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FCC Actions, Incompatible Options Muddy V2X Outlook
Vehicle-to-vehicle/infrastructure (V2X) communications often is touted as a critical technology for automated driving and even to derive the utmost benefit from advanced driver-assistance...
Articles Semiconductors & ICs
Foretellix Building Precise Software Language for Validating Self-Driving Scenarios
The auto industry is under increasing pressure to prove that autonomous vehicles (AV) can be safe. But before AV manufacturers can begin to establish the...
News Unmanned Systems
Multimatic Opening New Michigan Virtual Vehicle-Dynamics Development Center
Multimatic, the Toronto-based supplier well known as the manufacturer of the Ford GT, will open a new virtual vehicle-dynamics development center in Novi, Michigan...
News Power
Xtrac Readies E-Tech for Rallycross World Championship
For any motorsport engineering supplier tempted to carry its highly specialized expertise along the winding – often hazardous – road to series cars, the journey can be fraught with...
Road Ready Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Ford’s Max Mustang Brings ‘World Class’ into the Sports Coupe Conversation
There’s the old saw about a something being better than the sum of its parts. That phrase applies to the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 – despite most of...
Road Ready Propulsion
Nissan's 2020 Frontier Gets New Powertrain
More transmission gears and greater engine horsepower should enliven the 2020 Nissan Frontier midsize pickup truck. “We’re launching a new transmission and new engine in the current Frontier,...
Technology Report Unmanned Systems
GM Deploying Electricals of the Future
General Motors recently offered media a deeper look at the company’s all-new vehicle electrical architecture that was first confirmed in mid-2019, saying the vehicle-wide electrical system is...
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Metamoto Goes Deep on AV Simulation
Autonomous-vehicle (AV) development companies frequently boast about the millions of miles their test vehicles travel in real-world testing. The claims reflect a long-held, more-is-better mentality when...
Road Ready Sensors/Data Acquisition
2021 Cadillac Escalade Brings Curved OLED to the Dash
Cadillac has unveiled the 2021 Escalade and will differentiate the full-size SUV from its Tahoe/Yukon platform-mates with a large dose of exclusive technologies including Super Cruise,...
Articles Materials
2019’s Best Automotive Plastics Innovations
The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) annual Automotive Innovation Awards Competition, now in its 49th year, is considered the “Oscars” for those developing polymer and...
Articles Test & Measurement
ZwickRoell Rallies for EV Battery Testing
A lightweight, higher-capacity lithium-ion or Li-blended battery could fast-track the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) by increasing the driving range, but progress could be easily sidetracked...
Articles Manned Systems
‘Active Scents’ Show Potential to Enhance Cabin Experience and Improve Driver Safety
A Tel Aviv, Israel startup company is taking the now-familiar concept of aromatherapy to a new level. Saying its research into “active scents” can...
Articles Semiconductors & ICs
Wired for Autonomy
Engineers and product planners are already grappling with the complexity of autonomous vehicles (AVs), with the prospect of complexity increasing.
Articles Information Technology
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 Automotive
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.
What We’re Driving Manned Systems
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’.
Technology Report Transportation
Tier 1s Tout Newest Mobility Tech at CES 2020
At this year’s CES, Automotive Engineering was impressed by new developments in ADAS and AV sensing and processing, V2X connectivity, vehicle cabin sensing and related technologies, electrification advances and a number of vehicle introductions.
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.
Q&A Automotive
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.
Articles Motion Control
Inside Tremec’s Corvette Dual-Clutch Transmission
Explaining Corvette’s move to one transmission for all buyers, global chief engineer Tadge Juechter notes, “Our customers began requesting a dual-clutch automatic transmission [DCT]...
Articles Software
Thermal Imaging Makes Its Case for ADAS, AVs
What specific sensor types will comprise the advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) of the 2020s? That’s a controversial subject among engineers who are developing SAE Level 2 and 3 (and...
News Power
Volvo’s Polestar Powerhouse Plug-In Hybrid
You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression. That’s why Polestar, Volvo’s new electric performance subsidiary, used its first vehicle as a rolling showcase of the brand’s...
News Manned Systems
SAE Publishes On-Route Mechanized Conductive EV Charging Systems Recommended Practices
SAE International published SAE J-3105 Electric Vehicle Power Transfer System Using Conductive Automated Connection Devices Recommended Practice in...
What We’re Driving Energy
What We’re Driving: 2020 Range Rover Sport HST
JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) goes straight to the point: it's new inline six-cylinder gasoline engine is “more responsive and better balanced” than a V6, the company said. That’s what...
News Power
What We’re Driving: 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback
For the 2019 model year, Toyota rediscovered and reintroduced the hatchback body style for the Corolla. Take the sheetmetal as you will – to me, some angles appeal, others don’t –...
Technology Report Energy
CES 2020: Mercedes VISION AVTR Concept a Beacon for Sustainability
At the keynote for the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Mercedes-Benz unveiled its VISION AVTR concept vehicle, which represents a far-forward look at the...
News AR/AI
CES 2020: Bosch Unveils Electronic Sun Visor
Bosch engineers have re-imagined the sun visor as a transparent liquid crystal display (LCD) panel that uses algorithms to darken only the area where sunlight hits the driver’s eyes. The rest...
Technology Report Energy
‘Laxatives’ May Ease Challenge of Lithium-Ion Alternative
The R&D dimension of the automotive industry often reveals novel solutions and cross-linking between materials, but a team of international scientists has come up with...
The Navigator Transportation
Automakers to Blame for Potential Loss of V2X Spectrum
After years of heavy lobbying from the cable and wireless industry, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is on the verge of reallocating most of the spectrum that had been...
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