Utrecht, a largely bicycle-propelled city of 350,000 just south of Amsterdam, has become a proving ground for the bidirectional-charging techniques that have the rapt interest of automakers, engineers, city managers, and power utilities the world over. This initiative is taking place in an environment where everyday citizens want to travel without causing emissions and are… Continue reading Fast-Charging EV Batteries With Nickel Foil
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Autonomous Vehicles: Ensuring No Data Is Lost in Transmission
As the automotive industry navigates a new era of self-driving cars, every second matters. The information obtained from sensors and electronics must be given to the main CPU as precisely and quickly as possible. To ensure optimal safety and performance, it’s imperative that no data is lost in transmission. To achieve this, we’re increasingly relying… Continue reading Autonomous Vehicles: Ensuring No Data Is Lost in Transmission
E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California
Why not? EVs lack tailpipe emissions, sure, but producing, operating, and disposing of these vehicles creates greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental burdens. Driving an EV pushes these problems upstream, to the factory where the vehicle is made and beyond, as well as to the power plant where the electricity is generated. The entire life cycle… Continue reading E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California
Nighttime Charging of EVs May Overburden the Grid
Why not? EVs lack tailpipe emissions, sure, but producing, operating, and disposing of these vehicles creates greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental burdens. Driving an EV pushes these problems upstream, to the factory where the vehicle is made and beyond, as well as to the power plant where the electricity is generated. The entire life cycle… Continue reading Nighttime Charging of EVs May Overburden the Grid
Evolution of In-Vehicle Networks
Developments in Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) are creating a new approach to In-Vehicle Network (IVN) architecture design. With today’s vehicles containing at least a hundred ECUs, the current distributed network architecture has reached the limit of its capabilities. The automotive industry is now focusing on a domain or zonal controller architecture to simplify network design,… Continue reading Evolution of In-Vehicle Networks
Quantum Sensors Could Quell EV Range Anxiety
A major concern when it comes to electric vehicles is how far their batteries will let them drive. Now, scientists in Japan reveal that diamond quantum sensors can help improve electric-vehicle battery-monitoring accuracy by a hundredfold or more, potentially significantly boosting their driving range. Electric vehicles monitor how much charge is left in their batteries,… Continue reading Quantum Sensors Could Quell EV Range Anxiety
New Technique Reduces Electrocution Risk After EV Crash
Why not? EVs lack tailpipe emissions, sure, but producing, operating, and disposing of these vehicles creates greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental burdens. Driving an EV pushes these problems upstream, to the factory where the vehicle is made and beyond, as well as to the power plant where the electricity is generated. The entire life cycle… Continue reading New Technique Reduces Electrocution Risk After EV Crash
Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future
The concept of smart roads is not new. It includes efforts like traffic lights that automatically adjust their timing based on sensor data and streetlights that automatically adjust their brightness to reduce energy consumption. PerceptIn, of which coauthor Liu is founder and CEO, has demonstrated at its own test track, in Beijing, that streetlight control… Continue reading Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future
Web3 Ride-Hailing App Drife Takes on Uber in India
Why not? EVs lack tailpipe emissions, sure, but producing, operating, and disposing of these vehicles creates greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental burdens. Driving an EV pushes these problems upstream, to the factory where the vehicle is made and beyond, as well as to the power plant where the electricity is generated. The entire life cycle… Continue reading Web3 Ride-Hailing App Drife Takes on Uber in India
We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles
EVs have finally come of age. The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. Scientists and engineers have extended the range of EVs by cramming ever more energy into their batteries, and vehicle charging networks have expanded in many countries. In the United… Continue reading We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles