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Automated Vehicles Not an 'If' but a 'When'
The automotive industry once questioned whether electric motors would replace the internal combustion engine (ICE) as the primary powertrain option for consumers. Today, the industry is facing a...
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Europe’s Blockchain-Based Smart E-Mobility Challenge Will Conclude This May in Germany
To advance development of Internet of things (IoT) mobility solutions like cryptography, distributed ledger technology (DLT) – also known as...
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EMBATT Technology Could Double the Driving Range of EVs
An in-development chassis-integrated sandwich structure of solid electrolytes is projected to deliver all-electric driving ranges that far out-distance today’s typical 200-mile (320...
News Manned Systems
AAA Studies Thermal Effects on EV Range
It’s been a tough winter in much of the U.S. When the Midwest hasn’t been dealing with a Polar Vortex it been smacked by a “bombogenesis.” But even normally temperate seasonal regions like...
Articles Test & Measurement
'Road Race' for AV Testing May Be Slowing
Chris Hoyle, Technical Director of software specialist rFpro, believes the race by auto and technology companies to be ahead of competitor programs involving autonomous vehicle (AV) testing on...
News Manned Systems
How Can Engineers Help Ensure the Safety, Reliability of Automated Vehicles?
Safety presents a pressing concern to automated vehicle (AV) design engineers and manufacturers. Technical challenges of automated system operation have influenced...
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BlackBerry’s CTO Points to a Holistic and Standards-Based Future for Vehicle Cybersecurity
The days of automobiles as physical transportation devices is quickly shifting into an era of vehicles as rolling digital hubs. With multiple...
News Manned Systems
Ford and University of Michigan Team up on First-Ever Sustainability Study of Urban Air Mobility
According to a new study published in Nature Communications, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles...
News Unmanned Systems
5G Cellular May Be Transformational for Automakers, Suppliers
Connected vehicles are going mainstream, autonomous vehicles are poised to emerge—and cellular communications appears to be a central infrastructural base for both. The rollout...
Articles Unmanned Systems
Automated-Vehicle ‘Goiters’ Be Gone!
Warts. Bumps. Blisters. Protruberances. These and other less-flattering terms are used by vehicle designers and engineers to describe the bulging, non-integrated sensor placement that has become the...
News Connectivity
Automated Vehicle Safety Series Addresses Design, Testing, Verification, and Validation
Safety is ranked as the number one concern for the acceptance and adoption of automated vehicles, commonly referred to as “self-driving cars.” The...
News Communications
Volocopter’s All-Electric UAM Vehicle Benefits from Honeywell’s Advanced Navigation and Flight Tech
Honeywell International Inc. will lend its expertise in autonomous sensing and flight technologies to the navigation and automatic...
News Software
Kepler Communications Will Flight Test a Transmission Optimizing “Smart Radiator Device” on Its Next Satellite Mission
Kepler Communications, Inc.’s (Kepler’s) TARS six-unit cubesat – the company’s third satellite scheduled for...
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Jeep Revives Its Pickup Mojo with 2020 Gladiator
Get ready for the fractionalization of the U.S.’s raucous pickup-truck market.
News Unmanned Systems
WCX 2019: IAMTS Association Will Establish Standardization and Testing for Connected Vehicles
In pursuit of developing and growing an international portfolio of advanced mobility testbeds that meet the highest quality implementation and...
News Connectivity
WCX 2019: The AV “Money Race” Is On
Automated-and-connected vehicles may be on a longer adoption path than the hype around them suggests, but AVs and their related technologies will eventually become a multi-trillion-dollar market,...
News Unmanned Systems
WCX 2019: Validation Can’t Replace Roadway Tests
Simulations and validations are necessary elements in the development of driverless cars, but they aren’t going to fully replace real world testing. Virtual testing will help engineers...
News Communications
Airbus’ Connected Cabin Concept Is Materializing with First Round of Partnerships
Airbus SE is shifting its Connected Experience cabin concept into the first stages of reality with cooperative buy-in from gategroup Holding AG, Stelia...
News Data Acquisition
European Union Approves Mandatory Vehicle Speed-Limiting Feature
The European Commission in late March approved a rule to make Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) mandatory for all newly manufactured light vehicles starting in 2022....
Technology Report Propulsion
GKN Demos ETwinster, World’s-First 2-Speed Torque-Vectoring BEV Transmission
GKN Automotive has unveiled what it claims is the world’s first 2-speed, torque-vectoring transmission for battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Featured on...
News Energy
2019 Nissan Leaf plus Nets Extended EV Range
The 2019 Leaf Plus has a longer driving range and provides quicker acceleration than its platform-sharing counterpart, the second-generation Leaf, thanks to a higher-output motor and additional...
News Manned Systems
OneWeb Ramps up Satellite Production with New Round of Funding
OneWeb has secured $1.25 billion in its latest funding round. The company, which seeks to deploy a satellite communication network by 2021 that will enable global high-speed,...
Technology Report Software
AB Dynamics Provides New Drive-By-CAN Testing System
Test-system specialist AB Dynamics has developed new drive-by-wire technology that enables test vehicles – including autonomous vehicles (AV) – to be driven entirely via a CAN or...
Technology Report Connectivity
Honda E Prototype Makes It Simple, Again
In 2017, Honda’s Urban EV concept pointed the way for the brand to escape its current busy and contrived design language in favor of clean, modern forms and at the recent Geneva International Motor...
News Packaging & Sterilization
Ford Brings “No Compromise” Hybrid Tech to 2020 Explorer
Ford debuted three versions of the all-new 2020 Explorer during NAIAS, including it’s first-ever hybrid version. The Explorer Hybrid will use a 3.3-L V6, an e-motor and a 1.5...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Mobility’s Mega-Mappers
A yellow sign on a mountain highway shows an S-shaped curve. This is a primitive map, and hardly a faithful representation of the road. Instead it delivers a simple signal to the driver: Get ready for turns.
Technology Report Power
Continental’s New CTO to Lead Retooled R&D Pillar
At a recent media roundtable with its executives, Continental introduced its new CTO, Dirk Abendroth, who took on that role on January 1, 2019. Abendroth, 43 (left), will serve as chief...
Articles Unmanned Systems
Safety Testing for AVs Is Just Beginning
NHTSA’s plan to eventually update its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) with new crash-test protocols is good news for both consumers and the mobility safety-systems industry. A revised NCAP will...
News Connectivity
Industry Remains Unsettled on Vehicle Connectivity Standard
As autonomous vehicles inch closer to reality, a diverse range of companies and public entities are exploring ways to maximize their positive impact on traffic flows and...
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