Articles

Sensors/Data Acquisition

WCX 2026: Honda’s Crowdsourced PRMS Can Improve Roads, Drivers

The leader for Honda's project that allows cars and drivers to self-report problems with roads will speak at WCX 2026.

Articles

Sensors/Data Acquisition

CES 2026: AI, EVs Need These Power Electronics Updates

Physical AI may have been the dominant keyword at CES 2026, but behind all the hype around that, there were still plenty of companies on hand in Las Vegas focused on less flashy headlines. Read on for some examples of companies working on the power electronics required behind the scenes to make our potential artificial intelligence future possible.

Articles

Energy

Shifting from Reactive to Preemptive Thermal Management

A shift from reactive to preemptive thermal management is particularly important for improving performance, efficiency, and service life. By maintaining a uniform, stable temperature and minimizing even small momentary disruptions to such a steady state, thermal management systems backed by coupled electrothermal modeling will be key to pushing the envelope for EV motor quality. Read on to learn more.

Technology Report

Power

Aumovio’s Remote Temp Sensor Far More Accurate for E-mobility

Aumovio’s remote temp sensor is more accurate and requires fewer rare earth materials to be used in e-motors.

Technology Report

Manned Systems

Startup Neumo Says It Can Detect Impaired Drivers by Scanning Brain Waves

Neumo claims its new application of decades-old technology can help detect impaired drivers by monitoring brain waves.

Technology Report

Unmanned Systems

Microvision Aquires Luminar, Plans Relationship Restoration, Multi-industry Push

Microvision has completed its acquisition of Luminar, once a shining star of the lidar sector that entered its Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December.

Podcasts

Automotive

SAE Automotive Podcast: Autonomous Driving Technology

Bringing and keeping robotaxis on the road requires a village.

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.

Editorial Webinars

Sensors/Data Acquisition

Latest Sensor Fusion Technology for Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) require the right combination of sensors to function at peak performance. However, it varies from vehicle to vehicle exactly which perception sensors —like...

News

Manned Systems

MOIA’s L4 ID. Buzz AVs Starting Service Next Year

Mobileye announced in June that its ongoing work with Volkswagen will deliver the automaker’s first production SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles sometime in 2026. The first of these...

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...

Articles

Communications

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....

News

Energy

All (Robot) Hands on Deck

For more than 100 years, BMW has been manufacturing vehicles in the heart of downtown Munich at a three-story plant that currently produces 1,000 cars a day. At the same time, the plant is in a state of being both...

News

Government

WCX 2025: Nira Dynamics’ Sensor-Free Tire Pressure Tech Eyes New Opportunities

Putting a tariff on physical components gives software alternatives a potential boost. Read on to learn more.

Articles

Energy

Thermal Management Lies at the Heart of EV Innovation

Along with rapid innovation in cooling methods, a major trend in EV thermal management is the use of technology to better design more thermally efficient vehicle architectures. AI and digital technologies have been major boons to the engineering toolkit for better design, helping to radically speed up system testing and development. Read on to learn more.

News

RF & Microwave Electronics

Power over Coaxial in Automotive: A Simplified Path to Advanced Vehicle Systems

As automotive technology advances, modern vehicles increasingly rely on complex electronics such as cameras, sensors, radar, and lidar. These components are...

Q&A

Manufacturing & Prototyping

Mercedes CEO Talks SDVs and 30 Years in Silicon Valley

Nestled in a commercial park in Sunnyvale, California, sits the Mercedes-Benz research and development North America Office. A spinning star sits in the front of the building. It is...

Articles

Data Acquisition

Integrating Sensor Data: Selecting an ADAS Decision-Making Process

Governments have been studying Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) since at least the late 1980s. Europe’s Generic Intelligent Driver Support initiative ran from...

News

Unmanned Systems

Qualcomm Expands Line of SOCs

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. president and CEO Cristiano Amon is not humble. While announcing updates to the Snapdragon Cockpit Elite and Snapdragon Ride Elite platforms during the 2024 Snapdragon Summier in...

News

Software

2025 Volvo EX90 Review: Update Required

Contrary to what you may have heard, Americans are buying more EVs than ever. But they tend to like ‘em big. After production delays due to software development issues – a problem that continues...

Articles

Manufacturing & Prototyping

The Impact of Fast Charging on the EV Charging Chain

With fast charging becoming more common, precise and reliable temperature sensing across the charging chain will remain critical even as battery technologies evolve. Read on to learn why.

Products

Power

New Products

See the new products, including Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation's CZ39 series of coreless current sensors, Bourns, Inc.'s latest miniature resettable thermal cutoff device series, Orion S.A.'s range of high-performance conductive additives that improve Li-ion battery performance, and Littelfuse, Inc.'s newest member of its eFuse Protection IC lineup, the LS0502SCD33S.

Editorial

Connectivity

Sensitive Subjects

You’ve got regulations, cost and personal preferences all getting in the way of the next generation of automated vehicles. Oh, and those pesky legal issues about who’s at fault should something happen. Under all...

Technology Report

Photonics/Optics

AutoSens: Nodar’s Plan to Make Park Assist Tech Better, Cheaper, Cleaner

Park assist technology seems like low-hanging fruit in the assisted and automated driving space, but anyone who’s attempted to use one of these systems might have...

News

Energy

MEMS Drive Wants to Shake up Automotive Sensor

Advanced optical image stabilization (OIS) technology used in mobile phones should have a home in the automotive world. Specifically, using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to move an...

Technology Report

AR/AI

Mapping out Future Vehicle Cockpits

Game-like navigation visuals. Conversational-style voice commands. Contactless biometric sensing. A tidal wave of software code and sensing technologies are being prepped to alter in-vehicle activities.

News

Software

Volvo EX90 Uses AI, NVIDIA SoC to Make Automated Driving Safer

As head of software engineering at Volvo Cars, Alwin Bakkenes is involved not just with all of the software and electronics in Volvo’s vehicles but also the automaker’s...

News

Power

Full Speed Ahead for Second-Generation Indy Autonomous Racers

After three years and more than 7,000 miles (11,265 km) of racing, the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) enters year four with an updated platform and embedded software upgrades....

News

Unmanned Systems

Q&A: Owl AI Making Better ADAS Systems with Help from Drones

Owl AI has steadily been improving the SWaP-C (Size, Weight, Power and Cost) of the electronics in its thermal camera sensors while also improving capability. The company’s...