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Safe and Energy-Efficient Quasi-Solid Battery for Electric Vehicles and Devices
A team of researchers from Japan has developed a non-flammable quasi-solid-state LIB that can overcome the limitations of conventional batteries. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Materials
A Triple-Layer Battery Resistant to Fire and Explosion
The triple-layer solid electrolyte features a robust middle layer that boosts the battery’s mechanical strength, while its soft outer surface ensures an excellent electrode contact, facilitating an easy movement of lithium ions. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Energy
A Quick and Easy Way to Produce Anode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries Using Microwaves
A research team led by Dr. Daeho Kim and Dr. Jong Hwan Park at the Nano Hybrid Technology Research Center of the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute has developed a groundbreaking process technology that enables ultrafast, 30-second preparation of hard carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries, using microwave induction heating. Read on to learn more.
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Elaphe Readies In-Wheel Motors for OEM EVs After 2030
Elaphe unveiled what it claims is the first and only in-wheel electric motor (IWM) designed to fit existing EVs at CES in January. Elaphe Propulsion Technologies, a pioneer of in-wheel...
News Materials
Accelerating Materials Development with Quantum Computing
As most engineers pursue ways to improve material properties such as longevity, corrosion resistance and eco-friendliness, quantum computing is emerging as a groundbreaking...
Technology Report Energy
Mitsubishi Fuso Announces Energy Storage Demonstration
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation has announced it will conduct a joint demonstration of its Battery 2nd Life initiative this year. This initiative will be jointly conducted...
Technology Report Manufacturing & Prototyping
Building Resilient SDVs: Secure by Design in the Automotive Industry
Modern vehicles contain upward of 100 million lines of code and growing. The emergence of autonomous vehicles and software-defined vehicles (SDVs) means cars often run...
Technology Report Manufacturing & Prototyping
Case Study: Accuracy Is Key in AHP Hydraulics’s New Ball Joint Tester
Belgian solutions integrator AHP Hydraulics faced a certified stumper of a challenge from client SIDEM NV, which develops and produces automotive suspension and...
News Energy
Mercedes Proposes “In-Drive Brakes” for Better EVs
From humble Chevy Bolts to six-figure Lucid Airs, every EV can reverse its electric motors to slow the vehicle while harvesting energy for the battery, the efficient tag-team process...
News Propulsion
Enhancing E-Motor Design and Thermal Efficiency with Advanced Cooling
The acceleration of 800V permanent magnet radial flux e-motors marks a significant leap in the automotive industry. This motor architecture offers increased power...
News Transportation
Mazda Plots Wankel-powered Range Extenders, HCCI Mild Hybrids
The problem with electric drive systems is that they are too electrified. That’s Mazda’s view, judging from the company’s plans to fortify internal-combustion technology so...
News Propulsion
Inside Honda’s New Two-motor 50-mpg Accord Hybrid
The all-new 2014 Accord Hybrid employs Honda’s new i-mmD (intelligent Multi-Mode Drive) two-motor hybrid system for midsize vehicles that debuted earlier this year on the Accord Plug-in...
News Transportation
Driver Distraction From Connectivity Poses Conflicting Challenges
Screaming children in rear seats have been classic examples of intermittent driver distractions for as long as cars have been family vehicles. However, as DVD players and...
Technology Report Transportation
Ford and University of Michigan Unveil Automated-vehicle Testbed
Ford recently unveiled a heavily modified Fusion Hybrid that is serving as a testbed for the automaker’s automated-vehicle research. Ford is conducting the program with the...
Technology Report Power
Hydrogen Storage Tank Options: Not Everything Need Look like a Sausage
Since the 1860 Hippomoblie, hydrogen has been a part of powered mobility. Today, most hydrogen storage applications use cylindrical tanks, but other solutions are...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
The International Fight over EFuels, Internal Combustion’s Would-Be Savior
Efuels, synthetic gasolines made from captured carbon dioxide and renewable energy (usually wind and solar power) are“ a valuable part of the solution” said...
Technology Report Manufacturing & Prototyping
Power over Coaxial in Automotive: A Simplified Path to Advanced Vehicle Systems
As automotive technology advances, modern vehicles increasingly rely on complex electronics such as cameras, sensors, radar, and lidar. These components are...
Briefs Defense
Revolutionizing the Waves: A Breakthrough in Surf Observation Technology for Sailors and Marines
The Office of Naval Research Global TechSolutions program — which sponsors the development of rapid prototype solutions based on direct requests from Sailors and Marines — worked with scientists and engineers from the Naval Research Laboratory and the U.S. Army’s Engineering Research and Development Center to create the latest advancement in surf observation technology. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Aerospace
Atomic Fountain for Research in Quantum Sensing Nears Completion of First Phase
Dr. Frank Narducci, Chair of the NPS Department of Physics, and his Ph.D. student U.S. Navy Cmdr. Jens Berdahl, are nearing completion of the first phase of construction in what will be a superlatively precise atomic-based instrument. Read on to learn more about it.
Briefs Design
Airman Brings Fuel Sampling Innovation to Eglin, Possibly Air Force
An innovation, known as the single-point nozzle adapter, or SN, removes two-thirds of the time and steps required to take a fuel sample from multiple fuel sources, such as trucks and mobile stations. It also removes almost any chance of direct exposure, from spillage or spray to the hazardous chemicals that make up the fuel. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Nanotechnology
Army Researchers Examine Nanotechnology for Climate Solutions
As part of the Nano4 EARTH initiative, a national challenge launched by the White House and the National Nanotechnology Initiative, researchers are exploring how innovations at the nanoscale can lead to groundbreaking solutions for a more sustainable future. Read on to learn more about it.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
A Swarm of Sensors, Rovers and Astronauts Explore the ‘Moon’
Researchers at the German Aerospace Center have developed a new approach to networked communications that could theoretically occur on the Moon or in environments on Earth where conventional communications are unavailable. Read on to learn more.
Technology Report Design
AVSC Develops Best Practices for Traceable AV Safety Inspection Protocols
The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium announced its best practice document for the design, revision, documentation and lifecycle of a safety inspection protocol for Automated Driving System-Dedicated Vehicles. Read on to learn more.
News Materials
Lighter, Recyclable Body Seal from Cooper Standard Wins SAA Award
A lighter, colorable and fully recyclable thermoplastic body seal from Cooper Standard won the annual Innovations in Lightweighting Award given by the Society for Automotive...
News Photonics/Optics
CES 2025: Gentex Improves Dimmable Glass Visors with Vanity Mirror
If you are someone who has wrestled with a too-small sun visor in your vehicle, Gentex’s improved dimmable sunshades might be one of the most practical innovations to get...
Technology Report Energy
CES 2025: Bosch Goes Right with Wrong-Way Alerts, Racing Hand Controls
Bosch took to CES 2025 with positive messages about its safety, accessibility and AI technologies, which it said will impact both the people who drive vehicles with its...
Technology Report Manufacturing & Prototyping
Ceres Holographics, Appotronics Team for Windshield-Wide Laser HUD
Transparent display pioneer Ceres Holographics and laser display company Appotronics announced on Tuesday an agreement to combine their technologies to create transparent...
News Energy
Marelli Says New BMS Offers Deeper Insight into State of EV Battery Cells
Battery cell management is a never-ending quest for deeper and faster insight into a cell’s energy production and health. Supplier Marelli says its new battery...
Briefs AR/AI
DEVCOM CBC Innovates and Integrates through Autonomous Technologies
Researchers and engineers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center have developed a prototype system for decontaminating military combat vehicles. Read on to learn more.
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