by the late-October headline that the California Department of Motor Vehicles suspended robotaxi developer Cruise’s permits for deployment and testing of...
Editorial Manned Systems
Smart Engineering for Sustainability
Sustainability extends beyond just decarbonization. A term popping up more and more in executive and engineering-focused presentations is “circular economy,” referring to a closed-loop production...
Editorial Test & Measurement
Of Moose and Artificial Intelligence
I know nothing more about artificial intelligence (AI) than what I read and what learned people tell me. I know it’s supposed to bring new sophistication to all manner of processes and technologies,...
Editorial Software
Deere’s Ingredients for Innovation
At John Deere’s inaugural Tech Summit this past spring in Austin, Texas – the location of one of the company’s micro-technology hubs and a recently purchased farm on which to conduct R&D...
News Connectivity
A Diversified Path for Sustainable Fleets
More than 12,000 people attended the 2023 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Anaheim, Calif., in May. Attendees heard a multitude of viewpoints offered by experts from commercial-vehicle...
News Energy
The Gas Station Paradigm for EV Charging
One evening earlier this year, I found myself at a convenience-store gas station with eight pumps and one EV fast-charger. I’d been vectored there by the charge provider’s phone app. As I exited...
Editorial Transportation
Engineering the ‘Sustainability Thing’
Sustainable and sustainability are words that are fast becoming industry vernacular. They’re woven into executive speeches, press releases, marketing, and engineers’ messaging.
Editorial Motion Control
Sunset for the American V8
Technologies transition from dominance to nearly dead at different speeds and for various reasons. That’s particularly true for motive power. Pistons, cams and valves are giving way to anodes, cathodes and...
News Manned Systems
Autonomous Trucking Hits Rocky Road
Within a four-week stretch – from roughly mid-February to mid-March – a steady stream of autonomous-trucking news hit. A quick summary: As several startups in the autonomous-truck development space...
News Design
The Ford We Didn’t Know
Ford CEO Jim Farley exposed significant product-development lapses during his company’s fourth-quarter-2022 earnings call on February 2. Ford’s 4Q profit performance was no-excuses dismal. Its causes, he...
Editorial Transportation
Engineering ‘Electron Guzzlers’
Apparently, ‘gas guzzler’ now encompasses any vehicle that burns hydrocarbon fuels, no matter how efficient. Anything with an exhaust pipe.
Editorial Manned Systems
Response to More-Rigid NOx and GHG Regs
The new low-NOx standards are part of the EPA’s Clean Trucks Plan that also includes “Phase 3” greenhouse gas standards for HD vehicles beginning in MY 2027.
Editorial Design
The Haters Go After Toyota
Want your company to be the target of haters? Here’s a sure way to do it, as proven in 2022.
News Regulations/Standards
Zeroing in on Zero-Carbon Fuels
COP27, the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference that took place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, over a two-week span in November, helped bring global attention to the need for significant reductions of...
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