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The haters go after Toyota
2022-12-15
The haters go after Toyota
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The history of GM's Electovair EV
2023-10-06
Most industry experts cite GM’s EV1 as the first EV of contemporary times. But the EV1 had a pioneering forerunner from decades prior.
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The lumpy transition to vehicle electrification
2022-05-10
As the industry plows ahead toward vehicle electrification, the short-to-mid-term future is uncharted territory at virtually every level.
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The motorcycle's balanced future
2017-07-20
With its Ride Assist technology, Honda R&D moves two-wheelers toward autonomous capability.
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The need for reliable engine-off cabin cooling in off-highway machinery
2016-05-13
Increasingly stringent anti-idling laws continue to exert pressure on the off-highway industry to minimize the release of CO2 emissions and diesel particulate matter into the environment, notes Webasto's Don Kanneth.
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The new NVH frontier for EVs
2023-05-24
Electrification brings new benchmarks, tools, and challenges to the ongoing battle with noise, vibration and harshness.
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The next material disruption
2018-04-06
In a recent joint paper by the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) and the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at the University of Manchester, researchers outlined the disruptive impact potential of graphene applications in aerospace. This comes at a time of marked graphene innovation from research teams in Japan and Singapore.
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The olfactory factor in autonomous vehicles
2022-12-16
Aryaballe Technology’s unique sensors-on-a-chip solution aims to end the subjectivity of the human nose while neutralizing vehicle cabin odors.
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The only Department of Defense-owned, human-rated centrifuge gains full operational capability
2018-08-10
The only human-rated centrifuge in the Department of Defense just gained full operational capability. The centrifuge, located at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio is capable of producing 20 times the force of gravity and can accelerate up to 15 Gs in one second.
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The path to better and smarter vehicle charging
2022-01-19
With EV models proliferating and a new government commitment, battery-charging technology is set to take on a new priority.
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The quest for the self-cleaning car
2015-04-01
New water-rejecting coating explored by chemists at University College London and other universities makes for tough self-cleaning surfaces that might work on motor vehicles.
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The race to engineer robotic personal mobility
2016-05-16
Powered exoskeletons, perhaps the ultimate in personal mobility, are no longer mere sci-fi/comic book fantasies. Hyundai/Kia is among the innovators working to reduce system cost in this exciting field.
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The road to zero prototypes
2023-03-24
ADAS and HMI development are new applications for simulation solutions.
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The science of eliminating EV “whine cellars”
2014-08-18
There is no excuse for gear noise in any electrified vehicle drivetrain, asserts an expert in driveline NVH. The solution is in a systems approach and thorough root-cause analysis at the design stage. (For more detailed images, click on the arrow at the upper right corner of this box.)
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The state of DC fast-charging for electric vehicles
2019-10-29
The state of DC fast-charging for electric vehicles
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The upside of downsizing: senior auto executives give their views
2017-01-03
To downsize or not to downsize engines? That’s the question facing all OEMs. In an initial move to be more environmentally responsible, for many downsizing seemed to be thoroughly sensible. But is it? Executives have their say.
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The vehicle as giant microphone
2023-02-27
The vehicle as giant microphone
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The ‘Coming STEM Crisis’ is already here
2015-05-29
Professional engineers must do more to connect with youngsters if the problem of too few qualified technical workers in the United States is to be solved, SAE 2015 World Congress panelists agree.
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The ‘Framework’ for AV development
2023-10-17
The U.S. Department of Transportation establishes structure to advance collaborative road/AV testing.
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Thermal imaging makes its case for ADAS, AVs
2020-02-01
Thermal imaging makes its case for ADAS, AVs
