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Briefs Automotive
New Approach Makes Lighter, Safer Lithium-Ion Batteries
Adding polymers and fireproofing to a battery’s current collectors makes it lighter, safer, and about 20% more efficient.
Briefs Energy
Using Electric Vehicle Batteries for Solar Energy Farms
Battery reuse systems could be profitable for both electric vehicle companies and grid-scale solar operations.
Articles Energy
New SAE Wireless Charging Standard is EV Game-Changer
SAE J2954 paves the way for electric vehicle charging without a plug and enables alignment for manual/autonomous parking.
Briefs Test & Measurement
Method Tracks What Happens Inside Batteries
The method could be key to designing more efficient batteries for specific uses such as electric cars and airplanes.
Briefs Materials
Design Enables Safe Storage of Lithium Ions
This technology charges lithium batteries faster and reduces the risk of device explosions.
Articles Energy
Multipurpose Batteries Make it Easier to Get Around on Mars
NASA-funded research by Clemson University scientists could lead to the creation of lighter, faster-charging batteries suitable for powering a spacesuit or even a Mars rover.
News Connectivity
TI’s Wireless Approach to EV Battery Management
The battery pack of a typical electric vehicle (EV) contains a daisy-chain of wiring. Miles of copper cabling interlinked by hundreds of connectors. Even the battery management systems...
News Power
CES 2021: Cadillac Shows off Multiple EV Concepts
Cadillac unveiled three electric vehicle (EV) concepts at CES 2021. They included the Halo Portfolio autonomous van, the VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) Concept autonomous aircraft (both...
News Test & Measurement
Q&A: Panasonic Races to Keep Pace with EV Battery Demand
As part of its series of virtual Tech Talks at the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Panasonic hosted two of its key battery engineers to discuss the fast-paced development of...
News Energy
A Novel Materials Approach to EV Battery-Box Design
A battery enclosure that features a single-piece, metal-reinforced composite tray and one-piece composite cover is a step closer to an electric vehicle (EV) production application....
Supplier Eye Automotive
Supplier Opportunities for 2021
We happily put 2020 in the rearview mirror and await the full rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines to gain some level of normalcy. The automotive industry once again underscored its industriousness and...
News Connectivity
Time to Unlock the Potential of Digital Design Tools
Despite joint ventures and partnerships, sharing always has been a difficult action across the auto industry, given the organizational silos and inter-partner rivalries often standing in...
News Power
Hyundai Details First EV-Dedicated Vehicle Architecture
The Hyundai Motor Group on December 1 revealed E-GMP, its first vehicle architecture dedicated for electric vehicles (EVs). The E-GMP platform is oriented around a rear-wheel-drive...
Articles Energy
Battery of Issues Surrounds Large-Vehicle Electrification
Electrification has made major inroads in light trucks and compact off-highway machines, but its adoption in long-distance trucking and many large off-highway vehicles remains more...
Technical Innovation Energy
Mahle Amps up Its Electrification R&D
Best known for pistons and other reciprocating components inside internal combustion engines (ICE), Stuttgart-based Tier 1 Mahle claims it’s keeping the R&D throttle wide open to cement its role...
News Energy
Ford Expands EV Lineup with E-Transit Cargo Van
Ford revealed on November 12 its next fully electric vehicle (EV), the 2022 E-Transit cargo van, with the automaker’s new president and CEO Jim Farley stating, “The transition of fleet...
News Test & Measurement
Greater Precision for EV Battery Leak Testing
Exposure to water vapor is a death sentence for the lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries used in hybrid-electric and electric vehicles. If moisture enters the battery cell and reacts with the...
News Automotive
Tire Pressure Impact on EV Driving Range
Electric-vehicle development teams have made great advances in improving vehicle range, mitigating “range anxiety” for the end customer. While much focus has been on advances in battery...
News Energy
Creating Safe, Reliable Circuits for Next-Gen EVs
Designing circuits for electrified vehicles is extremely challenging. To ensure robust and safe designs that can withstand overloads, transients, and electrostatic discharge (ESD),...
News Energy
Battery Show Teems with All Things Rechargeable
Although electric vehicles (EVs) currently comprise less than 2% of the U.S. light-vehicle market, the transportation sector is bursting with established companies and startup enterprises...
Articles Unmanned Systems
Volkswagen Readies Its ‘People’s’ EV
The parallels between Volkswagen’s 2021 ID.4 electric vehicle (EV) and the brand’s icon, the Beetle, are unmistakable – particularly the rear-mounted powerplant driving the rear wheels. Some...
Technology Report Power
Active Roll Stabilization Introduced for Audi’s Large Crossovers
Audi is fitting its largest crossover models with a new, active anti-roll system that the company said enhances cornering capability and reduces body roll without...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Designing Connectivity Solutions for an Electric Aircraft Future
Learn how to take on a “follow-the-wire” design approach.
Briefs Aerospace
Exploring the Impact of Fuel Data Acquisition Technology on the USMC Expeditionary Energy Command and Control System
Understanding how delays in resource decision making and tactical supply chains relate to operational reach will give commanders the ability to maximize resources.
Articles Transportation
GM Nikola Tie-Up Sparks Worldwide Hydrogen Fuel Cell Interest
More than 20 years have passed since hydrogen-fuel-cell electric vehicles (HFCEVs) looked to be the future zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) solution. About that time, this editor...
Articles Test & Measurement
FEV and the Art of EV Testing
Before the impending flood of electric vehicles (EV) expected for the 2025 timeframe enters the market, every one of them – and their subsystems – must be fully tested, validated and calibrated. Companies...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
EVs Expand the Testing Envelope
In a word-association game, automotive test engineers would likely pair “emissions measurement” with “Horiba.” The Japan-based supplier is an acknowledged household-name in the testing-solutions...
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A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force
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