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MTU Training Facility Helps Keep Complex Engines up and Running
Today’s commercial engines are more reliable, fuel efficient, and powerful than ever. However, capability means complexity.
Original Equipment Manned Systems
Bobcat Launches R Series Mini Excavators at Intermat
Bobcat, a division of the Doosan Group, has launched the R Series range of 2-4 tonne mini excavators at the Intermat exhibition in Paris in April. The machines are said to deliver...
Executive Viewpoints Energy
Schneider Continues Zero-Emission Goal at Nikola
The demand for zero-emission transportation continues to rise around the world as countries like Germany and China begin to examine the prospect of banning internal-combustion-engine vehicle...
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Navistar's Latest SuperTruck Features Emerson's Electric HVAC
An innovative Emerson electric HVAC system provides more cooling capacity than the prior 48-volt system on Navistar’s CatalIST high-efficiency demonstration commercial truck.
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Volvo CE Pursues AI for Operator-Assist Functions on Path to Full Automation
While true machine learning employed in fully automated vehicles and equipment—where algorithms trained by data become brain-like, gaining skills such as pattern...
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Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality Transform Heavy-Vehicle Engineering
Augmented, mixed and virtual reality (AR, MR and VR) are everywhere. Over the past 12-18 months the number of new devices and apps being released has risen...
Executive Viewpoints Energy
Diesel Isn’t Dead
Comparing the perception of the internal combustion engine’s imminent demise to the plot of an Edgar Allan Poe short story is an effective attention-getter. Dr. Kelly Senecal, owner and Vice President of Convergent...
Executive Viewpoints Connectivity
Adding Digital Intelligence, Connectivity to Actuators
Smart actuators are making operation of heavy-duty vehicles and mobile off-highway (MOH) equipment easier, safer and less expensive. Thanks to digital intelligence and connectivity...
Technical Innovation Test & Measurement
Engineers at Cape Optimize Test-rig Performance for Roof-crush Testing
Evaluating how school buses and other commercial vehicles perform in crash-test scenarios is regular practice at the Center for Advanced Product Evaluation (CAPE) in...
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Nano-Based Ultracap Tech Boosts EV Power Density
French nanomaterials specialist NAWA Technologies is aiming to bring a new dimension to the automotive industry’s use of the word “hybrid.” It is aiming to link high efficiency new...
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Volvo Trucks Accelerates Electric Truck Debuts
Volvo Trucks recently unveiled two full electric trucks, in separate ceremonies in Gothenburg, Sweden and in Hamburg, Germany, within three weeks’ time. The company launched the two-axle...
News Transportation
Member Profile: Girish Parvate-Patil of Caterpillar
Girish Parvate-Patil, works for Caterpillar Inc. as an Engineering Team Leader on marine propulsion systems. He is accountable for overall leadership and direction on engineering-related...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Rolls-Royce Sets Sail with Autonomous Ship Technology
Autonomous ship ahoy! The remote-control operation of a commercial marine vessel in 2017 is the prelude to a self-sailing boat’s debut in the 2020 timeframe.
Technology Report Manufacturing & Prototyping
IAV Using 3D Printed Pistons for Engine Testing
Engineering services specialist IAV is using 3D printed parts to shorten engine development timelines.
News Connectivity
Connecting Off-Highway Vehicles in Remote Locations
It’s not easy to cost-effectively connect commercial and off-highway vehicles that often operate in remote areas. When vehicles are out of cellular range, owners who can’t justify the...
Original Equipment Manned Systems
JCB Reveals New Crawler Excavators, Fully Electric Mini Excavator
Global construction, agricultural and industrial equipment manufacturer JCB is meeting the current upturn in demand for machinery with the launch of a host of new and updated...
News Energy
Waste Heat Recovery Issues, Challenges to Be Discussed at SAE Symposium
The challenges of climate change and energy security require a continuous effort toward reduction of global environmental pollution and fossil oil consumption. To meet...
News Manned Systems
Medium, Light Duty Truck Markets Heat Up
A host of new light- and medium-duty truck rollouts are increasing competition and giving vocational truck customers a broader range of options. OEMs are focused on improving customer comfort and...
News Propulsion
FPT Reveals Stage V Engine on Genset Frame Concept
Whether an engine is on the move powering mobile equipment in a multitude of challenging environments, or staying put generating electricity in off-the-grid locations or emergency...
Editorial Unmanned Systems
‘Heavy’ Topics on Tap for WCX18
Another April, another SAE World Congress Experience—the organization’s flagship event (wcx18.org). A time when global mobility experts descend on Cobo Hall in Detroit to share insights and...
Articles Electronics & Computers
TARDEC Pursues Advanced Power Generation
In the middle of a desert or other remote military zone, advanced power generation can keep the U.S. Army’s ground vehicles and combat support equipment ready for the demands of duty.
Articles Power
Developing an Alternative Engine Concept
As the transportation industry begins to enter the next stage of power sources, a wave of new options is becoming available to consumers. What was once an industry dominated by gasoline spark-ignited...
Technical Innovation Software
Generative Design Software Exploits AI to Change How New Vehicles, Equipment Are Designed
What if a computer program could create a design for you?
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Defense Agencies Focus on Electronic System Compatibility
The three largest U.S. defense agencies are beginning to work more closely together to create and use open standards, aiming to simplify procurement while helping to build a stable...
News Electronics & Computers
Hackers Aim to Exploit Vulnerabilities in CVs, Pushing Security to the Forefront
Commercial vehicles are coming into the sights of hackers who have succeeded in attacking governments and corporations. Cyber-criminals hope to exploit...
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Shell, Airflow Truck Debut Hyper-Fuel-Efficient Class 8 Concept Truck
Shell and AirFlow Truck Company partnered to design a hyper-fuel-efficient Class 8 concept truck capable of reducing the energy usage associated with the transportation...
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Mahindra Automotive Debuts First North American Off-Road Vehicle
Although it derives from the Mahindra Thar on-road vehicle sold in India and elsewhere in Asia, the Roxor is strictly an off-road vehicle for North America.
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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