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IAA 2025: Arbe Chipset Improves Automated Driving Decisions
Arbe designed and now sells three types of chips for its systems: transmitters, receivers and processors.
Articles AR/AI
Revolutionizing Vehicle Technology Through Intelligent Actuators
Autonomous driving is often seen as just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to public perception of how artificial intelligence has been implemented in vehicles. However,...
Technology Report Test & Measurement
Ultra-Wide, Low-Distortion Lenses for Crash Testing Environments
In the demanding field of automotive crash testing, imaging systems face a dual challenge: They must survive extreme forces while delivering precise, distortion-free footage for...
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Survey: QNX Finds Challenges, Openings in SDV Work
QNX recently released the latest version of its safety-certified operating system.
Briefs Energy
Breaking the Rules to Build a Better Battery
By flipping a foundational belief in battery design, Hailong Chen and his team found that charging zinc-ion batteries at higher currents can make them last longer. Read on to learn more about this surprising result.
On-Demand Webinars AR/AI
Leveraging Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality to Optimize Innovation
The automotive industry is under constant pressure to deliver faster, smarter, and more cost-effective solutions. Global competitors already are reducing time-to-market,...
Articles Test & Measurement
Driving Safety Forward: How Simulation and MODSIM Accelerate ADAS Innovation
Dassault Systèmes offers MODSIM for model-based systems engineering, integrating modeling and simulation from the very start of the design process. This methodology enables multidisciplinary teams to work together on a shared platform, using common data and synchronized models. Read on to learn more.
News Transportation
2026 Nissan Sentra Review: Putting the Pieces Together
The Nissan Sentra has provided straightforward behavior and performance for sedan shoppers in the U.S. for over forty years. For 2026, Nissan took the solid 2025 model and made enough mechanical tweaks and visual changes to call it an all-new vehicle. Read on to learn more about it.
Technology Report AR/AI
Talking SDVs and Zonal Architecture with TE Connectivity
For a company focused on selling components to make physical connections in vehicles, TE Connectivity is more than ready for future growth in software-defined vehicles (SDVs) and the...
News Connectivity
GM Announces SAE Level 3 Autonomy and SDV Technology
While full autonomy continues to be a work-in-progress, automakers have been rolling out various degrees of SAE Level 2 driver assistance, including hands-off, eyes-on systems from BMW,...
News Transportation
5 More HP for 2026 Kia Sportage: First Drive
For 2026, Kia kept the powertrain from last year’s Sportage Hybrid as it made light updates to the look and interior. The automaker has been in the hybrid business for a while, but the automaker is still looking to make a splash in the gas-electric space. Read on to learn more.
Technology Report Energy
Experts agree on need for large-scale fire testing of battery energy storage systems
A panel of four battery testing experts from different fields agreed that large scale fire testing, as called for in a proposed update to testing standard...
INSIDER Design
Battery Show: Bosch Rexroth adds HS linear motion, 6D floating prototype to multi-axis systems
Bosch Rexroth displayed new battery automation solutions at The Battery Show 2025 in Detroit this week, focusing on making batteries in a more...
INSIDER Energy
Battery Show 2025: Freudenberg’s new busbar seals handle the bends
As EV battery designs continue to explore new pack shapes, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has developed a new, flexible busbar sealing technology that enables...
Articles Design
Driving EV Development with a Twin-Battery Approach
IAV hopes that its twin-battery design concept will function as a showcase to others in the battery industry that, even if you have demands that are contradicting, there can still be a solution. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Energy
Built-In Smart Sensors Can Prevent Lithium-Ion Battery Fires Before They Start
New smart sensors can help detect dangerous internal failures in lithium-ion batteries before they escalate into fires or explosions, say researchers from the University of Surrey. Read on to learn more.
News Software
Upstream: Better Data Collection, Processing Will Reduce SDV Recalls
Cars that are more connected, equipped with more sensors than ever before, should make proactive maintenance somewhat easy and reliable. Drivers could have lower repair...
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First Drive: 2026 Hyundai Palisade
Years ago, Hyundai hosted a Palisade drive program for journalists consisted mostly of driving on a gravel road for a few hours. It was weird, and many a journalist told them so. Probably not as a direct...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Electronic Stability Control Builds the Foundation for Safer Roads
Read on to learn how a mechanically simple idea has kept cars stable for decades, and why it can still evolve for an autonomous future.
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Simulating Forward Motion at VI-Grade’s Zero Prototypes Day
VI-grade doesn’t rest much. New software for its simulations, new simulators to run that software, and new HiL solutions mean there’s always something new happening. And much of this was on hand at the company’s 2025 North American Zero Prototypes Day, held in Novi, Michigan, over the summer. Read on to learn more about it.
On-Demand Webinars Software
How Agile Design Processes With MODSIM Are Changing the Game for Automotive Suppliers
The pace of innovation in the automotive industry is faster than ever — and traditional, linear development models can’t keep up. This 30-minute webinar...
On-Demand Webinars Aerospace
4 Ways Simulation Can Accelerate Fuel Cell Development
In today’s fast-paced fuel cell industry, reducing time to market is both a strategic imperative and a competitive advantage. This 45-minute webinar will explore how system-level...
News Software
Sonatus Launches AI Director to Integrate More AI in More Vehicles
Vehicle software company Sonatus wants the automotive industry to rethink the role of the middle manager. At least, when those managers are AI-based. The company unveiled...
News Sensors/Data Acquisition
ZF’s Smart Chassis Sensors Debut in Cadillac Celestiq
The Cadillac Celestiq is full of new technologies, from the 130+ parts made using additive manufacturing to the 655hp (488 kW) dual-motor AWD powertrain. ZF announced in early July...
News Power
Unifying Design and Multiphysics Simulation for Electric Drive Development
Electric drive systems are central to the efficient and clean use of energy for electric and hybrid vehicles. They need to efficiently convert electrical energy...
News Software
Converting Classic Cars Is Just Step One of This Mission
Electrogenic founder and CEO Steve Drummond believes EVs are here to help. “Saving the World One Car at a Time” is even painted on the company’s headquarters near Oxford, England.
Articles Software
Making Connections: New V2X Tech Brings in Smartphones, Next-Gen ECall
To point at just one example of the continued evolution of V2X technologies, let’s take a quick visit to Japan and the 2025 JSAE Annual Spring Congress this May....
Articles Connectivity
From ADAS to SDVs with Plato Pathros
An experienced engineer with a history in software development and systems engineering, Plato Pathrose is turning from ADAS to SDVs with his latest work. Pathrose’s third book, Software Defined...
Articles Software
How Battery Simulation Is Taking High-Performance EV Development to New Heights
What was once a specialized capability is now becoming a cornerstone of modern EV development. Simulation delivers speed, accuracy, and flexibility — qualities that are essential to staying competitive in advanced electrification. Read on to learn more.
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Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
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A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force
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Optimizing Production Processes with the Virtual Twin
