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New SAE Technical-Paper Competition Targets Submissions from Student and Young-Professional Members
SAE International is hosting a technical-paper competition for student and young-professional members with an enticing potential payoff:...
Road Ready Propulsion
2019 Chevrolet Blazer: Sharply Styled and Right-Sized for the Voracious SUV Market
Leaving its dirt roots in the past, the all-new 2019 Chevrolet Blazer is a stylish, on-road-focused 2-row SUV that slots between Chevy’s Equinox and...
Articles Transportation
CES 2019: Blueprint for Future Auto Shows?
It’s a mind-boggling, often unwieldy and grueling grind in Las Vegas for reporters, but CES is undeniably a must-attend event both for media and for all organizations working in autonomous and connected mobility.
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McLaren Applied Technologies’ All-Electric, AI-Infused Vision of Formula 1 Racing
McLaren Applied Technologies of Woking, United Kingdom unveiled their “MCLExtreme” (MCLE) vision for the future of grand prix racing. While McLaren...
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Ricardo Reveals Details of Latest E-Motor and EDCT
United-Kingdom engineering specialist Ricardo recently revealed extensive development details of its latest automotive 48-V 25-kW e-motor and associated inverter, which it claims can...
News Unmanned Systems
Nvidia’s New Level 2+ Autonomy Platform Is Making Cars Safer Today
At Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019 in Las Vegas, Nvidia of Santa Clara, California debuted a new automotive artificial intelligence (AI) system: DRIVE AutoPilot. The...
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2019 E-Tron SUV: Audi Goes Electric
Audi has made its ambitious electromobility goals clear, saying it will offer 10 all-electric and 10 plug-in hybrid models by 2025, accounting for at least one-third of its sales. To help achieve this,...
Technology Report Energy
China’s NIO Making EV Battery Swapping Work
Emergent electric-vehicle automaker NIO believes battery swapping makes sense for EVs and the company’s customers almost universally agree. In front of 10,000 guests at the 2018 NIO Day in...
News Transportation
Byton Details Its EV, Autonomy Vision at CES 2019
The 48-in (1219-mm) LCD screen atop the Byton M-byte concept car’s instrument panel is not only the auto industry’s largest in-vehicle display. It also signals what could be a radical...
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BEV Heat Pumps Recovering Cost Investments
Can a heat pump-equipped battery electric vehicle (BEV) overcome major energy losses for cabin heating comfort in cold ambient conditions –and at reasonable system cost? These questions were...
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StreetDrone: Rolling R&D Vehicle for Small-Scale AV Developers
Even for well-funded automakers, suppliers, start-up businesses and academic institutions, the cost of developing specific technologies needed to support autonomous-vehicle (AV)...
Articles Software
End Public ‘Shadow’ Driving!
The fundamental premise of shadow driving is that the vehicle has learned the proper management of possible events which may occur during the maneuvers, and the human observer can react fast enough to stop any negative results from occurring.
Technology Report Automotive
JLR Uses Predictive Technology to Reduce Motion-Sickness Risk
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has revealed that a specialist “wellness research” team has created an algorithm to help reduce vehicle motion sickness by up to 60%. The algorithm...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Extending EV Range with AV Programming
Increasing the range of electric vehicles (EV) in a practical cost-effective way has become a primary challenge for the industry. However, current efforts to increase EVs’ market acceptance, via...
Technology Report Power
BorgWarner Demos Next-Step Electrification Components
Anyone questioning whether a substantial portion of the light-vehicle market will imminently feature some form of powertrain electrification need look no further than the product...
Technology Report Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Ford Investing $45 Million in New Advanced Manufacturing Center to Speed Production Innovations
Ford Motor Company is investing $45 million in its new Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) in Redford Township, Michigan, to help quickly...
Articles Energy
Predicting the Road to Efficiency
Delphi Technologies isn’t coming right out to say most of us aren’t very good at driving efficiently, but there’s no getting around that’s what’s implied by the company’s new Intelligent Driving...
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Ford Engineers a Tech Barrage with 2020 Lincoln Aviator
Ford Motor Co. officially launched its 2020 Lincoln Aviator at the 2018 Los Angeles auto show, with the all-new three-row midsized luxury SUV featuring a barrage of equally new and...
News Unmanned Systems
The Navigator: The Not-So-Hidden Cost of “Free”
There is no such thing as a free lunch, as the old truism goes. For more than a century, the auto industry business model has been to sell it and forget it. Once you drove off the lot in...
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Shifting Focus to Rising Costs
Welcome to 2019, a new year that’s already brimming with challenges for mobility-industry suppliers. As they deal with escalating technology investments, unpredictable product-launch cadences, an influx of...
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For Auto Industry, Blockchain Still in Formative Phases
The automotive industry continues to ride the blockchain bandwagon, evaluating potential uses and helping develop the infrastructure for using distributed-ledger technology (DLT) in...
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Tackling the Thermal Challenges of Battery EVs
The falling cost of natural gas and its increasing use for electricity generation has helped build the environmental appeal of battery electric vehicles. BEV advocates point to the 95%...
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2019 Hyundai Kona Electric Goes Content and Torque Heavy in a B-Class EV
What’s so remarkable about the Hyundai Kona Electric is how unremarkable it is. Essentially an electrified version of Hyundai’s B-class SUV, if the even...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Smart Factories Must Be Flexible, Connected and Secure
There’s no shortage of advanced technologies at the disposal of automakers in their efforts to manufacture passenger cars and trucks in a safer, more cost-effective and efficient...
Articles Materials
Beyond the EV Technology Horizon: Now It’s All About Speed
Speed is absolutely essential for electric vehicles (EVs). Not speed in terms of acceleration and maximum velocity, but the time it takes to conceive, develop and produce...
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Intel’s New U.S. Study Claims Autonomous Vehicles Expected to Be Common in 50 Years
A new U.S. consumer study published by Intel claims most Americans expect a self-driving future, even if many currently harbor fear and uncertainty about...
Technology Report Electronics & Computers
Detecting Battery Leaks at Production Speeds
Inficon has launched what it said is an industry-first, robotic-compatible leak-detection system that can use either helium or hydrogen-forming gas to ferret out minuscule cracks in the batteries...
News Unmanned Systems
Nexteer Readies Steering Technologies for Autonomous and Mixed-Mode Driving
Steering-technology engineers continue to consider different solutions to the issue of whether a driver will be prepared to instantly take control from an...
News Energy
Atlas Copco Takes Smart-Manufacturing Tools and Systems on Tour
Wireless tools and production systems intertwined to the Industry 4.0 manufacturing revolution are featured in Atlas Copco’s recently-launched traveling roadshow.
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