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Porsche Study: Europe Missing out on Tooling Battery Gigafactories
A study examining the prospects for supplying manufacturing tooling for the scores of EV battery “gigafactories” scheduled to be built worldwide found there are...
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CES: Sumitomo Sensing Core Is a Sensor-Free Smart Tire
Sumitomo Rubber Industries first announced its Sensing Core technology in 2017. But it wasn’t until 2024 that the Japanese tire maker used its debut appearance at CES to promote the...
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EFuels: An Alternative to the Alternative
Even as electric vehicles dominate today’s alternative powertrain market for passenger cars, the future of how we will all someday drive without burning petroleum is cloudier than ever. To...
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New Keys to Success
Much has been written about the extraordinary vehicle production and market environment of the past four years in North America and beyond. The plethora of negative impacts from COVID, chip availability, scarcity of...
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2024 Lexus GX Ready for Off-Road Adventure with New Platform, E-KDSS
Once Toyota finally updated the Tundra to its third generation in 2022 after 15 years on the last-generation platform, the next model that would logically contend for an overhaul was the Lexus GX. Last given a generational overhaul in 2009, the new GX has been a long time coming. Chief engineer Koji Tsukasaki said the updates are more than just overdue, they’re for overlanding. Read on to learn more.
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Ford Refines Interior, Exterior on 2025 Explorer
The Ford Explorer will celebrate its 35th anniversary for the 2026 model year, and it is highly likely that America’s best-selling SUV will meet the occasion with a complete redesign. Ford...
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Stellantis Unveils STLA Large Platform for D, E Segments
Stellantis on Friday unveiled its STLA Large platform, which will be the basis for eight new EVs from sedans to Trail Rated SUVs by 2026.
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Enterprise Battery-Analysis Pioneer Voltaiq Partners with Siemens
As CES 2024 was wrapping up in Las Vegas, battery-analysis pioneer Voltaiq and Siemens Digital Industries Software announced a partnership they said is intended to help...
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Kymco’s New Ionex BMU, BaaS Will Boost Electric Scooter Adoption
Taiwanese powersport company Kymco believes we have finally entered the time of the EV. During the 2023 International Motorcycle and Accessories Exhibition (EICMA) held...
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Axial Flux E-Motor Maker Progresses Toward Mobility, Alters Cooling Design
SAE Media first introduced readers to Infinitum in last year’s roundup of e-motor developments. (LINK) The company claims it made a 50% smaller and lighter...
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CES: VinFast Previews Wild Concept Truck
VinFast used its third appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to introduce three new electric vehicles, including a midsize pick-up truck concept and a small CUV bound for the U.S....
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History Is a Great Teacher
History is a great teacher. There are lessons from the past that we should never forget. Lessons that are often the difference between success and failure in business. In the auto industry, some of the...
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CES 2024: Magna Puts Multiple Innovations in New, More Efficient 800v E-Motor
Ahead of its press conference this week at CES in Las Vegas, Magna International showed journalists a brand new 800-volt e-drive motor that it said sets new...
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Program to Train EV Charger Techs Graduates First Class in Detroit
Officials from SAE International, ChargerHelp, Detroit at Work and more partners gathered recently to celebrate the first graduating class of a new training and...
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EV Confidence
EVs are not for everyone. Not yet, anyway. But despite the headlines, there’s no reason to lose confidence in the overall EV trajectory that’s been underway for the last dozen years or so.
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SAE Completes Next Step to Standardize Tesla-Developed EV Charging Connector
SAE International announced on December 19 that it has released the Technical Information Report (TIR) for the SAE J3400 standard covering development and...
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NVH-Fighting Plastic EV Motor Mount Wins Lightweighting Award
Most motor mounts, even for EV applications, are made of metal alloys. It makes intuitive sense: It’s a vibration-intensive mounting application that demands durability that...
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Commercial-Truck EV Fleets Slow to Grow
Environmental regulations and corporate sustainability goals are driving commercial fleets to adopt electric trucks in all classes. But the still-evolving charging infrastructure is stymying their...
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Cadillac Reveals 2025 CT5-V and CT5-V Blackwing with More Tech
While Cadillac is hurtling toward its electric-only future with five EVs either in-production or announced, the V-series of ICE performance vehicles — celebrating its 20th...
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Tuning-Up AI’s ‘Understanding’ to Make Safer ADAS, AVs
In December 2023, Kognic, the Gothenburg, Sweden-based developer of a software platform to analyze and optimize the massively complex datasets behind ADAS and automated-driving...
Supplier Eye Power
The Supplier Capacity Dilemma at the Heart of the ICE-To-EV Transition
In the end, the transition from ICE to EV is about more than new technologies and processes. Suppliers need to be keenly aware of the risks assumed as BEV capacity is added. Being on the right program from a volume perspective is critical to supplier viability.
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CES 2024: VW, Cerence Integrate ChatGPT in IDA Voice Assistant
ChatGPT has entered the car. At CES 2024, Volkswagen and technology partner Cerence introduced an update to IDA, VW’s in-car voice assistant, so it can now use ChatGPT to...
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CES 2024: Bosch Shows Cabin-Monitoring Tech While Acknowledging Complexity
John Nowinski, Bosch’s North American project lead for interior sensing on cross-domain computing solutions, laid out a stark scenario that could be faced by...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
CES 2024: SDVs Redefine OEM and Supplier Relationships, Deliver New Features
For a technology set to define our automotive future for years to come, it’s surprising that not everyone in the industry can agree on what a software-defined...
Articles Manned Systems
Tremec-Trification
Tremec is charting a future in vehicle electrification that leverages the company’s gear-manufacturing history while clearly departing from its intrinsic connection to internal combustion engine. Tremec, a transmission...
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NHTSA Moves on Driver-Impairment Regulation
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in mid-December took a significant step to formalize a safety regulation mandating technology to prevent impaired driving in new passenger vehicles. The primary question now is which technology to detect alcohol or drug impairment can get the job done.
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The US Needs More Engineers. What’s the Solution?
A sustained, coordinated, and multipronged approach involving both public and private sector players is the single best way to ensure a continuous supply of skilled professionals.
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Cadillac Reveals Vistiq EV for 2026 Model Year
Cadillac continued its rapid rollout of future EVs today, announcing the 2026 Vistiq, a three-row SUV the company said is designed for families.
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