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Enabling Superior Mobility Experiences: Supercharging Data Connectivity for Next-Gen Vehicles
The thrill of powerful engines is fading. In its stead are personalization and the ability to integrate consumers’ digital lives into the...
News AR/AI
Intel Edge Computing Manager: Get Ready for Industry 5.0
If you’re just getting comfortable with Industry 4.0, which saw the beginnings of smart manufacturing, digitization and real-time decision-making in factories, a senior leader...
On-Demand Webinars AR/AI
Achieving Accurate and Comprehensive Machine Learning Modeling for CFD Applications
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are subject to a variety of uncertainties such as initial conditions, boundary conditions, and choice...
On-Demand Webinars Automotive
How AI Can Revolutionize FMEA Development
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already a transformative force in our daily lives. From virtual assistants like the Google Assistant, Siri, and Alexa, to personalized recommendations on...
Road Ready Power
2025 Lucid Air Review: Unnecessarily Fast, Astonishingly Efficient
As amazing as the Lucid Air is to drive – and it is amazing – it doesn’t hold a candle to hearing CEO Peter Rawlinson explain exactly why his company’s...
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Refreshed 2025 Cadillac Escalade Features 55-Inch Dash Display
Amid its constant rollout of new battery electric vehicles, Cadillac today announced a refreshed and tech-laden 2025 version of its flagship internal-combustion SUV, the...
Technology Report Materials
Altair Honors Innovations in Automotive Lightweighting and Sustainability
General Motors engineers opted for a battery structure comprised entirely of high-performance polymeric materials for the 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray’s hybrid...
Articles Materials
Steel Targets EV Structures, Battery Boxes
The steel and aluminum industries are waging a new materials war that could determine which of the long-time competitors dominates EV structures in the next design cycle. Feeling the heat from...
Supplier Eye Power
A New Reckoning
As the industry worked through accelerated production volumes last decade, there were few concerns surrounding low capacity utilization in our fixed-cost-heavy North American ecosystem. With the benefit of stronger demand...
Technology Report Energy
GM EVs Will Soon Provide V2H Backup Power During Blackouts
General Motors is following Ford into the home power business, using EVs to provide backup power during electric outages.
Q&A Manned Systems
Q&A: VW Engineering Chief on Wireless Charging at DC Speeds
During the annual Management Briefing Seminars held by the Center for Automotive Research in Traverse City, Michigan, this year, SAE Media sat down with Volkswagen North...
On-Demand Webinars Automotive
Improving EV Performance, Efficiency, and Range with Multi-Functional Shift Systems
Electric vehicle (EV) drivetrain systems are being redefined — creating next-generation propulsion systems as the EV market rapidly grows. These...
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Sensitive Subjects
You’ve got regulations, cost and personal preferences all getting in the way of the next generation of
automated vehicles. Oh, and those pesky legal issues about who’s at fault should something happen....
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Volvo Trucks’ Battery Chemistry of Choice: NCA
While Daimler Truck and Paccar are pursuing LFP battery cells, Volvo Trucks employs lithium-ion batteries in which lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide (NCA) is used as the cathode — for now anyway. The Swedish truck maker is continuously exploring other battery technologies. Read on to learn more.
Articles Energy
Developing Safer Batteries with Solid-State Polymer Electrolytes
A 100 percent solid-state, high-performance polymer electrolyte addresses issues with liquid electrolytes for safer battery cell designs. Read this article to learn more.
Articles Energy
Batteries and Recycling: The Next Frontier
Recycling EV batteries has been a goal of the auto industry for many years, but the infrastructure to make that a widespread reality is still in the early stages. As the amount of used lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cells coming from EVs increases, the industry is getting ready to turn them into fresh packs. Read on to learn more.
Products Energy
New Products
See the new products, including Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation's CZ39 series of coreless current sensors, Bourns, Inc.'s latest miniature resettable thermal cutoff device series, Orion S.A.'s range of high-performance conductive additives that improve Li-ion battery performance, and Littelfuse, Inc.'s newest member of its eFuse Protection IC lineup, the LS0502SCD33S.
Briefs Energy
Sodium Battery Is Capable of Rapid Charging in Just a Few Seconds
A research team has developed a high-energy, high-power hybrid sodium-ion battery capable of rapid charging. The innovative hybrid energy storage system integrates anode materials typically used in batteries with cathodes suitable for supercapacitors. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Energy
A Breakthrough in Solid-State Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries
A new synthesis process for solid electrolytes marks a crucial stride toward the commercialization of all-solid-state batteries free from the risks of explosion and fire. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Green Design & Manufacturing
Carbon-Capture Batteries Developed to Store Renewable Energy, Help Climate
A new battery formulation captures carbon dioxide from industrial emissions and converts it into a solid form that has the potential to be used in other products. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Energy
Designing Safer, Higher-Performance Lithium Batteries
Examining lithium metal batteries using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy may help in the design of new electrolytes and anode surfaces for high-performance batteries. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Power
Enhancing the Performance of All-Solid-State Batteries
A research team from Pohang University has successfully enhanced the performance and durability of all-solid-state batteries. This breakthrough was made possible through the implementation of a novel approach known as bottom electrodeposition. Read on to learn more.
Articles Power
The Impact of Fast Charging on the EV Charging Chain
With fast charging becoming more common, precise and reliable temperature sensing across the charging chain will remain critical even as battery technologies evolve. Read on to learn why.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Betting Big on LFP Battery Cells for Electric Commercial Vehicles
Accelera by Cummins, Daimler Truck, and Paccar collaborate to establish a 21-GWh dedicated factory for lithium iron phosphate battery cell manufacturing in the U.S. Read on to learn what that means for you.
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