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Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Vehicles
Helping to drive the AI trend is the availability of a new class of embedded AI processors.
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CNH's CEO: Big Nikola Investment Also Benefits Off-Highway Biz
CNH Industrial is separating its On-Highway (commercial vehicles and powertrain) and Off-Highway (agriculture, construction and specialty vehicles) segments into two listed...
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Expanding Fast Charging Faster
There’s a potential speed bump ahead on the road to commercial electric vehicle (EV) adoption that few people are talking about. According to Jeff Wolfe, Tritium’s president of the Americas, by 2030...
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All Options on the Table
The push to trim engine emissions is prompting industry-wide efforts to use substitutes for diesel fuel. Alternative fuels and electrified powertrains are making significant inroads, though design teams for diesel...
Road Ready Propulsion
New-Generation Nissan Versa Breaks for Higher Ground
Subcompact cars hardly are spotlight-grabbers at the moment, but Nissan has nonetheless delivered up an all-new 2020 Versa that notches higher fuel economy, quicker acceleration, tighter...
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Transmissions, Axles Aid in Fuel Conservation for Commercial Vehicles
Transmissions and axles are evolving rapidly as powertrain design teams push to reduce fuel consumption. Intelligent transmission controls are communicating with engines...
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Fuel-Cell Nanoparticle Clusters May Cut Platinum Catalyst Costs
Fuel-cell technology is a big subject with some very small but vital aspects, one of which is the size of atomic platinum clusters. Reduce these and the amount of platinum...
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The New Gas Tank: Constellium Preps Its First OEM Battery Tray
The “gas tank” is about to get a lot more sophisticated. Electric vehicle (EV) battery trays are highly-engineered components that barely existed a few years ago but play a...
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2020 Hyundai Palisade: New Chassis, Atkinson V6
The three-row 2020 Hyundai Palisade’s strong, stable and quiet body structure serves as the starting point for ride quality, roll control and a quiet cabin. “We put a lot of resources...
Articles Aerospace
Shape-Shifting Origami Could Help Antenna Systems Adapt On-the-Fly
Conventional reconfigurable electrical and radio frequency (RF) structures commonly used in applications involving real-time reconfigurability in response to fast varying...
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Improving Lidar – or Defeating It
For more than a decade, the lidar market has been led by Velodyne and its spinning towers of 64 or 128 laser beams. But the relatively high cost, delicate architecture, and beefy form factor have made it...
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Electric-Truck Startup Rivian Gets Big Amazon Order
Before it’s produced a single production vehicle, electric-vehicle (EV) startup Rivian – most recognized for the radical R1T pickup truck it first unveiled at the 2018 Los Angeles...
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United Kingdom Develops a Pop-Up Electric Vehicle Charging Station for City Streets
British electric vehicle (EV) charging station start-up, Urban Electric Networks, Ltd., has unveiled the first pop-up charge point that addresses the...
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Subaru Uses ANSYS Tools to Accelerate Hybrid Vehicle Design
Subaru Corporation is using tools developed by Pittsburgh-based ANSYS, Inc. to create control systems that deliver unrivaled safety and reliability for their next-generation...
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Renewable Propane, Ultra-Low NOx Engines Set Standards for Propane Autogas Innovations
The future of trucking is looking even greener. Not only are companies forced to contend with new government regulations to meet lower emissions and...
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Nissan and EVgo Partner to Build 200 New EV Fast Chargers in the U.S.
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and EVgo Services LLC. are placing 200 direct current fast chargers (DCFC) across the United States to increase the number of available charging...
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Shanghai’s Human Horizons Unveils a 5G-V2X-Enabled Electric, Luxury SUV
Human Horizons of Shanghai, China has debuted a premium all-electric smart brand, HiPhi, with a production-ready prototype vehicle, HiPhi 1 – a premium...
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JCB Prepared to Meet EU Stage V Emissions
JCB is preparing to offer Stage V compliant engines across its equipment lines, with updates to its own engine range and changes to supplier models. Group director of engines Alan Tolley said that...
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Cummins CTO Sees Increasing Power Source Diversification, Digital Innovation
Jennifer Rumsey has been a member of SAE International her entire career and has participated in the organization’s COMVEC event as an attendee and occasional...
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OXIS Energy and Bye Aerospace Partner to Develop Advanced Lithium Sulfur Battery Cells for Aviation
Bye Aerospace is looking at OXIS Energy Ltd.’s lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery cell technology to power its future aircraft and air-taxi or...
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Extending the ICE Age: Ford’s Dave Filipe Has Some Powerful Choices to Make
As part of the cover story on the future of vehicle propulsion in the July/August 2019 edition of Automotive Engineering magazine, this article is one of four...
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Extending the ICE Age: GM’s Ken Morris Lives the Real Pace of the Powertrain Revolution
As part of the cover story on the future of vehicle propulsion in the July/August 2019 edition of Automotive Engineering magazine, this article is...
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Extending the ICE Age: Hyundai Optimizing Engines and Fuels
As part of the cover story on the future of vehicle propulsion in the July/August 2019 edition of Automotive Engineering magazine, this article is one of four that examines the...
News Propulsion
Extending the ICE Age: FCA’s Micky Bly Is Amped on Electrification
As part of the cover story on the future of vehicle propulsion in the July/August 2019 edition of Automotive Engineering magazine, this article is one of four that...
News Manned Systems
EV Battery Tech Must Outpace Oil Industry Advances
As the industry ramps up development of battery-electric vehicles, petroleum remains king. Oil prices are moderate in the U.S. and the industry continues to complete new wells at...
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Volkswagen T-Cross
Volkswagen Group’s applications of its remarkably versatile modular MQB chassis stretch from its little Polo hatchback to the large Atlas SUV. Now there is a new addition to the family, the Polo-based T-Cross compact...
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Ferrari Reveals SF90, First-Ever Plug-In Hybrid
Storied sportscar-maker Ferrari will produce its first-ever plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle, the company said in announcing its SF90 Stradale, a new model named in reference to the 90th...
Articles Propulsion
Mahle’s Pre-Chamber MJI Technology Is Sparking Ignition Advances
Any technology transfer between the racetrack and the road is usually a one-way street, with motor racing leading and humble production machinery way back on the innovative...
News Energy
Ballard’s Partners with Solaris Bus & Coach on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses
Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. – a leading European bus manufacturer headquartered in Bolechowo, Poland – ordered 12 FCmove-HD hydrogen fuel cells from Ballard...
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A New Additive Manufacturing Accelerator for the U.S. Navy in Guam
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Rewriting the Engineer’s Playbook: What OEMs Must Do to Spin the AI Flywheel
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2026 Toyota RAV4 Review: All Hybrid, All the Time
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F-22 Pilot Controls Drone With Tablet
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Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
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A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force
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Optimizing Production Processes with the Virtual Twin
