Latest Stories
Articles Electronics & Computers
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...
News Unmanned Systems
2021 ID.4 Is Volkswagen’s First U.S.-Market Dedicated EV
Volkswagen revealed its 2021 ID.4 electric vehicle (EV) on September 23, the brand’s first-ever dedicated EV for the U.S. market. The ID.4 is the initial model in an eventual...
News Power
Bollinger Expanding Planned EV Lineup with the Deliver-E Commercial Van
Class-3 EV startup Bollinger Motors has announced an addition to its future lineup of vehicles – a delivery truck. The cleverly named Deliver-E concept is an...
News Power
Q&A: Bollinger Still Expanding in Heavy-Duty EVs
Things are very busy right now for heavy-duty electric vehicle (EV) startup Bollinger Motors. The company, founded in June 2015, recently moved into significantly larger digs in Oak Park,...
News Materials
Venting for EV Battery Packs
Batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) need protection from harsh external conditions. Generally located on the underside of the vehicle, EV battery enclosures protect the cells from exposure to water, dust,...
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Rocket Engine Technology
This effort will mark the first representative flight of an aerospike engine after many decades of research and abandoned flight efforts.
News Energy
Engineering to Beat the Battery Boundaries
It’s a big step from motor racing technology, hypercars and jet fighters to a baby’s mobile incubator able to withstand a 20g-impact, but that’s the usual business at Williams Advanced...
News AR/AI
Special Delivery – by ‘Bot
When road users and pedestrians in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan, first view the REV-1 in action, they see a funky little electric three-wheeler quietly navigating the city’s streets on its own. Observers...
Q&A Regulations/Standards
Architecting GM’s New EV Batteries
By 2023 General Motors promises to have 20 new electric vehicles of all shapes, sizes and market segments on sale. They’re underpinned by the company’s BEV3 flexible dedicated EV architecture,...
Articles Energy
Static Testing of EV Components
The market for electric vehicles (EVs) continues to grow. To offset the immense weight of their batteries, a heightened focus has been put on lightweighting, which has brought many new materials and...
News Unmanned Systems
Cadillac Reveals Lyriq Electric Vehicle
Cadillac this week revealed its Lyriq crossover, the first of a coming stable of electric vehicles (EVs) from Cadillac and GM’s other brands. And although Cadillac already trails many other...
Products Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Products
Miniature sensors, 3D printing platforms, lightning test systems, and more.
Articles Materials
Ultrasonic Metal Welding Enables Advances in Battery Technology
A number of battery-related innovations have been assisted by a joining technology: ultrasonic metal welding.
Articles Transportation
Venting for EV Battery Packs
Cell chemistries, thermal dynamics, vehicle packaging, and even weather present challenges for optimizing electric vehicle battery functional safety.
Articles Automotive
Using Multiphysics to Predict and Prevent EV Battery Fire
To achieve vehicle manufacturers’ ambitious goals for electric vehicles, Li-ion batteries need to be improved.
Products Test & Measurement
New Products
Power switches, battery pack adhesives, supercapacitor modules, and more...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Active Battery Cell Balancing
Active cell balancing redistributes charge between battery cells during the charge and discharge cycle
Original Equipment Manned Systems
Nikola Looks to Accelerate Production, Hydrogen Infrastructure
Nikola Corp.’s recent merger with VectoIQ Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special-purpose acquisition company, is expected to help accelerate the company’s technology...
Q&A Energy
Regulatory Landscape Challenges Commercial-Vehicle Engine Development
Regulations like California’s recent Advanced Clean Trucks rule, which calls for every new truck sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2045, will drive increasing...
News Manned Systems
The Electric, Autonomous Revolution Lifts Off
Nearly a quarter-century ago, the Vertical Flight Society, a helicopter-industry group founded in 1943 as the American Helicopter Society, published a graphic dubbed “V/STOL Aircraft and...
Road Ready Propulsion
Hybridization the Highlight of Ford’s All-New 2021 F-150
Ford this week unveiled an all-new version of its F-150 fullsize pickup, highlighted by a first-ever full-hybrid variant and the promise – but not yet specifics – of...
News Software
Ford Engineers Charged with a Blank EV Slate for the All-New 2021 Mustang Mach-E
The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E is an all-new vehicle. It’s Ford’s first dedicated battery electric vehicle (BEV) and it’s built on an all-new electric...
Road Ready Power
Nissan Reveals Production Ariya EV SUV
Nissan has revealed the production version of its Ariya electric vehicle (EV), a 5-door SUV with an intended range of 300 miles. Nissan claims the Ariya will go on sale in Japan next year, with U.S....
Articles Automotive
Tracking the Battery-Market BATTLEGROUND
While sales of global battery-electric vehicles (EVs) remain an unfulfilled promise outside of Tesla Motors, their batteries and constituent materials are among the hottest mobility-industry technologies.
Articles Power
The Battery-Deal Beat Goes on
The dynamism and in some cases, unpredictability, of the EV battery market show no signs of settling down. And despite “the battery Big 3” collectively commanding nearly two-thirds of the market, OEMs remain committed to multi-source cell supply.
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Designing Battery Packs for Harsh Environment Mission-Critical Devices
Learn about design considerations for manufacturing a battery pack that operates in extreme temperatures, absorbs shock and vibration, and maintains a watertight seal.
Articles Photonics/Optics
High-Energy Laser Weapon Systems
The next few years will help determine whether high-energy lasers become a staple of the battlefield.
Technical Innovation Connectivity
Commercial Trucks Employ Range of Power Systems
Regulations continue to transform the powerplants used in commercial trucks, making fuel consumption and emissions reductions twin goals for many OEMs, upfitters and aftermarket suppliers at...
Top Stories
INSIDERDefense
New Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Agreements Expand Missile Defense Production
NewsAutomotive
Ford Announces 48-Volt Architecture for Future Electric Truck
INSIDERManufacturing & Prototyping
Active Strake System Cuts Cruise Drag, Boosts Flight Efficiency
ArticlesTransportation
Accelerating Down the Road to Autonomy
INSIDERMaterials
How Airbus is Using w-DED to 3D Print Larger Titanium Airplane Parts
Road ReadyTransportation
Webcasts
Electronics & Computers
Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
Power
Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
Connectivity
A FREE Two-Day Event Dedicated to Connected Mobility
Automotive
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design Cycle
Transportation
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
Aerospace
Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance