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EAxles Gain Traction for Truck Electrification
Development of electrified drivelines is rapidly ramping up at OEMs and tier one suppliers. With a wide variety of vehicles suddenly in need of electrified drivelines capable of matching or...
Articles Power
Overcoming eVTOL’s High-Power Connectivity Challenges
There’s no question that significant amounts of power are needed for electric-powered vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to become airborne and maintain flight. But...
Articles Power
DC to DC Power Distribution in MilAero Applications
Advancements in cockpit avionics and more electrically actuated systems have designers paying attention to a broader spectrum of upgraded power needs and their connection to SWAP-C goals.
Original Equipment Propulsion
Freightliner’s Medium-Duty Makeover
Circling the highway loop at the American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti, Michigan, the enhancements Freightliner engineers made to the new Plus series medium-duty and vocational trucks are evident....
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Keeping Your Silicon Cool
Onboard electronics continue to evolve rapidly. Components are smaller. Systems are more complex. The sophisticated electronics components that make up modern vehicles require precision heat dissipation for...
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Closing the Loop on EV Battery Recycling
Development of a robust electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling industry has moved from a net-positive sideline to a necessity as automakers, and their suppliers, transition away from internal...
Technical Innovation Energy
ZF, Freudenberg Developing Integrated Fuel-Cell and E-Drive System
Although there were new commercial vehicles on display at this year’s IAA Transportation staged at the Hanover Messe Fairground in Germany, it was electric drive systems...
Supplier Eye Power
Good News and Bad News for Auto Suppliers in 2023
The Fall season brings the annual rite of passage for the industry — setting budgets for the next calendar year. The balance of building revenue forecasts driven by vehicle demand, while...
Technology Report Power
New 300-Mm Wafer Fab Is Key to Bosch’s Chip Future
A new semiconductor plant is the single largest investment made by Robert Bosch AG in the 122-year-old company’s history. The facility, in Dresden, Germany, is welcome news to...
News Manned Systems
Battery Show 2022: Wireless EV Charging, Scaling Gigafactories
At September’s North American stop of The Battery Show 2022 in Novi, Michigan, thousands of attendees crammed into the Suburban Collection Showplace exhibition center to see...
News Transportation
Allison’s Now Open for Hydrogen Testing
With the atomic number 1, hydrogen is the lightest element in the Periodic Table. However, its rapidly becoming a heavyweight for the future of mobility. Development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicle...
News Energy
Brembo’s Sensify Aims to Revolutionize Braking
SAE Media recently participated with Brembo in a demonstration of the company’s new braking technology on the skid pad at the Michelin Laurens Proving Grounds in Mountville, South...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
BrightDrop Goes Grocery Shopping
BrightDrop, the business unit of General Motors developing and deploying electrified vehicles and tools targeting so-called “last-mile” commercial services, announced it has teamed with grocery giant...
Q&A Manned Systems
COMVEC 2022: Electrification Is the Future for Defense Vehicles
The M1 Abrams main battle tank developed for the U.S. Army in the late 1970s remains the best tank in the world, according to Allison Transmission’s VP of Defense Programs,...
Q&A Test & Measurement
Hyundai’s ‘Edgy’ New Ideas for Safety Testing
In June 2022, Hyundai Motor America broke ground for its Safety Test and Investigation Laboratory (STIL), an industry-unique testing facility dedicated to root-cause crash investigations...
News Connectivity
Eaton Debuts All-In-One Power Distribution for EVs
Destruction avoidance is one of the chief duties of Eaton’s battery disconnect unit (BDU) for light-duty passenger EVs. “A short circuit event in a typical battery electric vehicle is...
Technical Innovation Manned Systems
EV Startup Prepares to Enter Commercial Market with Novel EAxle
Startup commercial electric vehicle manufacturer Harbinger is on a torrid work pace. Design, CAE simulation, supplier sourcing, test vehicle builds and other engineering tasks...
Road Ready Energy
Jeep Springs Its First BEVs
Four all-new, battery-electric models will spearhead Jeep’s plan to electrify 100% of its product lineup by 2025, the Stellantis brand announced on Sept. 7. The quartet of BEVs includes the 4-door Jeep Recon...
Original Equipment Power
Truckin’ on Hydrogen
The hydrogen-fueled electrified Class 8 road tractor doesn’t move or sound like a diesel-fueled behemoth. “This advanced prototype is production-intent for shape, power, virtually everything, and its performance...
News Regulations/Standards
Electric-Vehicle Legislation in California – Third Time the Charm?
The official name is the “Advanced Clean Cars II” ruling and it effectively marks California’s third attempt to mandate the sale of electric vehicles in the state....
Articles Automotive
3M, Matrix Engineering Consultants Collaborate to Enhance Performance of Chassis Bolted Joints
The vehicle electrification trend means chassis designs are evolving.
Articles Materials
Niobium: Magic Metal for Battery Anodes?
The element niobium (Nb), a transition metal, stands ready to improve the performance of one of the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery’s confusing array of possible electrode chemistries — the LTO...
Technology Report Power
Hyundai Breaks Ground for Safety Test and Investigation Lab
Hyundai Motor America is creating an industry-unique testing zone to address root cause crash investigations and electric vehicle/future product analysis activities at its...
Supplier Eye Design
The Battle over EV Value-Add Has Begun
A critical industry transition is underway that some already are viewing as an impending battle. At stake is supplier value-add share versus that of OEMs as light-vehicle propulsion formats shift from...
News Communications
Chattanooga Power Haus
Volkswagen is rapidly gaining on General Motors, Ford and Tesla in terms of overall EV development and production assets in North America, industry analysts tell SAE Media. With the recent launch of its $22 million...
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA, GE Complete Historic Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Tests
Sustainable aircraft of the future are going to need propulsion systems that can use technology to generate power comparable to the equipment used in today’s commercial jets. But...
Articles Electronics & Computers
From Emissions Tech to EV Electronics
A recent visit to Eberspaecher’s North American engineering and manufacturing complex reveals how a global Tier-1 rooted in combustion-engine technology is profitably navigating the transition to the...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Ford Starts the Hard Work of EV Battery, Raw Materials Security
Along with painful jobs news related to its accelerated shift to EVs, Ford Motor Co. had what those scrutinizing electrification trends might deem as positive message when it...
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