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Ensuring No Child Left Inside
A step-change in sensing precision is underway for vehicle interior applications, with increased capabilities spurred by new technology, customer interest in occupant safety and entertainment, and global regulations.
Technology Report Transportation
Valve Cuts NVH in GDI Engines
When an automotive manufacturer struggled with the release of a new fuel-injection engine technology, the company required an immediate solution.
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Uhnder Dives Into the Ocean With Digital Radar
As the semi-conductor shortage continues to make headlines, a radar-technology company is readying a first-to-market digital radar chip application.
News Energy
Keeping Combustion in the Conversation
The signals are everywhere that the days are numbered for internal-combustion engines (ICE) for passenger vehicles. Volkswagen CEO Ralph Brandsteatter told a German magazine in early 2021 that VW...
Articles Power
Airing on the Side of Innovation
Is there a proven formula for creating a top-notch engineering organization and benchmark product from scratch? Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson shared his approach at the company’s Newark, Calif,...
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Engineering a Marvel of a Maverick Hybrid Transmission
Ford’s 2022 Maverick combines many practical attributes that earned the new compact pickup its North American Truck of the Year title, among them a standard hybrid powertrain which...
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Driving Electrified Powertrain Systems Design
The risks that come with electrification leave OEMs and Tier 1s little room for miscalculation in their product planning and development. The costliest mistakes loom largest in the powertrain...
Editorial Power
Engine Technology a Decade Later
A securities analyst from New York called me recently, to ask about the future of powertrain. Specifically, she wanted my prediction for a timeframe for the demise of both gasoline and diesel IC engines....
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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.
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
GM details Corvette’s new and mighty LT6 V8
If the end of the internal-combustion epoch truly is within sight, General Motors intends to see it out with a bang. It’s latest — who’s to say whether it’s the “last?” —...
News Materials
Where Key Minerals Used in EVs Come From
What minerals are used uniquely in the manufacture of electric passenger vehicles? Is the U.S. self-sufficient in these minerals, or does it rely on imports? And if the latter, what are the source...
The Navigator Connectivity
Vehicle Connectivity Moves to the Next Generation
It’s been 35 years since moviegoers saw Michael Douglas standing on a beach, holding what looked like a brick to his ear, in the film Wall Street. In 1987, wireless mobile communication...
News Manned Systems
Budget Airline Car Concept Is the Short-flight Alternative
Short-haul airline flights can be a great convenience for travelers, but they produce more CO2 emissions – about 250 g/km per person – than any other form of passenger...
Supplier Eye Power
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.
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Establishing Closed-Loop EV Battery Recycling
Last spring, Clarios, the world’s largest automotive battery maker formerly known as Johnson Controls, emerged a winner in the second phase of the Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Expanding ADAS Roles for Radar and Cameras
Cameras and radar have become so widely used in advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) that it’d be easy to label them as commodities. The well-known technologies, in use in the automotive space...
Editorial Manned Systems
Geopolitics: The Other Existential Threat
As I write this on Valentine’s Day, 105 Russian army battalions backed by over 500 tactical aircraft and 40 warships are poised for a blitzkrieg-style invasion of Ukraine. I don’t think it’s...
Technology Report Energy
Light-vehicle Horsepower Hits Historic High in 2021
Full-electric propulsion for the U.S.’s light-vehicle market segments is gaining momentum, but developers of the internal-combustion engine aren’t throwing in the towel just yet....
News Power
Wheel-Hub-Motor Innovations in Flux
The packaging and design of electric motors has, not surprisingly, come under scrutiny in recent years as the pace of vehicle electrification has accelerated. Wheel hub motors, once dismissed as too...
News Electronics & Computers
ZF Debuts New Modular Inverter, ADAS Supply Deal at CES
ZF's long history of working with automakers now extends to Vietnam. ZF and VinFast Automotive, the automotive arm of the VinFast Global conglomerate, announced at CES 2022 that it...
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Purdue Prototypes New EV Fast-charge Cable
A new charging station cable designed by a Purdue University research team could enable an electric vehicle (EV) battery to be recharged in under five minutes, comparable to filling an average...
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2022 SAE President Sri Srinath: Engineer, Leader, Mentor
With experiences ranging from being a hands-on engineer to managing multi-billion-dollar businesses to serving as a director in human services, “Sri Srinath is well suited to lead SAE...
Articles Energy
The ONE for Battery Innovation
When I look at our ‘toolbox,’ we’ve got one cell chemistry that delivers high energy density, is low cost, but it doesn’t have optimum cycle life,” veteran battery engineer Mujeeb Ijaz noted. “And...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
EV Motor Development Is on the Move
It’s happening – the transition to EVs is undeniably underway. Recent launches such as Ford’s Mustang Mach-E, versatile-body-style EVs from mainstream brands Hyundai and Kia and forthcoming...
News Automotive
GM and Qualcomm Partner on Next-gen ADAS
Ultra Cruise, General Motors’s next generation of hands-free ‘Super Cruise’ ADAS technology, will be powered by a scalable compute architecture featuring a system-on-chip (SoC) design...
Q&A Energy
Electrons, Combustion, and Bosch
"We expect to reach 5 billion [euros] in a few years. We are well prepared for all the battery-electric vehicles that will be built in the future."
Articles Electronics & Computers
The Path to Smarter Vehicle Charging
As light-duty and commercial-purpose battery electric vehicles (EVs) catch on, better, faster, and smarter battery recharging is on the way.
Articles Energy
Powering the Future of Electric Vehicles with Safer, Lighter Batteries
A "Blade" battery has significant market potential in energy storage applications.
Articles Energy
Developing a Novel Battery Model to Answer Classical Chemistry Questions
A new model visualizes the relationship between hydrodynamic and electrochemical phenomena.
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