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BEV Streamliner Tops 350 Mph for U.S. Speed Record
The pursuit of straight-line speed loosely known as hot-rodding is a painstaking process: assemble an enthusiastic team, tap all the expertise you can muster and convince a sponsor or...
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Nissan Opens New Vehicle-Safety Lab in Michigan
It takes days for a safety team to prep a vehicle for a crash test that lasts mere seconds. “The number of required crash tests is increasing, so your flexibility is decreasing when...
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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...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Toyota Putting Software First in Global, Connected-Car Architecture
Toyota Connected was launched in 2016 in North America, established as an “innovation engine” for the global OEM. The goals of the new digital division were to...
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ADAS Over the Horizon
"ADAS technology is evolving very quickly. Level 2 Plus-Plus-Plus – or as some Asian markets call it, 'Level 2-99'."
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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.
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3D Graphene Boosts New Batteries Beyond Lithium-Ion
Lyten’s materials innovation enables lithium-sulfur cell chemistry to surpass lithium-ion and set the stage for an EV production debut later this decade.
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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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DSpace Launches Simphera AV Development Simulator
The new cloud-based and scalable software is engineered to simulate and validate autonomous driving applications.
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Opsys Tech Demos Cost-Effective Solid-State Lidar-Module Prototypes
Few argue that autonomous vehicles (AVs) will need lidar to safely reach higher levels of automation. Radar is well-understood, low-cost and low-power, but lacks the...
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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.
Road Ready Electronics & Computers
Hercules Readies Alpha Electric Pickup Prototypes
A modular propulsion system enables multiple driveline configurations – and non-automotive EV applications.
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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...
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GM Announces Door-To-Door Ultra Cruise ADAS
GM has announced the next generation of its hands-free Super Cruise advanced driver-assist system (ADAS), upping the label to “Ultra Cruise.” GM claims the Ultra Cruise system, expected to...
Articles Data Acquisition
Autonomy’s Computing Edge
Computing clouds get more headlines, but edge computing is likely to play a more crucial minute-by-minute role in the autonomous-vehicle (AV) future. Roughly defined as bringing the processing of data physically...
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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...
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Ford C2 Is Model for EV Scale, Lower Costs
Has the auto industry ever seen a more dynamic and outright crazy time than today’s second coming of the electric vehicle? Those of us who visited Rivian Automotive’s L.A. auto show display a...
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Innovative ‘Afreecar’ Wins SAE’s 2021 Create the Future Design Award
The focus is on bringing electric power and mobility to 1 billion people who have no access to electricity.
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Faurecia Expanding into Hydrogen
Through its Symbio joint venture with Michelin, Faurecia is investing beyond its interior-systems base into the fuel-cell future.
Supplier Eye Unmanned Systems
Suppliers Battle a New Set of ILLs
Slammed by ‘black swan’ events, the global auto supply base now faces a severe cost crunch.
News Energy
Innovating the Methanol Fuel Cell
Using methanol as the source fuel provides an alternative to a gaseous-hydrogen distribution and storage infrastructure, among other potential benefits.
Articles Manned Systems
BrightDrop Innovates Last-Mile Delivery
On a city street, two delivery vans are unloading cargo. One driver carries a package out of his van and delivers it inside an apartment building. Then he returns for another and carries it in. Then...
Q&A Test & Measurement
Driving DAQ Product Development with the Customer’s Voice
Dewesoft is engineering its data acquisition tools for the new rigors of vehicle electrification and autonomy.
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Time to End the Madness of EV Sales Subsidies
Electric vehicles have proven that they can sell themselves.
News Power
Dealing with the BEV ‘Concavity’
Any new technology will experience growing pains and volume setbacks. BEVs will be no different.
News Sensors/Data Acquisition
Making UX Easy on the Eyes
Faurecia IRYStec combined physiology and image processing to create uniquely personalized high-fidelity screen displays, as pioneered by Mercedes’ MBUX.
Articles Electronics & Computers
BYD’s Blade Runner
The Chinese mobility giant’s novel ‘Blade’ battery eliminates the cell module level to compete with NCM chemistry at a lower cost with greater safety.
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