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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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Next-Gen HMI Crucial to Increasing ADAS Efficacy
Next-generation HMI (human-machine interface) technology platforms allow off-highway OEMs and system designers to support productivity tools like computer vision – including object...
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Data Drives Driverless Truck Launch
Transforming raw data into high-quality structured data is a critical path to properly fueling machine-learning (ML) models and deploying artificial-intelligence (AI) applications across autonomous...
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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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Softing Supports a Standardized Diagnostic Protocol
On-board diagnostics (OBD) is required to monitor emissions-related components such as heavy-duty diesel engines and their emissions control systems. Though the use of electric drives is...
Articles Test & Measurement
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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WCX 2021: Top Engineers Talk Industry Transformation
Despite more than a year of COVID-19, lockdown, component shortages and uncertainties, the outlook for mobility engineering hasn’t shifted too dramatically during the global pandemic,...
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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...
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Virtual Meets Mixed Reality for Vehicle Development
Automakers developing stand-alone technologies, such as driver-interface systems, will increasingly need to consider moving to a company-wide virtual model to create a digital twin of an...
Articles Unmanned Systems
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...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
German OEMs Flex 3D Manufacturing Muscle
A chief impediment for wider adoption of additive manufacturing long has been its potential for application in high-volume and high-throughput production. But continuing process and technique...
Articles AR/AI
Bigger Processors, Smaller Engines
Engine designers are advancing electronic control systems to eliminate components and generate more power from smaller engines. They also are leveraging networks to integrate transmissions, global...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Automated, Electric Monarch Tractor Ready for 2021 Deliveries
“If you want to fundamentally improve your economics,” said Monarch Tractor co-founder and CTO Zachary Omohundro to farmers and growers everywhere, “you go electric.”...
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Garrett Two-Stage Turbos Ramp up Off-Highway
Garrett Motion is providing its advanced turbocharging technologies for a recent launch of harvesters, combines, excavators and other agricultural equipment by a global manufacturer. Garrett did...
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CES 2021: Deere Highlights Digital Technology Via Virtual Reality
Digital technology is rapidly transforming off-highway equipment, giving users more functionality and higher precision than is possible with human operators. John Deere...
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'Level 2+': Making Automated Driving Profitable, Mainstream
Soon after SAE International released its J3016 “Levels of Automated Driving” standard in January 2014, engineers and product planners working in automated-vehicle development...
News Manned Systems
CES 2021: GM Creates BrightDrop, a New Electrified Delivery and Logistics Company
During her CES 2021 keynote on January 12, GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra announced the creation of a new logistics company called BrightDrop. The new...
Articles Test & Measurement
Allison Builds a Testing Powerhouse
Reducing product development time is among the industry’s top priorities, particularly as vehicle makers transition into an electrified future. Waiting on the environment – climate, weather, terrain...
News Manned Systems
10 Best Practices for ADAS and AV Testing
Testing for automated driver-assist systems (ADAS) has required a completely new approach to testing. The most obvious reason for this is the sheer number of sensors and actuators involved in any...
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Smart Tech Revolutionizing the Traffic Light
Every motorist has experienced the frustration of waiting at a red light when there is no traffic in sight. These days, countless household devices use sensors, cameras and connectivity to...
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AV and ADAS Testing from out of the Box
For self-driving vehicle systems to gain the full confidence of the public, the mobility industry and government regulators, OEMs have to prove that AVs (and those equipped with enhanced SAE Level-2...
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New SAE Wireless Charging Standard Is EV Game-Changer
SAE International on October 22 announced publication of the first global standard that specifies, in a single document, both the electric vehicle- and supply equipment (EVSE)...
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Bits and Bytes Boost Hydraulic System Capabilities
Off-highway vehicles are typically admired for their power, but the driving force behind a growing number of performance improvements are the invisible bits and bytes of control software....
News Design
UX Designers and “Engineering Chefs” Cook up Unique User Interfaces
Cabin interiors will continue to transform in the coming years, largely driven by the advanced UI/UX (user interface/user experience) development taking place in...
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Q&A: Bollinger Still Expanding in Heavy-Duty EVs
Things are very busy right now for heavy-duty electric vehicle (EV) startup Bollinger Motors. The company, founded in June 2015, recently moved into significantly larger digs in Oak Park,...
News Manned Systems
Ford, Bosch Demo Automated-Parking Project in Detroit
Ford, Bosch and real estate firm Bedrock are preparing North America’s first demonstration of automated parking in a public garage outfitted with the technology to enable a fleet of...
Articles AR/AI
Simulation’s Next Generation
When in recent years it became apparent to developers of autonomous vehicles (AVs) that they could never cumulatively acquire the equivalent of billions of miles of on-road validation necessary to create...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Virtual and Physical Testing of Third-Generation High Strength Steel
Developing lightweight, stiff and crash-resistant vehicle body structures requires a balance between part geometry and material properties. High-strength materials...
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Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
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Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance