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Opsys Tech Demos Cost-Effective Solid-State Lidar-Module Prototypes
Few argue that autonomous vehicles (AVs) will need lidar to safely reach higher levels of automation. Radar is well-understood, low-cost and low-power, but lacks the...
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DSpace Launches Simphera AV Development Simulator
The new cloud-based and scalable software is engineered to simulate and validate autonomous driving applications.
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GM Readies Comprehensive New Vehicle-Software Platform
General Motors announced this week that it has developed a new “end-to-end” software platform designed to use over-the-air (OTA) updating capabilities to “connect customers’...
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Engineering Ford’s Jumbo SUV for Off-Roading
Rollicking hills, rocky ravines and water fording are among the lures of off-roading, and they formed the engineering bogies for the newest edition of Ford’s largest SUV. “Expedition...
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Vehicle Sensors Go Longer Range
Sensors are the frontline technology for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and future vehicles with high-level (SAE Levels 4-5) automation. Designers at all levels are working to find the optimal and...
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Data Drives Driverless Truck Launch
Transforming raw data into high-quality structured data is a critical path to properly fueling machine-learning (ML) models and deploying artificial-intelligence (AI) applications across autonomous...
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2022 Jeep Compass Gets Class-Leading Safety Upgrades
An all-new interior and a significant increase in onboard safety systems comprise the major design and engineering changes made to the Jeep Compass for MY2022. The compact SUV now offers...
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Ford Drives into SAE Level 2
U.S. Patent #10752253, granted to four Ford Motor Co. engineers in August 2020, covers the “driver awareness detection system” that is a key safety component in the company’s first “hands-free”...
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Designing and Assessing Vehicle Safety Functions with a Use Case Approach
The required capabilities of a vehicle’s systems and components will vary depending on the scenarios and use cases in which they are expected to safely operate. This...
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Lincoln Unveils Tech-Refreshed 2022 Navigator
Lincoln has revealed a refreshed 2022 Navigator that sees no drivetrain or electrification upgrades, but gains a smattering of thoughtful technology, including a hands-free advanced...
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Processing Capability TOPs-Out to Expand Vehicle Automation
Sensors are the vehicle’s eyes and ears, but their inputs must be analyzed, processed and acted upon. A hefty amount of computing power is needed to fuse complex data from...
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Radiated Emissions Testing Gathers Bandwidth
In a non-descript business park in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Bureau Veritas is conducting tests to help prevent electronic havoc. With today’s vehicles chock full of wired and wireless devices...
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Sony Jumps into AV Sensors, Software
The growing prominence of sensor-based driving systems is creating opportunities for electronics companies to enter the auto industry. After years of speculation about Apple launching an electric...
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Amending the Automated-Driving ‘Constitution’
In May, SAE International and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) jointly released a significant update to SAE’s J3016 Recommended Practice: Taxonomy and Definitions...
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Making the Strategic Move into AV Testing
Traditional powertrain testing can be full of challenges. But it doesn’t compare to the often-bizarre edge cases that confront those testing automated-vehicle systems. Just ask Tom Tasky. He cut...
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Boosting Patents During the Pandemic
Faced with more than a year of lockdown restrictions during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, mobility-industry engineers and scientists recognized that project deadlines, in most cases, were...
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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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Toyota Takes Corolla to the ‘Truck’ Side
With a globally revered nameplate in the Corolla sedan – but global buyers gravitating to SUVs – Toyota arrived at the marketing solution that’s been rumored for some time, revealing the...
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Hyundai Reveals Market-Sized 2022 Tucson SUV
Hyundai has revealed its 2022 Tucson SUV, which has been upsized for the North American market. The C-class Tucson is Hyundai’s top-selling SUV, and the all-new 2022 model will feature three...
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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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ZF Hikes Performance of ProAI Supercompute Platform
Although multinational supplier ZF is widely recognized for conventional components such as its transmissions and braking systems, at April’s Auto Shanghai – one of the few major auto...
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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...
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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...
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After a 30-Year Hiatus, Jeep Remakes the Wagoneer
You won’t have a hard time distinguishing the all-new 2022 Jeep Wagoneer from the old one. Automotive design and engineering have moved on dramatically in 30 years, even if the Wagoneer...
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Ford Gets in the ‘Hands-Free’ Game with BlueCruise
There's a whole lot about Ford's hands-free driving technology that the automaker isn't revealing just yet. But at least it now has a name – BlueCruise – and some preliminary...
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Gathering Clouds Will Form Autonomy’s Computing Backbone
You might never spot one, but computing clouds will be crucial for the success of autonomous vehicles (AVs). The titans of the automotive and digital worlds have begun aligning to...
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Honda, Toyota Intro More-Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems
Honda and Toyota each recently announced the release of new, more-sophisticated driver-assistance systems for a special range of vehicles available in Japan starting in March of...
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Bosch Quantifies Cost Savings for ADAS-Equipped Trucks
Heavy-duty trucks still are disproportionately involved in deadly crashes on U.S. roadways. “Ten percent of the fatalities involve large trucks when large trucks only account for 4%...
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