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Managing the Evolution of the EV Charging Standard
SAE International announced in late June, 2023, that it intended to standardize the Tesla-developed North American Charging Standard (NACS) EV charging connector for North America. SAE...
Articles Power
Optimizing NVH for EVs
Despite global sales market share stuck at single-digit levels, electric vehicles (EVs) are steadily filling the development pipelines at major OEMs. And as engineers are acutely aware, EVs bring a paradigm shift in the noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) arena.
Articles Wearables
Conti Suits Up
The technology of “technical garments” isn’t a topic we typically cover in Automotive Engineering. In fact, this article is a first – and it’s more about how Continental AG is leveraging its engineering depth and breadth across business sectors to engage new markets than it is about fabric denier and thread count.
What We’re Driving Power
2020 Corolla Hybrid
Will Americans purchase a small, affordable, normal-looking hybrid? That appears to be Toyota’s mission with this new Corolla, which borrows liberally from its world-beating cousin.
Articles Robotics, Automation & Control
The Road to Automobility
While substantial progress has been made, we are still on the first leg of the road to automobility. The innovation is in its infancy; there are plenty of opportunities for new ideas and breakthroughs.
Q&A Power
Plotting Valeo’s Route de la Technologie
One of the architects of Valeo Group’s steady evolution as a mobility-tech supplier is Guillaume Devauchelle, who recently spoke by phone with editor-in-chief Lindsay Brooke.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
More sting for the STINGRAY
Instead of heaving decades of small-block V8 expertise out the window, GM Propulsion engineers led by chief engineer Jordan Lee leveraged past success to create a new-for-2020 V8.
What We’re Driving Transportation
2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe
Lindsay Brooke was among the first media to have driven the mid-engine 2020 Stingray. His time in the car (during the North American Car, Truck and Utility of the Year judging) was but 45 minutes. A very invigorating 45 minutes, though.
Articles Power
Autonomy’s ‘Pirouetting’ Future
Designing and engineering a 360-degree steering capability for a production electric autonomous road vehicle’s four wheels is no mean achievement. But Protean Electric also combines this pirouetting capability with an in-wheel electric motor, “innovative” suspension and pneumatic ride height control.
Articles Unmanned Systems
Wired for Autonomy
Engineers and product planners are already grappling with the complexity of autonomous vehicles (AVs), with the prospect of complexity increasing.
Q&A RF & Microwave Electronics
Growing Lidar for North America
Paula Jones, the president of IBEO Automotive USA, aims to grow IBEO’s lidar business in North America as ADAS and self-driving vehicle applications take off in the 2020s.
Road Ready Manufacturing & Prototyping
Hyundai Brings Brave New Tech to 2020 Sonata
Amid a steadily contracting sedan universe, Hyundai has dug in its heels and thoroughly redesigned and engineered its Sonata for 2020.
Articles Materials
Magnet Selection for Cost-Optimized Motor Designs
Isotropic bonded NdFeB magnets, colloquially termed MQ1, offer several unique advantages in various motor applications. These pluses include being free of heavy rare-earth materials,...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Next Generation Airborne Navigation System
Northrop Grumman Corporation has conducted a successful flight test of its advanced airborne navigation solution, Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) / Inertial Navigation System (INS) Modernization, known as EGI-M.
Application Briefs Aerospace
Digital Head-Up Display
Mercury Systems, Inc. has received a five-year contract worth as much as $83 million from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to deliver high-definition, digital head-up display (HUD) systems for the T-45 Goshawk training aircraft.
Application Briefs Aerospace
Multispectral Airborne Reconnaissance System
Collins Aerospace has announced the completion of flight testing for the MS-110 Multispectral Airborne Reconnaissance System to enter operational service.
Application Briefs Aerospace
Boeing T-7A Completes First Flight
The U.S. Air Force’s new pilot training aircraft, Boeing’s T-7A, completed its first flight on June 28, 2023. The aircraft is the first digitally designed tactical aircraft, developed using model-based systems engineering and 3D design tools.
Application Briefs Aerospace
PHASA-35 Stratospheric Flight
British engineers have successfully completed a stratospheric flight trial of BAE Systems’ High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) - PHASA-35.
Articles Energy
LFP Battery-Cell Production for Electric CVs Planned in U.S.
China remains the clear leader in manufacturing of lithium-ion battery cells for commercial vehicles and passenger cars, but North America will claim some of that share in the...
What We’re Driving Automotive
2020 Ford Super Duty F-350
Just a few ticks on Ford’s extensive options list will push the price of an F-350 to nearly $100K, but those who buy HD pickups for work—and their untapped capability—just keep tickin’.
Articles Automotive
Model Based Engineering
In an interview with SAE’s Automotive Engineering, James Mullins, Phoenix Integration Vice President of Operations, explains why Model based Engineering matters, and how ModelCenter can be used to make it a reality.
Articles Power
Modeling Electric Motors
This article looks at an example of using some of the latest software technology to design a traction-drive motor for a medium-duty delivery truck.
Technical Innovation Transportation
Prodrive, Volta Trucks Develop Electric Truck for Urban Driving
Working with Swedish start-up Volta Trucks, Prodrive is helping to engineer what promises to be a unique 16-tonne (17.6-ton) heavy goods vehicle (HGV).
Articles Photonics/Optics
How Laser Communications Innovation is Finally Coming of Age and Driving Innovation in Defense
Though laser technology has advantages over radio, and those advantages are growing as innovation accelerates, what is essential to realize is that they need not be in competition.
Articles Electronics & Computers
An Introduction to Quantum Computing
Quantum computers, like all computers, utilize gates. While a classical computer utilizes NAND gates, built from transistors, quantum computer gates are realized from the electrical pulses with specific frequencies and lengths.
Articles Imaging
Shaking Outside the Box to Advance Flight Research
A technique called Shake the Box predicts the positions of already-tracked particles and then corrects errors using image matching. The algorithms triangulate the positions of new particles in the measurement domain, enabling scientists to look at higher-particle densities with greater positional accuracy.
Articles Electronics & Computers
Optoelectronic Analog Signal Transmission Takes Center Stage Amidst Aerospace and Defense Innovation
RFoF has emerged as a game-changing technology for A&D communication. Its ability to extend communication ranges, immunity to electromagnetic interference, enhanced security, low latency and high bandwidth make it indispensable for modern A&D operations.
Articles Power
Delivering Operational Energy to Enhance Warfighter Capability
As geopolitical threats intensify around the globe, there are several defense-related modernization efforts underway that address the need for improved mission effectiveness while also increasing energy resilience and reducing fossil fuel dependency.
Articles Electronics & Computers
How Thunderbolt 4 Helps Bring Fault-Tolerant, Distributed Systems to Market
Thunderbolt 4 is more than USB operating at 40 gigabits per second (Gbps). While USB 3.2 Gen 2 is 10 Gbps and USB4 is 20 Gbps, Thunderbolt 4 also provides DisplayPort alt mode, PCI Express 3.0, networking up to 10 Gbps, and Power Delivery up to 100 watts.
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