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Hydropower Technology Swaps Dams with Electric Trucks
In steep mountain regions, the potential for generating electricity from a small stream of water is high, however, the hydropower potential of these regions remains untapped as it...
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Ultracapacitor Solutions to Address Energy-Storage Needs of Vehicles
As the electrification of automobiles continues to accelerate, the need for a safe, reliable, high-power energy-storage technology is greater than ever. Ultracapacitors...
Application Briefs Electronics & Computers
Using Silver Sintering in Traction Inverter Assembly
Traction inverter power density (KW/L) and efficiency ($/KW) strongly impact electric vehicle (EV) weight, driving range, and cost of ownership. Unfortunately, traditional soldered power...
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GM: Ultium Heat-Pump System Boosts EV Range, Reduces Charge Times
On the same day that General Motors president Mark Reuss confirmed there will be a fully electric version of the company’s Corvette along with a hybrid model, the company...
Technology Report Transportation
Valve Cuts NVH in GDI Engines
When an automotive manufacturer struggled with the release of a new fuel-injection engine technology, the company required an immediate solution.
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Keeping Combustion in the Conversation
The signals are everywhere that the days are numbered for internal-combustion engines (ICE) for passenger vehicles. Volkswagen CEO Ralph Brandsteatter told a German magazine in early 2021 that VW...
News Propulsion
SAE WCX 2022: Driveline Flexibility Is Key for Electrification
The electrification of light-vehicle powertrains is now not just probable, it is inevitable. OEMs and suppliers around the world are looking at all possible means to reduce the...
Articles Automotive
Driving Electrified Powertrain Systems Design
The risks that come with electrification leave OEMs and Tier 1s little room for miscalculation in their product planning and development. The costliest mistakes loom largest in the powertrain...
News Automotive
Airing on the Side of Innovation
Is there a proven formula for creating a top-notch engineering organization and benchmark product from scratch? Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson shared his approach at the company’s Newark, Calif,...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
SAE WCX 2022: The Road to Zero Emissions Has Many Lanes
Emissions are currently one of the hottest macro topics across the automotive industry. Governments around the world are ramping up regulations over the coming decades to reduce the...
Editorial Propulsion
Engine Technology a Decade Later
A securities analyst from New York called me recently, to ask about the future of powertrain. Specifically, she wanted my prediction for a timeframe for the demise of both gasoline and diesel IC engines....
Supplier Eye Transportation
The Soft Underbelly of The EV Transition
The list of OEMs and suppliers that are splitting their organizations into traditional ICE powertrain and EV operations continues to grow.
Technology Report Power
GM details Corvette’s new and mighty LT6 V8
If the end of the internal-combustion epoch truly is within sight, General Motors intends to see it out with a bang. It’s latest — who’s to say whether it’s the “last?” —...
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Powertrain, Propulsion Lead Tech-Paper Topics at SAE’s WCX 2022
For 2022, advanced powertrain/propulsion-related topics continued to dominate the categories of published SAE technical papers, more than doubling the number of papers in...
Supplier Eye Green Design & Manufacturing
The New EV-driven Regional Supply Focus
The recent flurry of investment announcements focused on the conversion of North America’s light-vehicle production to electric-vehicle propulsion has been head spinning.
Technology Report Power
Light-vehicle Horsepower Hits Historic High in 2021
Full-electric propulsion for the U.S.’s light-vehicle market segments is gaining momentum, but developers of the internal-combustion engine aren’t throwing in the towel just yet....
News Electronics & Computers
Wheel-Hub-Motor Innovations in Flux
The packaging and design of electric motors has, not surprisingly, come under scrutiny in recent years as the pace of vehicle electrification has accelerated. Wheel hub motors, once dismissed as too...
Articles Propulsion
EV Motor Development Is on the Move
It’s happening – the transition to EVs is undeniably underway. Recent launches such as Ford’s Mustang Mach-E, versatile-body-style EVs from mainstream brands Hyundai and Kia and forthcoming...
Q&A Propulsion
Electrons, Combustion, and Bosch
"We expect to reach 5 billion [euros] in a few years. We are well prepared for all the battery-electric vehicles that will be built in the future."
Briefs Power
Technique Extends Next-Generation Lithium Metal Batteries
The discovery could enable lightweight, low-cost, long-lasting energy storage for electric vehicles, houses, and more.
Articles Energy
The Bi-Directional Bonus for EVs
Although other automakers have talked about the potential for electric vehicles (EVs) to use their increasingly powerful batteries for purposes beyond propelling the vehicle, it was Ford that brought the...
Technology Report Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Unique Helmholtz Induction Feeds 2023 Corvette Z06
The 2023 Corvette Z06 recently arrived, powered by a 5.5-L LT6 V8 (above) spinning a radical flat-plane crankshaft. Now that additional engineering details have emerged, the LT6’s top...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
The Path to Better, Smarter Vehicle Charging
As the roster of light-duty and commercial-purpose battery electric vehicles (EVs) begins an almost catalytic expansion in 2022, better, faster and smarter battery recharging is on the way to...
News Transportation
2022 Nissan Rogue Gets a VC Turbo Triple
Nissan’s best-selling Rogue entered its third generation as an all-new vehicle for 2021, missing the significant powertrain change that arrives in 2022 models. The all-new 3-cylinder gasoline...
Road Ready Energy
Seeking More Traction in Budding EV Market, VW Adds AWD to ID.4
A second motor and free charging create a compelling offering as Volkswagen debuts the most-affordable, all-electric, all-wheel-drive SUV.
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
VW’s Newest Battery Pack Facility Is Production-Line Adjacent
The Volkswagen ID.4 electric vehicle (EV) is set begin localized production in the United States in early 2022. The MEB-platform, 2-row SUV will share an assembly line with...
Technology Report Propulsion
Lithium-Free Corvette Z06: More Sting for the 2023 Stingray
Topping the eighth-generation (C8) 2020-22 Chevrolet Corvette is no mean feat. Customers still pay premiums and patiently wait in line to own one. Yet the new Z06 edition, due...
News Energy
Engineering the 2022 Toyota Tundra
Chief engineer Mike Sweers talks structure, materials and a different approach to hybrid power for the all-new, third-generation pickup.
News Power
Bosch Debuts New CV-Specific Electric Motor and Inverter
The 230 e-motor can be paired with Bosch’s advanced SiC inverter to cut down on energy losses and increase driving range.
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