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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.
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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...
Technology Report Green Design & Manufacturing
Toyota Promising Big Battery, EV Action, but Circumspect on Absolutes
In a briefing to update media on its near-term development of electric-vehicle (EV) battery development and carbon-neutrality measures, Toyota Motor Corp. chief...
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Extending a Wankel Future on Hydrogen Fuel
Could the Wankel rotary engine have a major future as a hydrogen-fueled, zero-emissions range-extender engine? Alternative fuel cells are still under development and there are technical hurdles...
Original Equipment Automotive
A Bevy of Battery and Fuel-Cell Electric Truck Reveals
As one should expect from an industry event called Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, several truck OEMs revealed their latest battery-electric and fuel-cell-electric offerings...
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Defending the Heavy-Vehicle Cyber Domain
The COVID-19 pandemic has served as a stark reminder of trucking’s essential role in keeping the economy moving. Hacking commercial vehicles poses grave risks that should not be ignored;...
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Arctic Autonomy
In what is billed as “the most extensive pilot [program] in challenging weather conditions, ever,” a trio of Nordic companies is prepping an autonomous public-transport service in Bodø, a Norwegian city north of the...
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Electrification and the Other “E” – E-Fuels
PACCAR executive Phil Stephenson discussed at SAE COMVEC 2021 the why, how and when of commercial-vehicle electrification, but also put in a plug for e-fuels.
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Altair Honors Weight-Saving Innovations
Sustainable and stylish: two words not commonly paired but that aptly apply to this year’s Altair Enlighten Award winner for Sustainable Product – Vehicle, the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E. The...
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Modern Approaches to Electric Vehicle Noise and Vibration
Often what comes to mind when discussing electric vehicles are range, charging infrastructure, fast charging, battery costs, etc. Often overlooked are the electric vehicle’s noice...
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Michigan, Tech Coalition Launch Autono-Parking Lab
The state of Michigan, Ford, Bosch and real-estate company Bedrock announced last week their collaboration for the Detroit Smart Parking Lab (DSPL), claimed to be the first real-world test...
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Terzo Strives to Electrify Fluid Power
The intricacies of a traditional hydraulic system are typically where technical issues arise, according to Mike Terzo, CEO of Terzo Power Systems. Simplifying the inherent complexity of fluid power is...
Technical Innovation Materials
Mahle Advances 3D Printing Capabilities
Slashing the time to produce prototypes for complex components, from several months to a few days, explains in part why Mahle’s technology group decided to build a new facility for additive...
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Upswing in Outsourced EV Testing
As more commercial-vehicle OEMs choose electrified propulsion systems, the industry is witnessing an “unprecedented surge” in testing, according to Drive System Design (DSD). The electrified powertrain...
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Sony Jumps into AV Sensors, Software
The growing prominence of sensor-based driving systems is creating opportunities for electronics companies to enter the auto industry. After years of speculation about Apple launching an electric...
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Stellantis Goes All-In on EVs
Five months after the merger of auto giants FCA and PSA into Stellantis, the new Euro-American OEM unveiled on July 8 its strategy to attain global leadership in electrified vehicle (EV) development,...
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Diesel in Distress
The semiconductor shortage making headlines largely because of its impact on global automakers’ production and profits is also adversely affecting off-highway equipment and diesel engine manufacturers. If the supply...
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Batteries Go Underground
Diesel-powered mining vehicles add risk and complexity underground. Operators need extensive ventilation infrastructure to manage the exhaust gases, and this becomes exponentially larger as mines go deeper. That...
Editorial Manned Systems
Mega Push for Heavy-Duty EV Charging
The number of zero-emission (ZE) heavy-duty trucks in the U.S., Canada, China and Europe is expected to increase nearly 80% between 2020 and 2023, from 40 available or announced models to 71. Electric...
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Ford Details All-Electric F-150 Lightning
A day after a spirited mid-May drive by electric-vehicle (EV) proponent President Joe Biden, Ford revealed technical and market-focused details for the coming all-electric version of the F-150...
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Electrify America Accelerates DC Fast-Charger Installation
Three years after Electrify America (EA) opened its first DC fast charging site in Chicopee, Massachusetts, the company currently sits at nearly 600 sites and 2,600 fast chargers...
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Batteries Not the Only Route to EV Efficiency
Much of the talk around the switchover to electric power in commercial electric vehicles (EV) focuses on batteries, whether it be their range, weight, energy and power density, or expected...
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Model-Based Analysis of E-Motor Designs
In the auto industry’s shift toward electric vehicles (EV), permanent magnet motors (PMMs) are increasingly serving a variety of roles, including the vehicle’s traction motor and various...
Technology Report Green Design & Manufacturing
Mahle Powertrain Leveraging New Facilities in Electrified Shift
Mahle’s Powertrain group (MPT) has announced an ongoing €12M investment in new testing and development facilities. Part of a forward-looking strategy begun over a decade...
Articles Software
Truck Platooning an Evolving Pathway to Full Autonomy
“We are tantalizingly close,” a recent blog post by Pittsburgh-based Locomation asserted regarding true driverless vehicles navigating public roadways. “But the challenges that...
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Bosch’s EV Efficiency Upgrade: Continuously Variable Transmissions
As electric vehicles (EVs) move from niche offerings to mainstream roles in the product portfolios of the world’s traditional automakers, research and development to...
News Energy
Advancing the OP Engine on Three Fronts
Global demand for cleaner, more power-dense internal combustion engines (ICE) is expected to continue into the middle of this century, for a variety of vehicle applications and markets. San...
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Electric-Truck Battery Enclosures Balance Demands
Manufacturers of battery-electric commercial trucks have similar requirements for their battery enclosures as do their passenger-vehicle counterparts. Lightweight construction is very...
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Perkins Expands Power Range with New Large Engines
The timing of Perkins Engines’ North American launch of its most powerful line of electronic engines, which delivers up to 1500-kWe emergency standby power for a range of critical...
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