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EV Energy-Management Powers-Up
Future electric vehicles will be more efficient, more powerful and will be able to hold more energy in their batteries than today’s EVs. Those big “mores” require countless small improvements beyond the...
Supplier Eye Transportation
History Is a Great Teacher
History is a great teacher. There are lessons from the past that we should never forget. Lessons that are often the difference between success and failure in business. In the auto industry, some of the...
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Sensor Fusion Expanding in Step with Advancing Vehicle Sophistication
When drivers of passenger vehicles change lanes, brake at stop lights, or accelerate on the highway, they’re probably not thinking about sensors. Sensors monitor,...
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CES 2024: Magna Puts Multiple Innovations in New, More Efficient 800v E-Motor
Ahead of its press conference this week at CES in Las Vegas, Magna International showed journalists a brand new 800-volt e-drive motor that it said sets new...
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Program to Train EV Charger Techs Graduates First Class in Detroit
Officials from SAE International, ChargerHelp, Detroit at Work and more partners gathered recently to celebrate the first graduating class of a new training and...
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Putting a New ‘Charge’ in EV Recharging
Automakers and EV charging services know time is running out on reversing widespread cynicism regarding the state of EV public-charging infrastructure. Despite billions of dollars of already...
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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.
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GM, Autocar to Build Fuel-Cell Commercial Vehicles
General Motors announced this week that it entered a joint development agreement with Alabama-based Autocar Industries to build a range of all-electric commercial trucks powered by...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
NVH-Fighting Plastic EV Motor Mount Wins Lightweighting Award
Most motor mounts, even for EV applications, are made of metal alloys. It makes intuitive sense: It’s a vibration-intensive mounting application that demands durability that...
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SAE Completes Next Step to Standardize Tesla-Developed EV Charging Connector
SAE International announced on December 19 that it has released the Technical Information Report (TIR) for the SAE J3400 standard covering development and...
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Hyundai’s Uni Wheel Creates Space for EV Powertrains
Hyundai Motor Group’s visual design team has been on a roll in creating unusual and attractive passenger vehicles. Now, the automaker’s engineering team has come up with its own...
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Lucid Unveils Gravity Electric SUV with More Than 440 Miles of Range
Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson's focus on efficiency permeates the automotive startup. The boss doubles as the company's CTO. That close connection to vehicles coming out of...
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Regardless of Powertrain, 2024 Hyundai Kona Benefits from EV-First Design Plan
The 2024 Hyundai Kona will be sold in the U.S. with either electric or ICE propulsion, while a hybrid option will be available in other markets. The new Kona...
Articles AR/AI
Tuning-Up AI’s ‘Understanding’ to Make Safer ADAS, AVs
In December 2023, Kognic, the Gothenburg, Sweden-based developer of a software platform to analyze and optimize the massively complex datasets behind ADAS and automated-driving...
Supplier Eye Manufacturing & Prototyping
The Supplier Capacity Dilemma at the Heart of the ICE-To-EV Transition
In the end, the transition from ICE to EV is about more than new technologies and processes. Suppliers need to be keenly aware of the risks assumed as BEV capacity is added. Being on the right program from a volume perspective is critical to supplier viability.
Technology Report Manufacturing & Prototyping
CES 2024: VW, Cerence Integrate ChatGPT in IDA Voice Assistant
ChatGPT has entered the car. At CES 2024, Volkswagen and technology partner Cerence introduced an update to IDA, VW’s in-car voice assistant, so it can now use ChatGPT to...
Articles Unmanned Systems
CES 2024: SDVs Redefine OEM and Supplier Relationships, Deliver New Features
For a technology set to define our automotive future for years to come, it’s surprising that not everyone in the industry can agree on what a software-defined...
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Tremec-Trification
Tremec is charting a future in vehicle electrification that leverages the company’s gear-manufacturing history while clearly departing from its intrinsic connection to internal combustion engine. Tremec, a transmission...
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SAE Updates Gasoline Fuel-Injection Standards, Additions Expected
The Gasoline Fuel Injection Standards Committee (GFISC) plays a pivotal role in developing and maintaining SAE’s Standards, Recommended Practices (RP) and Information...
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Honda Motocompacto Folding Scooter Is an Accessory with Pep
As strange as the new Honda Motocompacto looks, it’s not the automaker’s first folding scooter. The Motocompacto is an updated, all-electric version of the Motocompo scooter...
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Managing the Evolution of the EV Charging Standard
Grayson Brulte, host of SAE’s Tomorrow Today podcast, interviewed Christian Thiele, Director, Global Ground Vehicle Standards, SAE International, and Dr. Rodney McGee, P.E. Chairman, SAE J3400 NACS Task Force, regarding the work of the J3400 Task Force. This Q&A is an abbreviated portion of that interview.
Articles Energy
Mistakes to Avoid When Integrating a Battery Test System
It’s not easy to configure a battery cycle test system for EV batteries and similar high-power batteries. This article covers the mistakes that engineers sometimes make when integrating a battery test system.
Articles Energy
Zonal Electrical Architectures Cut Vehicle Wiring-System Cost, Complexity
Ultimately, zonal architectures require a fundamentally reorganized software structure that allows the OEM to independently, quickly, easily, and modularly adapt the control of the entire vehicle while minimizing the complexity in the wiring harness and the number of control devices.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Modeling Considerations for Optimizing EV Motors
Optimizing EV motors before they hit the market is crucial. As the demand for clean energy vehicles grows, customers need assurance that their chosen vehicle is reliable and fulfills sustainability promises.
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Honda Ready with First North American Crossover EV
Honda knows what U.S. buyers like: crossovers. So it makes perfect sense that the company chose a crossover SUV configuration for its first “mainstream” U.S.-market EV, the 2024...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Pothole Detectives
Vehicles traveling repeated routes are data-gatherers for Aisin’s Road Maintenance Solution (ARMS) technology, ready for beta testing in the U.S.
Q&A Automotive
VinFast Confident VinES Battery-Tech Merger Will Make for Better EVs
In October, Vietnam’s EV newcomer VinFast announced that it would merge with VinES Energy Solutions JSC, the battery-development and -manufacturing arm of its corporate...
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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...
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Schaeffler Promotes E-Motor Manufacturing Flexibility
Global auto supplier Schaeffler Group has a message for the EV motor market: the company is capable of building custom solutions for many different EV drivelines and use cases. And it...
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Anduril Completes First Semi-Autonomous Flight of CCA Prototype
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