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2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Grows All Around
When engineering an upscale, 3-row Jeep SUV, the development spider charts must get pretty crowded. You’ll need lots of in-cabin technology and thoughtful features for the third-row family...
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The ‘Buzz’ in Driverless Shuttling
Promising the future “digital driver will be even safer than the human driver,” Christian Senger, divisional director at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV), announced in mid-May that his unit...
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Ford’s Unibody Maverick Aims to Revitalize the Compact Pickup
Confirming one of the industry’s worst-kept product secrets, Ford on June 8 unveiled the 2022 Maverick, its return to the compact-pickup segment that the original Ford...
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Lightweight Steel on a (Cold) Roll
Automotive OEMs are faced with the difficult task of significantly improving fuel economy and safety, while maintaining a competitive position in the market – as well as investing in the electrified...
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How EVs and Their Electronics Stick Together
Thermal management and vehicle weight reduction are among the challenges facing electric vehicles (EV) and automated driving systems, as engineers focus on improving vehicle range, performance,...
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SAE and ISO Refine the Levels of Driving Automation
Aiming for greater clarity for a global audience, SAE International, in collaboration with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), updated in May the industry’s...
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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...
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Time with the Teardown Titan
Competitive benchmarking has long played a vital role in the auto industry, but until recently, it’s been an insider’s game. Then came a surprise hit on YouTube: Munro Live. The ongoing series is...
News Unmanned Systems
WCX 2021: Digitizing That New-Car Smell
The problem with “new-car” smells is the subjectivity of the sense. Nothing chafes at engineers more than subjectivity, which can wreak havoc in validation testing for both OEMs and suppliers. To...
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ZF Builds Its Computational-Power Assets
Even by industry norms, Martin Fischer (right) has a lengthy job title. He is a member of the board of management for ZF and his responsibilities include electronics and ADAS, passive safety...
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WCX 2021: Systems Thinking as Powerful as Propulsion Systems
There’s a revolution brewing as engineers develop electric and autonomous vehicles that require layers and layers of complicated systems to come together. “This is the time...
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Ford Details All-Electric F-150 Lightning
A day after a spirited mid-May drive by electric-vehicle (EV) proponent President Joe Biden, Ford revealed technical and market-focused details for the coming all-electric version of the F-150...
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Toward an Electric Two-Wheeled Triumph
There is something of a TV series about Triumph Motorcycles’ radical TE-1 electric project. It’s an intriguing story unfolding through four episodes, or phases, following its conception. Phase 2...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Accelerated Degradation of Li-Ion Batteries for High-Rate Discharge Applications
As the vehicle platform size decreases, the pulse power discharge rates of the Energy Storage System (ESS) increase.
Articles Electronics & Computers
Charge Control Methods for Supercapacitors
A comparison of passive and active supercapacitor charging methods emphasizes the need for a close inspection on power source and supercapacitor demand.
Articles Energy
Powering Tomorrow: Battery and Electrification Summit Preview
The online Battery and Electrification Summit on June 15 and 16, 2021 offers two days of expert insight, innovation, and emerging applications.
Articles Electronics & Computers
Range-Doubling Lithium-Metal Batteries “Build Themselves” in Li-Ion Manufacturing Method
Lithium-metal solid-state batteries can provide a safer, more energy-dense alternative to current technology.
Articles Materials
Low-Cost, Fast Production of Solid-State Batteries
A disruptive manufacturing technology now offers reduced manufacturing costs and improved volumetric energy density in all-solid cells.
Articles Aerospace
Wireless Charging for Lunar Robots
See how WiBotic — a maker of wireless charging and fleet energy management technologies — is preparing robots for the Moon.
Articles Propulsion
Model-Based Analysis of E-Motor Designs
In the auto industry’s shift toward electric vehicles (EV), permanent magnet motors (PMMs) are increasingly serving a variety of roles, including the vehicle’s traction motor and various...
Articles Connectivity
Software Transforming Vehicle Development
Software, already a major factor in vehicle operation, is driving major changes in design processes as its role continues to expand. Electronic architectures and software development strategies are...
Articles Software
NVH Simulation Meets Realism
Vehicle development is amidst three concurrent revolutions – electrification, autonomy and the shift in product design and engineering to more up-front simulation. Any one of those would be a challenge for...
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Metamaterials R&D Targets NVH Abatement
Acoustics engineers have a broad variety of materials from which to choose for reducing noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) in vehicles. But their selection often comes with a measurable downside:...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
3D-printed Radar Rises Toward Production
The past 14 months have been particularly tough for new-tech innovators who were in the process of breaking into the crowded automated/autonomous vehicle space before COVID-19 struck. As...
Articles Automotive
Accelerating Automotive Radar
Radars that are a key sensing element of automated driver-assistance systems (ADAS) are evolving at a rapid pace. Far removed from the blip-on-a-screen radars of ancient war movies, they’re now engineered to...
Editorial Unmanned Systems
Making Safety Standard
I’m not sure who claims to have coined the often-repeated phrase, “Safety comes standard.” But that tagline came to mind as authorities in Texas and officials with the National Transportation Safety Board...
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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...
Q&A Energy
Engineering a ‘Beast’ of an Electric SUV
General Motors calls it a “beast,” a nickname that the 2022 GMC Hummer SUV earns on its numbers alone. Like the electric Hummer pickup, the SUV packs a propulsion system capable of...
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Mahle Powertrain Leveraging New Facilities in Electrified Shift
Mahle’s Powertrain group (MPT) has announced an ongoing €12M investment in new testing and development facilities. Part of a forward-looking strategy begun over a decade...
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