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Seeking More Traction in Budding EV Market, VW Adds AWD to ID.4
A second motor and free charging create a compelling offering as Volkswagen debuts the most-affordable, all-electric, all-wheel-drive SUV.
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Hercules Readies Alpha Electric Pickup Prototypes
A modular propulsion system enables multiple driveline configurations – and non-automotive EV applications.
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Autonomy’s Computing Edge
Computing clouds get more headlines, but edge computing is likely to play a more crucial minute-by-minute role in the autonomous-vehicle (AV) future. Roughly defined as bringing the processing of data physically...
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VW’s Newest Battery Pack Facility Is Production-Line Adjacent
The Volkswagen ID.4 electric vehicle (EV) is set begin localized production in the United States in early 2022. The MEB-platform, 2-row SUV will share an assembly line with...
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Ford C2 Is Model for EV Scale, Lower Costs
Has the auto industry ever seen a more dynamic and outright crazy time than today’s second coming of the electric vehicle? Those of us who visited Rivian Automotive’s L.A. auto show display a...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Innovative ‘Afreecar’ Wins SAE’s 2021 Create the Future Design Award
The focus is on bringing electric power and mobility to 1 billion people who have no access to electricity.
Articles Energy
Faurecia Expanding into Hydrogen
Through its Symbio joint venture with Michelin, Faurecia is investing beyond its interior-systems base into the fuel-cell future.
Supplier Eye Unmanned Systems
Suppliers Battle a New Set of ILLs
Slammed by ‘black swan’ events, the global auto supply base now faces a severe cost crunch.
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Innovating the Methanol Fuel Cell
Using methanol as the source fuel provides an alternative to a gaseous-hydrogen distribution and storage infrastructure, among other potential benefits.
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BrightDrop Innovates Last-Mile Delivery
On a city street, two delivery vans are unloading cargo. One driver carries a package out of his van and delivers it inside an apartment building. Then he returns for another and carries it in. Then...
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Turning Thermal Energy into Electricity Could Help Soldiers
With the addition of sensors and enhanced communication tools, providing lightweight, portable power has become even more challenging. Army-funded research demonstrated a new...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
DOD Taking Measures to Protect Nuclear Weapons and Space Assets
The Defense Department relies on nuclear-armed bombers, submarines and intercontinental ballistic missiles, as well as space-based sensors, to provide a strategic deterrence...
Q&A Data Acquisition
Driving DAQ Product Development with the Customer’s Voice
Dewesoft is engineering its data acquisition tools for the new rigors of vehicle electrification and autonomy.
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Time to End the Madness of EV Sales Subsidies
Electric vehicles have proven that they can sell themselves.
Supplier Eye Automotive
Dealing with the BEV ‘Concavity’
Any new technology will experience growing pains and volume setbacks. BEVs will be no different.
Articles Transportation
Defending the Heavy-Vehicle Cyber Domain
The COVID-19 pandemic has served as a stark reminder of trucking’s essential role in keeping the economy moving. Hacking commercial vehicles poses grave risks that should not be ignored;...
Original Equipment Design
A Bevy of Battery and Fuel-Cell Electric Truck Reveals
As one should expect from an industry event called Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, several truck OEMs revealed their latest battery-electric and fuel-cell-electric offerings...
Articles Energy
BYD’s Blade Runner
The Chinese mobility giant’s novel ‘Blade’ battery eliminates the cell module level to compete with NCM chemistry at a lower cost with greater safety.
Technology Report Automotive
New Zapp Electric Scooter Just 200 Pounds, 200 Components
With simpler designs, no noise and no tailpipe emissions, electric scooters are projected to rapidly gobble market share in Europe and Asia.
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IAA Munich and the Future of ‘Mobility’ Shows
Enormous anticipation guided me as I entered the expansive Munchen Messe on Sept. 7, the inaugural media day and official kickoff for the first IAA – Germany’s combination auto show and...
News Energy
Toyota Promising Big Battery, EV Action, but Circumspect on Absolutes
In a briefing to update media on its near-term development of electric-vehicle (EV) battery development and carbon-neutrality measures, Toyota Motor Corp. chief...
News Automotive
‘Retuning’ Lubricants for EV Duty
“My focus is lubricating grease; I’ve been doing it for 32 years,” explained Dr. Gareth Fish with a high degree of pride. Lubrizol’s top expert on the subject, globally recognized in the...
News Power
Extending a Wankel Future on Hydrogen Fuel
Could the Wankel rotary engine have a major future as a hydrogen-fueled, zero-emissions range-extender engine? Alternative fuel cells are still under development and there are technical hurdles...
Articles Aerospace
Solar-Powered Satellite Hardware in Orbit
The Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module is the first orbital experiment designed to convert sunlight for microwave power transmission for solar power satellites.
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
GM Readies Comprehensive New Vehicle-Software Platform
General Motors announced this week that it has developed a new “end-to-end” software platform designed to use over-the-air (OTA) updating capabilities to “connect customers’...
News Imaging
Engineering Ford’s Jumbo SUV for Off-Roading
Rollicking hills, rocky ravines and water fording are among the lures of off-roading, and they formed the engineering bogies for the newest edition of Ford’s largest SUV. “Expedition...
News Test & Measurement
Arctic Autonomy
In what is billed as “the most extensive pilot [program] in challenging weather conditions, ever,” a trio of Nordic companies is prepping an autonomous public-transport service in Bodø, a Norwegian city north of the...
News Power
Tenured Production CEO Leading VW’s U.S. Electrified Manufacturing Push
Volkswagen of America’s (VOA) sprawling operations just off I-75 in Chattanooga, Tennessee could be considered ground-zero for the German automaker’s rebuilding...
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2022 Toyota Tundra: V8 Out, Twin-Turbo Hybrid Takes Over
The voice of the customer was clearly heard during Toyota’s development of the all-new, third-generation Tundra pickup. “We had multiple focus groups early on to hear directly...
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Ford Announces 48-Volt Architecture for Future Electric Truck
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Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design Cycle
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Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
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Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance