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Vanguard Swappable and Fixed Batteries Aim to Electrify the Jobsite
Briggs & Stratton has joined the age of electrification with its line of Vanguard swappable and fixed lithium-ion batteries. Two series of packs are available. The SI...
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DIU to Evaluate Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in New Army Reserve Program
The Army Reserve continues to implement clean energy solutions to increase sustainability, enhance mission readiness, and maintain the pace with the evolving...
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The New Wild West
As the industry quickly shifts its focus from ICE to BEVs, there is a prime opportunity to rethink the basics of the vehicle/propulsion development, manufacturing, procurement and the customer-facing go-to market...
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Reducing the Battery Materials Supply Risk
Battery electric vehicle (BEV) adoption is taking off for a variety of reasons. Battery cost per kWh of energy stored has dropped 10-fold since 2010. Driving range has increased, making range...
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Mercedes-Benz Goes Long with EActros 600 Electric Truck
Mercedes-Benz has revealed new details about its eActros 600 long-distance electric truck. The eActros 600 is intended specifically for long-haul use and will serve as the eventual...
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Defense Leaders Developing Standards to Improve Battery Acquisition Process
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks has made clear a healthy battery supply chain is essential for military capabilities and national security — and when...
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Nikola Producing Battery-Electric Trucks, Fuel-Cell EVs Coming
Fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are a highway rarity despite decades of technology development. “When I was working in Europe 20 years ago, I was driving fuel-cell...
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Enabling Ambitious Battery Production at Scale
The battery industry is forecasted to grow tenfold by the end of the decade. This growth is driven by increasing demand for Li-ion cell batteries, predominantly for electrified transportation and energy storage.
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Key Design Considerations for Automated Production of EV Batteries
Examining an EV battery degassing automated cell that is widely installed across the industry exemplifies many design features.
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Battle for the Box
Whether you call them packs, boxes, or trays, the structures that envelop and protect EV battery cells and their supporting electrical and thermal-management hardware are among the industry's top subsystem priorities.
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WCX 2023: New Chinese EVs Feature ASSB Tech
By the end of 2023 there will be 10 Chinese electric passenger vehicles using advanced semi-solid-state batteries (ASSB) — an industry-first application for EVs and a milestone for vehicle...
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Daimler Launches New EV Truck Brand for U.S. Market
Daimler Truck has launched a new brand, Rizon, dedicated to Class 4 and 5 medium-duty battery-electric vehicles for the U.S. market. Making its public debut at the Advanced Clean...
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Decarbonizing the EV Battery Supply Chain
A report from consultants at McKinsey & Co. strikes an optimistic tone that major reductions in carbon emissions from the electric vehicle battery supply chain can be attained in the next five to 10 years.
Briefs Materials
Controlling Electric Double Layer Dynamics for All-Solid-State Batteries
Researchers have employed a novel technique to investigate and modulate electric double layer dynamics at the solid/solid electrolyte interface.
Briefs Energy
Increased Storage Capacity in Water-Based Batteries
Researchers at Texas A&M University have discovered a 1,000 percent difference in the storage capacity of metal-free, water-based battery electrodes.
Briefs Energy
Oxygen-Ion Battery: A Solution for Large Energy Storage Systems
TU Wien has developed an oxygen-ion battery that has some important advantages. Although it does not allow for quite as high energy densities as the Li-ion battery, its storage capacity does not decrease irrevocably over time.
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New Polymer Coating Could Boost EV Batteries
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a conductive polymer coating – called HOS-PFM – that could enable longer lasting, more powerful lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.
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Electrification Brings Supplier Value Closer to Home
Various aspects of life and business come full circle. While I’m not waiting for bell bottoms from the 1970s to make a triumphant return, the automotive industry is quickly returning...
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Data Analysis Companies Collaborate to Slash EV Battery Production Time
A battery intelligence pioneer will work with a venerable semiconductor yield-improvement firm in a partnership that promises to drastically accelerate the production...
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Hydrogen Storage in a Box!
Until recently, there was only one practical solution for storing gaseous hydrogen for onboard vehicle use: the cylindrical storage tank. Spiral-wound, carbon fiber cylinders are the proven form factor for...
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Engineering at the New NVH Frontier
The complex science of analyzing and abating noise, vibration, and harshness has entered a “new frontier” as the industry transitions to electrified vehicles, experts in the NVH field tell SAE Media....
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2025 Ram 1500 REV Driving Range Would Jump to Head of Class
Stellantis’ Ram brand introduced more details about the 2025 Ram 1500 REV electric pickup at the New York International Auto Show in early April, and one option is an enormous...
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WCX 2023: Battery Leaders Say Manufacturing Prowess Needs to Advance
Batteries are an incredibly complex subject, so it’s not surprising that in a panel at SAE’s WCX 2023 conference in April titled “Battery: Today, 2030 and...
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Dodge Ready with a Sting for the Compact-SUV Market
If you accept that the oddball and odd-sized Journey never was a legit rival for the likes of the Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4 and Ford Escape — and it wasn’t — Stellantis’ Dodge brand...
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Honda’s Hydrogen Progress
Is the long-promised “hydrogen economy” still 15 years away, as it reportedly has been for… more than 15 years? Or is it just around the corner? SAE Media traveled to Honda’s U.S. campus in Torrance,...
Articles Automotive
Finding Solutions for Sustainable Mobility
SAE International has established a new, dedicated practice aimed at helping the transportation industry become truly sustainable, as OEMs and suppliers in automotive, aerospace and commercial vehicles work to meet net-zero climate goals.
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Scaling the Solid-State Battery FEST
Start-up battery developer Factorial Energy’s workforce of engineers, chemists and other technology specialists has topped 100 with recent hirings in the Asia-Pacific region. A pilot manufacturing...
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Microvision Aquires Luminar, Plans Relationship Restoration, Multi-industry Push
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A Next Generation Helmet System for Navy Pilots
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New Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Agreements Expand Missile Defense Production
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How Airbus is Using w-DED to 3D Print Larger Titanium Airplane Parts
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Ford Announces 48-Volt Architecture for Future Electric Truck
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Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
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Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
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Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design Cycle
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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