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Data Boom Drives Bosch to 10,000 Software Engineers in 2022
Ten thousand. That’s how many software engineers Bosch plans to hire worldwide in 2022. The Tier 1 giant needs software specialists as electrified, automated and connected...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Lightning EMotors Adapts to Changing Electrification Market
A growing number of commercial truck fleets are moving to electric vehicles, driven partially by government mandates and support funding. For suppliers like Lightning eMotors,...
News Electronics & Computers
Bosch Tunes Its Business to Face Mobility’s Challenges
Components and systems that make up the heart of combustion-engine powertrains have long reigned as a major profit center for Bosch, and the company’s commitment to sustaining the...
News AR/AI
Ultrasound Tech Offers Sophisticated Battery-Testing Intelligence
The production and supply of lithium-ion batteries for the global EV and stationary energy storage systems (ESS) markets is growing at an exponential rate. At the same time,...
News Unmanned Systems
Volvo Gets 'Gamey' with Info, Driver-Assist Warnings for Future EVs
As vehicles gain more and more technology such as infotainment, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and electrification, there’s a corresponding need for ways to...
Technical Innovation Test & Measurement
Wireless Road Charging for EVs to Debut in 2023
Roadway-embedded wireless charging for electric vehicles is coming to a stretch of urban highway in Detroit, marking a pilot-program first on a U.S. public road. “Our electric vehicle...
Original Equipment Mechanical & Fluid Systems
HEVI Launches Lineup of Electric Off-Highway Equipment
Greenland Technologies Holding Corporation has announced the launch of HEVI Equipment, a new brand of industrial machinery. The HEVI Equipment moniker is a rebranding of Greenland’s...
News Power
Funding, Mandates Fuel Commercial-Vehicle Electrification
Government funding and electrification mandates are providing strong tailwinds for electric vehicle (EV) suppliers. But to optimize their transitions, fleet operators will have to...
Original Equipment Energy
ACT Expo 2022 Roundup: Bollinger, Hyundai and Volvo Clean-Vehicle Updates
If there was any doubt that zero-emission work trucks are coming – and, really, there isn’t – the 2022 ACT Expo made it abundantly clear they’re on their...
News Sensors/Data Acquisition
Veoneer Shows Its Latest Safety and AV Tech
Veoneer CEO Jacob Svanberg gazes at a large flat-screen display from a demonstrator van’s second-row seat. The screen shows hundreds of colored dots, including a dozen purple pixels pinpointing...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Sensing Enters a New Era
More than 1.3 million people die on the world’s roadways each year and another 50 million are injured. While roadway safety has improved over time, all countries face formidable challenges in reducing the trend....
News Sensors/Data Acquisition
Using AI and Machine Learning for Vehicle Inspection
At its inception in 2016, UVeye’s deep-learning technology was developed for the security industry to detect weapons and contraband. Applications in the mobility industry followed,...
News AR/AI
Pushing the Boundaries of Automated Driving
In late April 2022, SAE Media editor Bruce Bennett spoke with Paul Mitchell, CEO of Energy Systems Network, a 13-year-old nonprofit organization that organizes and manages various public-private...
News Energy
SAE WCX 2022: Paving the Way for the Hydrogen Highway
With the majority of public debate centering around the internal combustion engine (ICE)-to-EV transition, the engineering community continues to explore alternative forms of...
Executive Viewpoints Energy
Electric Mobile Machines Won’t Abandon Hydraulics
Equipment manufacturers in every major global market are launching full-electric and diesel-electric vehicles to respond to increasing market demands, reduce carbon footprints and stay...
Executive Viewpoints Unmanned Systems
Aftermarket Augments Off-Highway Autonomous Efforts
Continually transformed with more than a century’s advances in capabilities, hydraulics and fuel efficiency, today’s heavy mobile equipment must also become more intelligent and...
News Power
Making the Torque-Transfer Transition
A reckoning has arrived at suppliers whose product portfolios, engineering resources, and R&D activities are not aligned with the EV horizon. The challenge of pivoting their focus to...
News Power
Solving the Challenges of Megawatt Chargers
The most significant barrier to the growth of electric vehicles (EVs) is the battery charging infrastructure. The availability of charging stations and the time required to recharge vehicles have...
Technical Innovation Energy
New Biodiesel Strains Offer Measurable Gains
Extensive research and development of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as a renewable and environmentally friendly fuel for diesel engines has been carried out by various OEMs and Tier 1s over...
Technical Innovation Green Design & Manufacturing
SAE WCX 2022: All Transportation Modes Targeting Alternative Fuels
Although the auto industry is rushing to electrify, batteries, in their current state of development, aren’t the answer for many modes of transportation, or even many use...
News Transportation
Allison Purpose-Builds More Powerful TerraTran Transmission
After more than two years of field testing and development, Allison has launched its new TerraTran off-highway transmission designed to meet the harsh operating conditions common...
Technical Innovation Manned Systems
Webasto Delivers Battery System for Zeus EV Chassis
Electric work trucks are beginning to roll off the line at Zeus Electric Chassis’ production facility in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Zeus is providing the Sacramento Municipal Utility...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
Alternative Fuels, Propulsion Poised for Growth in U.S. Fleets
Fuel prices are soaring. Not breaking news, I know, yet the almost-daily alerts citing new record highs for gasoline and diesel prices are still unsettling. Consumers and...
Original Equipment Manned Systems
Caterpillar Launches Next Generation M-Series Compact Wheel Loaders
Caterpillar has announced the launch of its next generation M-Series compact wheel loaders. These models will replace the existing 906, 907 and 908 models and feature...
News Electronics & Computers
Expanding the ‘Bubble’ of Cabin Acoustics
Noise cancellation has been a viable technology for many years, used on board turboprop aircraft to counter engine noise and familiar to consumers when applied to headphones to reduce...
News Manned Systems
ACT Expo 2022: Production ECascadia Ready for 230 Miles of ‘Typical Range’
With no surprise but plenty of fanfare, Freightliner Trucks officially revealed the first production model of the all-electric version of its Cascadia at the...
News Automotive
WAVE Inductive Charging Purpose-Built for Large EVs
The largest all-electric transit bus fleet in the U.S. serves as a vivid example of commercial vehicles ditching diesel fill-ups. “WAVE’s wireless charging solution is purpose-built...
Articles Motion Control
Predicting Mobility in MILITARY OPERATIONAL SCENARIOS
On the battlefield, mobility is the key to survivability. It is crucial for commanders to know which vehicle(s) to deploy on what terrain(s).
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