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Automotive

Inside the Autonomous Vehicle

As self-driving technology eventually becomes reliable and safe, the role of the human driver will change dramatically. Instead of acting as a full-time operator, the driver will become a part-time operator...

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Transportation

Automated Driving: Who Should Regulate What?

The message from Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao was bold and sweeping:

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Power

Why America Needs a National Autonomous-Vehicle Development Policy

A set of standardized autonomous-vehicle regulations, applicable nationwide, is the best policy structure to encourage AV-specific innovation. Read on to learn more.

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Software

Integration, Communication Hurdles to Truck Automation

Combining sensors, inter-vehicle communications and controllers poses major challenges in the effort to bring autonomy to commercial trucking. Read on to learn why and he we can combat the issue.

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Software

The Building Blocks of Autonomous Tech

Read on to learn about sensors, processors, architecture and communications trends for the self-driving future.

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Automotive

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...

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Unmanned Systems

Standards Play a Vital Role

As autonomous vehicle development expands throughout the mobility industry, the competitors are agreeing on one thing: there is a vital need for standards related to the new technologies. Read on to learn the experts' opinions on the matter.

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AR/AI

Research Focuses on Safety of Electric Scooter Riders, Other Vulnerable Road Users

Passenger vehicles traveling alongside electric scooters is an increasingly common road sharing scenario rife with safety issues such as an e-scooter...

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Materials

MEMS Drive Wants to Shake up Automotive Sensor

Advanced optical image stabilization (OIS) technology used in mobile phones should have a home in the automotive world. Specifically, using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to move an...

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Connectivity

UX Work Underway to Make Alphabet Soup, Control Icons Easier on Drivers

At the InCabin USA interior vehicle technology expo in Detroit in May, Ford customer research lead Susan Shaw said that the sea of letters around ADAS features and...

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Unmanned Systems

AutoSens: RFpro Reveals ‘Massive, Complicated’ LA Model

Simulation company rFpro has already mapped over 180 digital locations around the world, including public roads, proving grounds and race circuits. But the company’s latest...

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Information Technology

Rewriting the Code

Renovo’s AWare operating system for Automated Mobility on Demand (AMoD) is expanding its reach as more players see open-platform software as a unifying — and simplifying — answer to quicker and less-costly AV deployment.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

LiDAR Giant

100 competitors want to eat his lunch, but Velodyne president Mike Jellen aims to maintain leadership in this fast-moving, trillion-dollar technology space.

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Unmanned Systems

New SAE President Focused on Big Data

Well-known in the mobility industry for his expertise in mechatronics and propulsion-system engineering, Mircea Gradu, Ph.D. begins his one-year term as SAE International President amid technology shifts that are rocking the automotive status quo.

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Unmanned Systems

Senso-Rama!

Toyota’s formidable Platform 3.0 is all about putting autonomous sensors in their place — further from your view. Read on to learn more.

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Transportation

GM’s Self-Driving Car Strategy: Vertical Integration

Using maximum control to mitigate risk, GM can generate trillions in revenue by creating an autonomous ride-hailing ecosystem. Read on to learn more.

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AR/AI

SkillReal Says Inexpensive Camera and AI Add up to Faster, Better Inspections

A company says that its digital twin alignment system, incorporating a sophisticated AI algorithm and an off-the-shelf camera, has the potential to...

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Power

UAE Previews Autonomous Future at DriftX

Publicly available autonomous vehicles have been operating in Abu Dhabi since 2021, providing over 16,000 rides covering more than 300,000 km (186,400 miles). If the organizers and supporters of...

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Automotive

Virtual Twin as an Accelerator of ADAS and AD Development

The automotive sector faces deep transformation — autonomous driving (AD) and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) represent a critical domain in the change ahead....

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Design

Advancing HMI Development of ADAS and Active Safety Systems

The advancement of vehicles with enhanced safety and infotainment features has made evaluating human-machine interfaces (HMI) in modern commercial and industrial vehicles...

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Electronics & Computers

WCX 2024: The Technologies That Will Define Future Mobility

The migration to vehicle electrification and autonomy is ushering in product development changes with software coding and artificial intelligence (AI) performing disruptor...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

WCX 2024: Two Approaches to Mobility Engineering

A few years ago, traditional automotive companies basically shrugged their shoulders at EV newcomers. But traditionalist viewpoints are changing. “They’re learning from each other...

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Energy

WCX 2024: Come for the AI, Stay for the Optimism

The never-ending task of wrapping one’s head around the auto industry continues at SAE’s annual WCX technical mobility event in Detroit in April. A series of keynotes will discuss the...

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Unmanned Systems

Full Speed Ahead for Second-Generation Indy Autonomous Racers

After three years and more than 7,000 miles (11,265 km) of racing, the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) enters year four with an updated platform and embedded software...

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Automotive

AI, Digital Twins Reshaping Advertising and Car Creation at JLR

Better digital twins powered by more powerful AI are going to change not just how car commercials are created in the future, but could open the door to entirely new design and engineering methods.

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AR/AI

Mapping out Future Vehicle Cockpits

Game-like navigation visuals. Conversational-style voice commands. Contactless biometric sensing. A tidal wave of software code and sensing technologies are being prepped to alter in-vehicle...

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AR/AI

Leveraging AI for EV Performance Improvement

As commercial fleets adopt more electric vehicles, they need accurate state-of-health measurements and smart charging algorithms to ensure their EVs have minimum unscheduled downtime. To solve these problems effectively, we need comprehensive data collection, capable computing infrastructure, and intelligent algorithms.

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AR/AI

Volvo EX90 Uses AI, NVIDIA SoC to Make Automated Driving Safer

As head of software engineering at Volvo Cars, Alwin Bakkenes is involved not just with all of the software and electronics in Volvo’s vehicles but also the automaker’s...

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AR/AI

Cybersecurity Firm Enlists AI in Battle as Threats Increase

Following its annual report detailing the growing cybersecurity threats to vehicles, fleets, and the networks they rely on, Upstream Security announced the launch of a...

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