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Refining Automotive Battery Management Systems with Lumped-Approach Thermal Modeling
India is a fast-growing market for electric vehicles, with one study predicting that over 30 percent of the vehicles sold in India will be electric by 2030.
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Building Out the EV Battery-Recycling Ecosystem
A robust EV battery-recycling industry has moved to a necessity as automakers, and their suppliers, transition away from internal combustion.
Articles Power
Advancing Higher Speeds and New Techniques for EV Recharging
The ability to charge electric vehicles at a very fast rate is a key to electrifying mobility across the U.S.
Articles Energy
Laser Beam Shaping Increases Welding Speed of EV Battery Coolers
Cooling plates provide leak-free coolant flow that improves battery performance and extends battery life.
Briefs Energy
New Hybrid Electrolyte for High-Performance Lithium-ion Batteries
The polymeric solid electrolyte realized a wide potential window, a high Li-ion conductivity, and a high Li-ion transference number.
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Chevrolet Unveils 2024 Corvette E-Ray Hybrid
Rather than toasting their sports car’s 70th birthday with polite champagne sips, Chevy yanked the wraps off another edition of the eighth-generation Corvette: the 2024 hybrid E-Ray which...
Briefs Energy
Simplifying the Production of Lithium-ion Batteries
24M Technologies has simplified Li-ion battery production with a new design that requires fewer materials and steps to manufacture each cell.
Briefs Design
Using Nano-Engineering Techniques to Develop a Safer Battery
A research team has developed technology that could prevent electric vehicle fires, like those caused by saltwater flooding from Hurricane Ian.
Briefs Power
Improving Accuracy of Battery Charge Measurement
The issue of battery usage inefficiency in EVs resulting from an inaccurate battery charge measurement may finally get resolved.
Briefs Energy
A Sodium-Aluminum Battery Aims to Integrate Renewables for Grid Resiliency
A new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the nation's electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals.
Q&A Energy
Making over the World’s Leading Hybrid
Its markedly upgraded power and performance take it to a driving-dynamics place difficult to believe could be achieved.
INSIDER Weapons Systems
Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Test Completed from Vandenberg
A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle at...
INSIDER Energy
US Air Force Awards $85 Million Contract to Develop Pre-Production eSTOL Aircraft
Electra has been selected by the U.S. Air Force AFWERX innovation arm for a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) award that secures up to $85 million between...
News Energy
Blue Arc Amps up for EV Production
In June of 2020, while the world was still coming to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic, Spartan Motors announced that it was rebranding as The Shyft Group. Following this reorganization, Shyft announced in...
Articles Energy
Quicker Pathways to Reduce Transportation’s Climate Impact
Current U.S. energy policies are laser-focused on addressing climate change – as they should be. Meanwhile, 2022’s soaring gasoline prices show that U.S. dependence on...
Road Ready Energy
Toyota Punches up the Prius
An undeniable technical achievement since its U.S. launch for the 2001 model year, Toyota’s Prius never has been able to shake its weenie-mobile reputation. It’s an image formed largely by the combination...
News Transportation
Hydrogen Shows Increased Commercial Interest
While several commercial vehicle OEMs, including Tesla and Nikola, are in the latter phase of testing battery-electric semi-tractors on the road, action in the hydrogen space continues to grow...
News Energy
The Electrofuels That Reduce Amazon’s Fleet Emissions
Amazon has a goal of having 50% of its shipments being made net-zero carbon by 2030. In 2021, more than 100 million packages were delivered to customers with zero-emissions vehicles...
Original Equipment Energy
CNH Introduces Battery-Electric, Autonomous-Ready Tractor
CNH Industrial recently introduced what it says is the world’s first autonomous-ready, battery-electric light utility tractor at its Tech Day in Phoenix, Arizona. The New Holland...
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Advances in Virtual Powertrain Development
Powertrain engineers have various tools at their disposal to develop new technologies — empirical modeling, component simulation, multi-system environments and physical testing chief among them....
Original Equipment Power
New Holland Electric Mini-Excavator Hits Market
Contractors and municipalities in 2023 will have an electric alternative to diesel-powered small excavators.
Application Briefs Power
Electric Hybrid Propulsion System
Allison Transmission has introduced the new eGen Force electric hybrid propulsion system for tracked combat vehicles.
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Danfoss and Sany Extend Electrification of Off-Highway Machines
At Bauma 2022 in Munich, Germany, Danfoss revealed that its electrified powertrain system was driving a new electric crawler crane, the Sany SCE800TB-EV. This will be Sany’s...
News Energy
Liebherr Reveals ‘Hybrid’ CFRP Cylinders and Parallel-Pump Concept
Reducing weight from components and systems is a major trend in passenger vehicles to boost fuel efficiency and driving range.
Articles Energy
Exploring High-Performance Applications for Distributed Transport Property Thermoelectrics
This new, patented distributed transport property technology describes functionally graded materials with spatially varied transport properties.
News Power
BMW Reapproaches Hydrogen
Automakers have raised and dashed hopes for using hydrogen to power cars and trucks, including General Motors’ notorious 2007 promise that it would sell 1 million fuel-cell vehicles annually (actual number:...
INSIDER Software
New HPC4EI Project to Create 'Digital Twin' Models for Aerospace Manufacturing
A partnership involving Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory aimed at developing “digital twins” for producing aerospace components is one of six new...
Articles Energy
Time for Hydrogen
After decades of R&D, some false starts, and a smattering of low-volume production vehicles, hydrogen has emerged as a vital enabler for carbon reduction across the transportation sector. In gaseous form, our lightest...
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2026 Toyota RAV4 Review: All Hybrid, All the Time
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