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LA Auto Show 2023: Revenge of the Hybrids
Electrification was still a thing at mid-November’s 2023 Los Angeles Auto Show, but there was no lack of ICE and hybrid powertrains sprinkled throughout the various debuts and unveilings. The...
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Honda Ready with First North American Crossover EV
Honda knows what U.S. buyers like: crossovers. So it makes perfect sense that the company chose a crossover SUV configuration for its first “mainstream” U.S.-market EV, the 2024...
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Change? Sure, Sometimes.
SAE’s Automotive Engineering magazine is not immune to the constant beat of changes happening across the automotive industry. In case you’re curious what that means, the byline and picture accompanying this...
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Schaeffler Promotes E-Motor Manufacturing Flexibility
Global auto supplier Schaeffler Group has a message for the EV motor market: the company is capable of building custom solutions for many different EV drivelines and use cases. And it...
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2024 Lexus TX Has Three Powertrain Options – ICE, Hybrid, PHEV – and It Shows
Despite its considerable size, the new Lexus TX does not lumber. It does not struggle. Instead, Lexus’ latest three-row SUV provides surprisingly smooth...
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Clarios Sees Low-Voltage Electricals as Vital in EV, AV Future
In an increasingly electrified world, there’s still a need for 12-volt batteries and a low-voltage electrical architecture in vehicles. Clarios, which provides the...
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Kia’s 2024 EV9 Stands as First Mainstream 3-Row EV
It may be time for Kia — or its Hyundai and Genesis siblings — to deliver a lousy vehicle. It’s becoming a broken record to praise every new Kia for its sophisticated and often...
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'Scaling' EVs Won’t Come Easy
Regular readers of Supplier Eye will note that this author tries to outline the positives and the negatives of supplier strategies. It’s a moving target. A recent deluge of negative headlines with respect...
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Can Solid-State Batteries Commercialize by 2030?
The 1915 Detroit Electric Brougham was powered by lead-acid batteries, and so was the first generation of the General Motors EV1 back in 1996. The 1915 car could reportedly travel 80 miles...
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Archer Achieves First Untethered Flight with Midnight eVTOL
On Oct. 24, Santa Clara, California-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) manufacturer Archer Aviation completed the first flight of its five-seat Midnight prototype...
News Test & Measurement
Freudenberg Battery Lab Design Considered Human, Environmental Safety
As more OEMs and suppliers begin developing and manufacturing batteries for EVs, many are discovering the specific needs of a testing program. Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has answered that need by adding such a facility to existing R&D space at its headquarters in Plymouth, Mich.
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Army to Advance Prototype Competition for Future Electric Light Reconnaissance Vehicle
The U.S. Army is preparing to issue an industry request for the development of an electric Light Reconnaissance Vehicle (eLRV), according to an Oct. 19...
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Yamaha Unveils AWD and Electric Power Steering for Concept E-Bikes
If driving all four wheels of an automobile has advantages, it seems sensible that driving both wheels of a motorcycle or bicycle also would offer certain performance...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Airbus Tests Single Stick Electric Flight Control System for Prototype eVTOL
Airbus Helicopters has completed a test flight using its FlightLab demonstrator helicopter to evaluate a new single stick electric flight control system developed...
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Acura’s 2024 ZDX Latest Example of Honda, GM Joint Engineering
The auto industry still seems to be a generation or two away from vehicles that check every box for being a ‘software-defined vehicle.’ That is, a vehicle — combined...
The Navigator Manned Systems
Are Robotaxis Ready for Prime Time?
The driverless ride-hail services currently in operation, Waymo and GM-owned Cruise, lately have been in the news, and not usually for positive reasons. So seems an appropriate time to offer an overview...
Supplier Eye Automotive
BEV-Agnostic’ Systems Require Attention
Much has been written about battery-electric propulsion’s impact on the automotive ecosystem. The level of change moves much past an overhaul to a complete re-imagination. While it can be...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Air Force Receives First eVTOL Six Months Ahead of Schedule
The U.S. Air Force received its first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Joby Aviation last week, six months ahead of the expected 2024 delivery date. The...
News Power
Perkins Expands Power Generation Powertrain Lineup
Perkins announced an addition to its EU Stage V-compliant powertrain range with the 2806J-E18TAG1 ElectropaK. Perkins’ new engine is an 18-liter unit intended for the electric power...
Articles Manned Systems
GM Hydrotec Boss Readies Fuel Cells for Commercial Deployment
Call it a “technology-meets-the-moment” place in the transportation sector’s innovation timeline. After decades of concentrated development work, GM’s fuel-cell R&D...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Cadillac Counts on 2025 Escalade IQ for EV Sizzle
General Motors said it’s all-in on transitioning its entire passenger-vehicle lineup to EVs and there may be no more critical litmus test of the strategy than the reception for the...
News Power
Addressing Thermal Management for EVs
When General Motors unveiled the 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ, the electric sport utility vehicle with a 24-module Ultium battery pack providing more than 200 kWh of energy that contributes to an...
News Automotive
The First Modern EV Was … a Corvair?
The production EV1 by General Motors in the 1990’s gets some credit for being, technology-wise, one of the first viable EVs. The limitation was its heavy lead-acid battery storage and short range....
News Materials
VW, Partners Pushing Materials, EV Charging Innovations in Tennessee
Volkswagen announced recently that its three-year-old Innovation Hub in Knoxville, Tenn., is making major gains in lightweighting, EV wireless charging and sustainable...
Technical Innovation Power
Liebherr Deploys Autonomous Mining Truck Fleet
Liebherr’s mining division has announced that it will be conducting onsite validation tests of its autonomous T 264 mining trucks. The validation testing reportedly will take place later...
Technology Report Energy
Our Next Energy’s Gemini Battery Could Bring 600-Mile EVs by 2026
There’s a mild irony in a battery company called ONE that believes the way to increase electric vehicle adoption actually relies on two. Two battery chemistries in one...
News Power
Ford EV Engineers ‘Always On’ for Customer Feedback
Engineers like to know what customers think about a vehicle. Now, drivers of the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E can oblige via a new system that channels select...
News Manned Systems
Smart Engineering for Sustainability
Sustainability extends beyond just decarbonization. A term popping up more and more in executive and engineering-focused presentations is “circular economy,” referring to a closed-loop production...
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