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Revolutionizing ADAS with Forward-Looking Lidar, Part I
Most vehicle crashes are forward-facing and result from driver error. Although automakers are striving to develop advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) to prevent these crashes,...
News Manned Systems
How Can Engineers Help Ensure the Safety, Reliability of Automated Vehicles?
Safety presents a pressing concern to automated vehicle (AV) design engineers and manufacturers. Technical challenges of automated system operation have influenced...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Software Needs Security, and Security Needs Software: A Scientific Overview
Software needs security. That's a consequence of using software to control critical systems. It's difficult because software is inherently a complex artifact, even...
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Approved Vendor List Supplier Reduction: Everyone Is Doing It
Every quality-run organization has a supplier vetting process. The one common denominator always heard in supplier audits is: "We simply must reduce our list of suppliers."
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Goodfellow Corporation Offers Graphene Variant Produced Through a New “Metal-Free” Methane Process
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania-based Goodfellow Corporation (Goodfellow) is taking graphene and going “green,” offering an ultra-pure,...
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WCX 2019: IAMTS Association Will Establish Standardization and Testing for Connected Vehicles
In pursuit of developing and growing an international portfolio of advanced mobility testbeds that meet the highest quality implementation and...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Advancing Aftertreatment
Regulations in North America and Europe may have settled for the moment, but the pressure is still on for development in aftertreatment.
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Developing for Defense
Engineering drivetrain and propulsion solutions for military vehicles can require a different approach and unique considerations compared with developing for the commercial vehicle (CV) sector.
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Going Digital & Electric @ Bauma 2019
Digitalization, efficiency and sustainability are three megatrends that off-highway OEMs and suppliers touted this month at the triennial bauma trade fair in Munich, when they revealed their...
Articles Transportation
Connections Dig Deeper
Equipment suppliers aren’t waiting until the advent of 5G cellular links to improve their offerings. Existing cellular systems are being used to improve operations by using data collected from vehicle networks.
Technical Innovation Manned Systems
Streamlined HMIs Do More with Less
The phrase “less is more” has been a major part of human-machine interface (HMI) designs for several years as developers traded multiple knobs and buttons for cleaner input techniques. However, the...
Technical Innovation Manufacturing & Prototyping
MELD Exploits Plastic Deformation of Metals with Non-Melt Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing has been a catalyst in improving speed and efficiency during the product development process. However, the technology has been limited...
Editorial Transportation
Bigger Barrier to CBEVs: Batteries or Infrastructure?
Batteries have long been considered the main barrier to deployment of commercial battery-electric vehicles (CBEVs), but many industry insiders now believe charging infrastructure is a...
Original Equipment Propulsion
Ford Debuts F-600 Chassis Truck at Work Truck Show
Ford Motor Co.’s newest commercial truck, the F-600 Super Duty chassis cab, slots between the Ford F-550 and F-650. The new nameplate, which hits a “sweet spot” in the market,...
News AR/AI
AI, Standards Are Transforming Military Boards and Modules
Artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to impact defense-industry surveillance and analysis systems, prompting a transformation in board and module designs. Suppliers of these...
Original Equipment Manned Systems
2019 Ram Chassis Cab: More Capability, More Driver-Assist Tech
The 2019 Ram 3500, 4500, and 5500 Chassis Cab commercial trucks herald class-leading capability in towing, payload, and Gross Combined Weight Ratings (GCWR). “We drove our...
News Manned Systems
Freudenberg to Deliver Batteries, Fuel-Cell Stacks
Seals, gaskets, and O-rings are the unsung heroes of the industrial world, especially in commercial vehicles or mobile machinery. In a world dominated by news of autonomous vehicles powered...
News Energy
Gasoline Fuels Growing Number of Commercial Vehicles
Biodiesel may be the top alternative fuel for work truck fleets, according to the 2019 Fleet Purchasing Outlook Survey conducted by the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA), but...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Filtering out Common Mode Noise with Monolithic EMI Filters
Strong electromagnetic waves can create unwanted electrical currents in electronic devices. Sources of electromagnetic interference (EMI), also known as radio-frequency...
Articles Unmanned Systems
Deere Touts Software, AI Tech at CES
John Deere highlighted the growing role of digital controls, becoming the first off-highway equipment maker to bring ag equipment to the CES consumer electronics conference early in January. Deere’s...
News Software
Industry Remains Unsettled on Vehicle Connectivity Standard
As autonomous vehicles inch closer to reality, a diverse range of companies and public entities are exploring ways to maximize their positive impact on traffic flows and...
Articles Manned Systems
An OBE for the SAE
Perhaps it’s not surprising that someone who joined a professional engineering society at age 16 would eventually lead one. And so, Paul Mascarenas seems an ideal fit as SAE International’s 2019 president. It’s...
Articles Communications
Over-The-Air Affair
Vehicle connectivity is no longer an option in a world where the Internet of Things (IoT) continuously casts a broader net on the number and types of devices that interact with each other and exchange data.
Technical Innovation Test & Measurement
Tekscan Goes Fast-Track with Its High-Speed Tire Scanning
A new electronic testing method lets engineers analyze the impact of speed, motion, and inertial forces that high-speed tires experience, a vast departure from what was previously...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Volvo CE, Skanska Demonstrate Concept Electric Site
Volvo Construction Equipment and Swedish construction and mining company Skanska have recorded impressive initial results from an electric quarry research project. The two companies,...
News Power
Caterpillar Ventures Invests in Fisker for Electric Future
As automotive manufacturers compete to produce lower-cost electric vehicles (EVs) with greater ranges than ever, the off-highway construction and mining equipment industry has...
Technical Innovation Connectivity
Argus Cyber Security Responds Quickly to New Threats Via Over-The-Air Updates
The commercial vehicle (CV) industry provides a unique challenge to cybersecurity companies due to their length of use and multitude of usage profiles that trucks...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
Tenneco Talks ‘Clean Air’ Tech, Trends
In October 2018, Tenneco Inc. completed its “transformational” acquisition of Federal-Mogul LLC, and now is working to realign the businesses and establish two independent companies by late...
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