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Toyota Stretches SUV Line-Up with World Debut of Grand Highlander
The new Grand Highlander is a three-row midsize SUV, just like Highlander. So it’s not surprising that the Toyota siblings share two powertrains.
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Mercedes-Benz Architecting Its Own Operating System
Mercedes-Benz revealed in late February that it is developing its own computer operating system, dubbed MB.OS, which it said will be standardized across the company’s entire model...
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Lidar Vs. Everybody in the Onboard Sensor Race
Despite the industrywide realization that SAE driving automation Levels 4 and 5 are not imminent and instead long-term goals, development continues on the sensors that power current and...
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The Road to Zero Prototypes
The concept of designing, engineering and manufacturing a new vehicle without physical prototypes is typically viewed as either impractical or mythical. Even as virtual development processes have become...
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Finding Range Through Compute Efficiency
This past January, I was among tens of thousands who returned to Las Vegas for CES—the show’s reawakening after the pandemic. Some definite themes emerged from the dozens of conversations I...
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Lumotive’s New LCM Underpins Next-Gen Lidar
“The future happened yesterday” is an appropriate description of the rapid pace of development in automated-driving technology. The expression may be most accurate in sensor tech where,...
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CASE Struggles to Fulfil Expectations
The saying ‘Two steps forward, one step back’ describes the overall progress of CASE — Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Electrified vehicles and infrastructures. While electrification and...
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High-Performance Hybrid Headlines Lexus’s Re-Engineered RX Lineup
Electrification is a pillar of Lexus’s “next chapter.” The fifth-generation Lexus RX progresses this objective, offering four new powertrains including a...
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AV Life After Argo AI
The recent shuttering of Argo AI, one of the autonomous-vehicle industry’s leading tech companies, by Ford and Volkswagen might come as a surprise to commuters in San Francisco and in Phoenix, Arizona. Those who...
Articles Unmanned Systems
Volvo Engineers Luminar Lidar into 2024 EX90
Consumer skepticism over autonomous vehicles is running rampant, thanks largely to Tesla’s broken-record promises to make “Full Self Driving” a reality — along with high-profile...
Articles Unmanned Systems
Inner Visions
Evolving market realities have OEMs and automated-driving developers adjusting once-aggressive timelines for deploying high-level driving automation. But new materials and safety technology for vehicle interiors continue...
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Choreographed Robotic ADAS Testing Bridges Gap Between Simulations and Real World
A Utah company has developed a system to allow fully robotic testing of ADAS on production vehicles as one solution to the dangers of testing such systems...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Making the Case for MEMS Timing
Today's high-performance automotive electronic systems rely on precision timing technology for accurate, stable frequency control of digital components, from applications processors to microcontrollers to...
Global Vehicles Energy
2023 Toyota Prius Turns Heads at Los Angeles Auto Show
Toyota has pushed aside talk about the decline of auto shows by taking over the buzz of the Los Angeles auto show by introducing the sleekest, most luxurious and capable Prius...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Steering Toward Full Vehicle Autonomy
The vision of fully autonomous vehicles (SAE Levels 4 and 5) is fast approaching. Making this vision a reality requires automotive OEMs to move beyond the current levels of vehicle autonomy to...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Going the Last Mile
Pizza is a subject that puts a smile on most faces but for Matteo Del Sorbo, the delight extends far beyond the actual pie.
News Unmanned Systems
Hopeful but Closer Scrutiny for SAE Level 4 Automation
As the auto industry and its suppliers, along with technology developers and startups, recalibrate for what appears to be a new and more pragmatic phase of automated-driving...
Articles Materials
Keeping Your Silicon Cool
Onboard electronics continue to evolve rapidly. Components are smaller. Systems are more complex. The sophisticated electronics components that make up modern vehicles require precision heat dissipation for...
Road Ready Test & Measurement
NAIAS 2022: Seventh-Generation of Ford Mustang Is Highest Performer Yet
The exterior visuals still emphasize a long hood and a short deck, but the V8-powered 2024 Mustang GT’s mammoth air intakes are a telltale that things have...
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Electric-Vehicle Legislation in California – Third Time the Charm?
The official name is the “Advanced Clean Cars II” ruling and it effectively marks California’s third attempt to mandate the sale of electric vehicles in the...
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First Electrified Dodge Arrives for 2023 MY
The industry’s red-hot and crowded compact-utility vehicle market gets a newcomer for the 2023 model year with an electrified, top-of-the-line version of the Dodge Hornet. “It’s...
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BMW 7-Series Drives Itself Through Own Assembly
The 1997 James Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies” obliquely presaged current-day automated-driving technology when the hero remotely piloted his modified BMW 7-Series sedan through a...
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Real-Time Processors Key to the Zonal E/E Revolution
OEMs face major challenges with their vehicle architectures as they become more complex and unwieldy. They also want to speed up their innovation cycles while supporting intelligent...
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Volvo Gets 'Gamey' with Info, Driver-Assist Warnings for Future EVs
As vehicles gain more and more technology such as infotainment, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and electrification, there’s a corresponding need for ways...
News Imaging
Veoneer Shows Its Latest Safety and AV Tech
Veoneer CEO Jacob Svanberg gazes at a large flat-screen display from a demonstrator van’s second-row seat. The screen shows hundreds of colored dots, including a dozen purple pixels...
Articles Automotive
An Holistic Approach to Verifying Cybersecurity in Design
A powerful new generation of test and sim solutions aims to address specific security concerns associated with automotive designs.
The Navigator Transportation
We Finally Have Some Data on ADAS!
For too long, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration took a laissez-faire approach to advanced driver-assistance systems and automated-driving systems.
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Sensing Enters a New Era
More than 1.3 million people die on the world’s roadways each year and another 50 million are injured. While roadway safety has improved over time, all countries face formidable challenges in reducing the...
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Electrifying Off-Highway Drivetrains
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NVH Prediction in Electric Powertrains: Considering Inverter and...
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The Smaller the Part, the Bigger the Advantages of Miniature Aluminum Extrusions
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Here's an Idea: How AI is Changing Military Aircraft Maintenance and More
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Precision, Control and Repeatability: Harnessing the Power of UV Curing in...