Latest Stories
Product Briefs Software
Modular Drive Wall-Mounting Kits
Siemens’ (Elk Grove Village, IL) low-cost wall-mounting kits for its Sinamics G120C and G120 PM240-2 modular drives allow easy, fast installation of the drives and conform to NEMA 1 and UL Type 1 standards...
Product Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Secure Automotive Gigabit Ethernet Switch
Marvell’s (Santa Clara, CA) secure automotive gigabit Ethernet switch—the industry’s first according to the company—enables a new level of safe data transmission in next-generation connected...
News Materials
Yanfeng Shows Autonomous Vehicle Interior Concepts
Invisible A-pillars, hidden air vents, moving floor consoles, power rotating seats, color-changing overheads, and other non-traditional interior features will soon redefine the vehicle...
News Defense
Autonomy Testing: Simulation to the Rescue
Engineers like a good challenge, and the development path for autonomous technologies is putting logical and creative thinkers to the ultimate test.
Product Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Force/torque Sensor
Like all of ATI Industrial Automation’s (Apex, NC) force/torque sensors, the new Axia80 measures all six components of force and torque. The monolithic instrumented transducer also features silicon strain gauges that reduce noise, enable high stiffness and provide overload protection five to 20 times over the sensing range,...
News Electronics & Computers
Portable Sound Calibrator
The 42AG Multifunction Sound Calibrator from G.R.A.S. Sound & Vibration (Twinsburg, OH) was designed for fast verification of microphones and sound-level meters in the field. Developed as an improved replacement...
Product Briefs Software
3D PDF Add-On
A 3D PDF add-on is available to complement and enhance Theorem’s (Staffordshire, England) CATIA V5 to Creo View visualization product, part of the company’s Visualize 3D range. According to Theorem, Visualize 3D enables...
Product Briefs Automotive
Lightweight Constant Velocity Joint
GKN Driveline’s (Auburn Hills, MI) VL3 constant velocity joint system is a lighter, more efficient and stronger CV joint that delivers increased torque in a more compact design. The VL3 CV joint has...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Testing mmWave Radars in the Loop
Millimeter-wave radars are a key component of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). Engineers know, however, that setting up real-time radar experiments with multiple vehicles is challenging in an...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Developing High-Energy-Density Batteries for EVs
It’s been a long road for Nissan from its 1947 Tama EV to its advanced prototype ZEV BladeGlider sports car, but that road still stretches to—and far beyond—the technology horizon, as...
Product Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Polyether Polyols
BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany) offers an improved process for manufacturing Lupranol (polyether polyol) so that car components made of BASF polyurethane systems emit an average of 20% less aldehyde. The company says this allows...
News Aerospace
Expander Plugs
SFC Koenig (North Haven, CT) recently developed seals for an automotive manufacturer’s new anti-lock brake and traction control systems. The supplier of sealing and flow control solutions assisted the customer in the selection of an MB 850-040E Koenig Expander plug based on size requirements, materials, pressures, installation...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
EVs Lack a Robust Charging Grid
The flames lit up the sky when the electric-power substation in my town blew up one night last August. TV news had it covered: A transformer at the Detroit Edison site had exploded, immediately knocking out...
What We’re Driving Transportation
Hyundai Elantra Sport
It’s become a rarity for automakers to put manual-transmission models in their press-evaluation fleets, but the Elantra Sport’s direct (if light) lever action and skillfully-weighted clutch pedal made it all the...
What We’re Driving Automotive
Genesis G90
Hyundai’s newly stand-alone Genesis brand may or may not eventually shoulder its way into the luxury-market country club, but for now it’s a little tough even keeping it straight regarding the budding Genesis model range....
What We’re Driving Transportation
Ford F-150 Raptor
The wild-child Raptor is a halo model if there ever was one. It generates equal giddiness across a surprisingly broad demographic—and simultaneously demonstrates Ford knows the buttons to push to pump up the volume for...
Product Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
DC Power Supply
Kikusui Electronics' (Santa Clara, CA) PWR-01 series is a wide-range bench top DC power supply that provides testing performance in a compact, user-friendly package. The PWR-01 is a versatile instrument with models ranging from...
Road Ready Green Design & Manufacturing
Cadillac Plugs in CT6 for High-Value Efficiency
The badge on the decklid reads ‘2.0E’, with no giveaway that the 2018 Cadillac CT6 we’re driving is a plug-in hybrid. Perhaps a more appropriate nameplate should be CT6 NEV, because this...
News Software
Thermal Modeling Key to Optimizing EV Range
For potential EV buyers, it's all about the driving range. And for EV engineers tasked with increasing that range, it's all about improving power efficiency through thermal management and...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Temperature-Sensitive SMD Fuse
Schurter’s (Santa Rosa, CA) USN 1206 chip fuse offers temperature sensitivity suitable for both overcurrent protection and protection against excessive ambient temperatures. According to Schurter, the USN 1206...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Voltage Spike at 2017 Frankfurt Auto Show
Judging by the wares on display at September’s 2017 Frankfurt auto show, electrification suddenly is the watchword in Germany—or the watchword, at least, for some indeterminate date in the...
News Electronics & Computers
Continental Unveils New 3D Display Cluster
Continental is developing its innovative 3D instrument display cluster with the aim of bringing it to production within the next 24-36 months. The display, previewed by Automotive Engineering at a...
Supplier Eye Power
The Future on Stage at Frankfurt
Sourcing decisions are being based on demand for electrification and capability to attain SAE Levels 4 and 5 autonomy.
The Navigator Design
Time for Standard Naming of Safety Features
Smart cruise control. Intelligent cruise control. Adaptive cruise control. Radar speed control. As The Bard wrote so long ago, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Sadly that tale...
News Materials
Federal-Mogul Reveals Cool Solutions for Downsized Engines
At the 2017 IAA motor show in Frankfurt, Federal-Mogul Powertrain plans to reveal advances aimed at cooling the valves of downsized boosted engines via significant heat transfer....
News Power
Venturi Effect Powers Dayco's New Brake-Assist System
A unique twist on a basics physics principle provides a fuel efficiency boost to more than 188,000 full-size pickup trucks fitted with the innovative brake-assist technology, known as...
Articles Energy
Driverless Cars and Freeway Traffic Flow
The integration of driverless cars onto multilane freeways brings challenges for vehicle and infrastructure planners, not the least of which is ever increasing congestion. The threshold for serious...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
U.K. Hipercar Project Delivers High Performance with Low Emissions
The unveiling of an ultra-high performance sports car (claimed 0-160 kph in 3.8 s) at a major low-carbon vehicles' event might seem unlikely, but that is where project...
Top Stories
INSIDERDefense
New 3D-Printable Nanocomposite Prevents Overheating in Military Electronics
Technology ReportSoftware
Talking SDVs and Zonal Architecture with TE Connectivity
NewsDesign
2026 Nissan Sentra Review: Putting the Pieces Together
INSIDERDesign
New Defense Department Program Seeks 300,000 Drones From Industry by 2027
INSIDERDefense
Anduril Completes First Semi-Autonomous Flight of CCA Prototype
INSIDERDefense
Webcasts
Transportation
Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
Manufacturing & Prototyping
SAE Automotive Podcast: Solid-State Batteries
Manufacturing & Prototyping
SAE Automotive Engineering Podcast: Additive Manufacturing
Defense
A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force
Automotive
Optimizing Production Processes with the Virtual Twin
