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Hydrogen Storage Tank Options: Not Everything Need Look like a Sausage
Since the 1860 Hippomoblie, hydrogen has been a part of powered mobility. Today, most hydrogen storage applications use cylindrical tanks, but other solutions are...
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Safran's ENGINeUS 100 Electric Motor Earns EASA Certification
Safran Electrical & Power is celebrating a world first: certification awarded by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) of the ENGINeUS 100 motor – the first...
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Power over Coaxial in Automotive: A Simplified Path to Advanced Vehicle Systems
As automotive technology advances, modern vehicles increasingly rely on complex electronics such as cameras, sensors, radar, and lidar. These components are...
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A Week with the Hyundai Way
Hyundai’s recent Hyundai Way tech presentation week in Korea was, like the company’s future strategy, a cornucopia of technologies. The week included an EV-focused performance event co-sponsored with Toyota,...
Road Ready Energy
Suppliers Prepare for a Drop in EV Market Share
The already unsteady transition from fossil fuels to electrification is about to get bumpier. Just days after it became clear that Americans would be welcoming a new Republican White House...
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2025 BMW M5 First Drive: Stuffed like Schnitzel with PHEV Tech
Before BMW designed its first in-house car, the 3/20 of 1932, the Bavarian manufacturer had built a reputation on lightness. The company’s air-cooled radial aircraft engines...
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JLG Reveals New Electric Telehandler
JLG Industries has unveiled its first electric telehandler, the E313, designed for all-terrain and off-road use. The battery-powered E313 offers zero-emission and low-noise operation for moving...
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Phase Change Materials in Electric Vehicles: Trends and a Roadmap for the Future
The integration of phase change materials (PCMs) in electric vehicles (EVs) is gaining momentum as the industry seeks innovative solutions to enhance thermal...
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Hybrid Powertrains in the Product Mix
Perfect is the enemy of good. That aphorism embodies some of the frustrations voiced by trucking-industry companies and associations when it comes to satisfying lower greenhouse gas (GHG) and NOx...
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Near-Term Focus Can Obscure Reliable Path Forward
So often in our industry, we can be too focused on near-term opportunities and navigating immediate issues. With a new U.S. administration on the way in and more than a handful of other...
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CES 2025: Cat Debuts Hybrid-Electric Retrofit on 972 Wheel Loader
A 55,000-lb (24,948-kg) front end loader with substantial field usage time underwent a 12-week hybrid-electric conversion in advance of its CES 2025 debut. “This...
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Marelli Says New BMS Offers Deeper Insight into State of EV Battery Cells
Battery cell management is a never-ending quest for deeper and faster insight into a cell’s energy production and health. Supplier Marelli says its new battery...
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NASA Data Helps Beavers Build Back Streams
Boise State University in Idaho and Utah State University in Logan are using a NASA grant and data from satellites supported by Goddard Space Flight Center to identify streams that could benefit from restoration efforts by humans and beavers and then track those improvements from space. Read on to learn more.
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Scaling Up Hydrogen
The Cryostat CS900 is poised to enable widespread use of liquid hydrogen as an energy carrier, according to James Fesmire, who invented the technology for his company, Titusville, Florida-based GenH2, building on his career developing cryostats at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Read on to learn more.
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NASA ‘RAMPT’ Up 3D Printed Engine Size
Additive manufacturing, better known as 3D printing, has become an important tool for many industries, and NASA has been central to adapting it for one of the most demanding applications — rocket engines. NASA’s largest effort on this front has been the Rapid Analysis and Manufacturing Propulsion Technology (RAMPT) project, funded by the Game Changing Development program and led by Marshall. Read on to learn more about it.
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Honda and Nissan Merger Plans Could Accelerate EV R&D
After reports of a potential merger between the two automakers surfaced in recent weeks, Honda and Nissan have officially announced that both parties have signed a memorandum of...
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Key ‘Plug and Charge’ Agreement Could Eliminate EV Charging-Payment Headaches
A persistent frustration of electric vehicle owners ─ trouble working with payment software at public chargers ─ could be eased soon after an SAE ITC-led...
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Magna to Produce Its First Dedicated Hybrid Drive System for Chinese OEM
With OEMs rushing to create hybrid-drive vehicles amid a drop in EV sales growth, Magna has won a contract to produce what it’s calling a dedicated hybrid drive...
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Inside the Quiet, Never-Ending Battle over Automotive Refrigerants
According to its manufacturer, Chemours, use of R-1234yf has grown so much since the refrigerant replaced the long-established R-134a that it’s now used in 95% of new...
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MTA Expands Wireless Communication, EV Tech for Trucks
Automotive electrical and electronics manufacturer MTA attended IAA Transportation for the first time, demonstrating its new range of wireless communication technologies for the truck...
Original Equipment Energy
Komatsu Employs “Slick” Battery Swapping for Underground LHD
Komatsu introduced its first battery-electric load-haul-dump (LHD) machine, the WX04B, at the MINExpo tradeshow in September. The WX04B is designed specifically for narrow...
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DC-DC Converters for High Reliability eVTOL Auxiliary Power Systems
eVTOL power system architectures are not yet well defined, and with the wide variety of possible configurations, from small, unmanned drones through multiseat passenger craft, there may never be one standard. Read on to learn what this means.
Briefs Energy
Folded or Cut, This Lithium-Sulfur Battery Keeps Going
To address stability and safety issues, researchers have designed a lithium-sulfur battery that features an improved iron sulfide cathode. One prototype remains highly stable over 300 charge-discharge cycles, and another provides power even after being folded or cut. Read on to learn more.
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See what's in the product showcase, including Miba Resistors' RST5N resistor series; Luxinar's femtosecond lasers; Freudenberg Sealing Technologies' cell caps; CPEG's durable equipment to safely handle and process lithium and other minerals for lithium-ion batteries; and much more.
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Securing the Software-Defined Vehicle
Old car models with mechanical components are rapidly giving way to the increasingly software-defined vehicle (SDV) with features that not only allow drivers and passengers to stay connected to the...
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German eVTOL Company Needs Buyers to Keep Manufacturing Operations Alive
Lilium, the Munich, Germany-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturer, has appointed financial services firm KPMG to conduct an open,...
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Scaling Manufacturing and Production for 'Data as a Service' Electric Drone
Fatema Hamdani, co-founder of Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.
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Honda Unveils Solid-State Battery Demonstration Production Line
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is taking the next step in bringing its proprietary solid-state batteries to production. The automaker unveiled its demonstration production line for...
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Volvo XC90 Line-Up Keeps Hybrid Futures Safe
Two years ago in Stockholm, Volvo staged a splashy unveiling of its electric EX90 SUV, and boldly claimed it would ditch gasoline cars entirely by 2030. Here in Gothenburg, Volvo boldly claimed...
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