Latest Stories
Supplier Eye Power
The Soft Underbelly of The EV Transition
The list of OEMs and suppliers that are splitting their organizations into traditional ICE powertrain and EV operations continues to grow.
Supplier Eye Transportation
The New EV-driven Regional Supply Focus
The recent flurry of investment announcements focused on the conversion of North America’s light-vehicle production to electric-vehicle propulsion has been head spinning.
Supplier Eye Power
Time to Turn ‘BEV’ into a Verb
Happy trails to 2021. While vehicle dealers made record profits, most of the industry is overjoyed to place this chip-starved, labor-deprived, and cost-escalated year in the rearview mirror. Despite the...
Supplier Eye Unmanned Systems
Suppliers Battle a New Set of ILLs
Slammed by ‘black swan’ events, the global auto supply base now faces a severe cost crunch.
Supplier Eye Energy
Dealing with the BEV ‘Concavity’
Any new technology will experience growing pains and volume setbacks. BEVs will be no different.
Supplier Eye Automotive
Preparing for the New, Faster EV Product Cadence
BEV platforms are already driving a new product-development and launch cadence that will alter future industry dynamics and commercial expectations.
Supplier Eye Materials
BEV – a New Business Model
Stellantis’ commitment of €30 billion ($35.5B) to electrifying its product portfolio across 14 brands by 2025 joins the seemingly endless flow of capital and human resources towards the electric-mobility...
News Power
Making the BEV Commitment
The past 18 months have been a head-shaker for those of us observing the industry. A pandemic spreads, semiconductors vanish, and now a headlong charge by virtually every OEM and major Tier 1 into electric...
News Connectivity
Suppliers Face the Electrified Future
Suppliers face critical decisions on a daily basis. Crises come and go. Dealing with erratic production schedules driven by semiconductor supply shortages and coping with rising prices for strategic...
News Energy
A Hard Look at New Sourcing Strategies
From COVID to chips: Just as the industry was beginning to put 2020 in the rearview mirror, it gets slammed with more supply-chain disruptions. Severe chip capacity issues out of China, Taiwan and...
Supplier Eye Government
Supplier Opportunities for 2021
We happily put 2020 in the rearview mirror and await the full rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines to gain some level of normalcy. The automotive industry once again underscored its industriousness and...
Supplier Eye Energy
Strategy Reset
Entering a post-COVID phase may seem easy compared to the required actions and commitments the industry faced just a couple of months ago. Collectively, the ecosystem of OEMs, suppliers, dealers and even consumers adjusted...
Supplier Eye Materials
Understanding the Competitive Dynamic
As summer passes, the industry still is gritting its teeth amidst the restart from months of COVID-driven paralysis. OEMs and suppliers are bracing for a potential second wave, along with the impact of...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Maintaining Supply When a Pandemic Strikes
Just when it seems that the auto industry isn’t facing enough challenges, COVID-19 swoops in out of the blue. No extraneous shock that’s hit the automotive sector in the past decade –...
News Robotics, Automation & Control
Shifting Focus to Rising Costs
Welcome to 2019, a new year that’s already brimming with challenges for mobility-industry suppliers. As they deal with escalating technology investments, unpredictable product-launch cadences, an influx of...
Supplier Eye Government
Moving the Goalposts of Emission Compliance
Placing definitive bets on any one compliance technology is a careful process of balancing several considerations, including cost, consumer acceptance, competitive considerations, and capital. Knowing the future location of the goal posts is the most important consideration.
Supplier Eye Manufacturing & Prototyping
The Future of “Core” Vehicle Systems
As the industry looks to the future, let’s pay attention to the critical role ahead for traditional systems. Differentiating and driving value will sustain their success.
Supplier Eye Regulations/Standards
Sourcing the Multi-Energy Platform
During most of the 43 years since U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards became law, the typical vehicle platform—unibody or full frame, with one ICE-based propulsion source running on hydrocarbon...
Supplier Eye Regulations/Standards
Déjà Vu: Vertical Integration Returns
The relentless flurry of technology linkups and acquisitions borne by OEMs and suppliers in sensors, software, artificial intelligence, mobility capabilities, and those offering innovative business...
Supplier Eye Materials
Variability, Risk and the Value Stream
Near-term profitability vs. long-term viability — suppliers must have both. And for many, bearing the cost of developing new technologies — for autonomous/connected driving, greater safety and...
News Power
The Future on Stage at Frankfurt
Sourcing decisions are being based on demand for electrification and capability to attain SAE Levels 4 and 5 autonomy.
Supplier Eye
Transformation Is Happening—will You Be an Active Participant or a Passive Bystander?
Over the past several months, there has been increased visibility to the march of electrified powertrains (still using an internal-combustion engine)...
News Power
Non-Hybrid ICEs Begin Their Decline
Is the Electrification alarm being rung too early? Not if you’re truly looking over the horizon. While the still-evolving, highly robust and cost-effective internal combustion engine is not yet close to...
News Software
Are You Innovating for NVH?
I’ll never forget the experience, as a kid, of lifting the massive steel hood of my father’s 1971 Dodge Monaco and seeing nothing but V8 engine and a few rubber hoses. The vast compartment was so uncluttered, I...
News Electronics & Computers
The New Supplier Invasion
Significant changes are underway within the North American light vehicle supply infrastructure.
Supplier Eye Manufacturing & Prototyping
Smaller Suppliers Facing Global Challenges
Are you willing and prepared to follow your customers around the world to support their global product initiatives?
News RF & Microwave Electronics
The Impact of Shifting to the ‘Softer’ Side
Welcome to Supplier Eye, a new monthly column that explores the changes facing our industry and analyze the impact—of new technologies, regulations, business dynamics and consumer...
Top Stories
INSIDERDefense
New Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Agreements Expand Missile Defense Production
NewsAutomotive
Ford Announces 48-Volt Architecture for Future Electric Truck
INSIDERManufacturing & Prototyping
Active Strake System Cuts Cruise Drag, Boosts Flight Efficiency
ArticlesTransportation
Accelerating Down the Road to Autonomy
INSIDERMaterials
How Airbus is Using w-DED to 3D Print Larger Titanium Airplane Parts
Road ReadyTransportation
Webcasts
Electronics & Computers
Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
Power
Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
Connectivity
A FREE Two-Day Event Dedicated to Connected Mobility
Automotive
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design Cycle
Transportation
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
Aerospace
Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance