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Articles: Power
The future of transportation is shifting toward hybrid and electric vehicles (xEV), making the development of powertrain systems more intricate. Meeting stringent development timelines adds to the challenges faced by the industry.
News: Power
As the world’s major auto markets begin an inexorable shift to EVs and hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs), any discussion of the engineering behind...
Articles: Automotive
Hyliion’s system can decrease fuel consumption and reduce emissions by capturing wasted energy and storing it in a battery pack.
Application Briefs: Propulsion
Hybrid-electric propulsion systems hold clear potential to reduce aircraft carbon dioxide emissions and support the goal of greater sustainability in aviation.
Articles: Electronics & Computers
The Battery Show North America is a forum for advanced battery technology for electric and hybrid vehicles, utility and renewable energy support, portable electronics, medical technology, military, and telecommunications.
Briefs: Aerospace
The proposed design could reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 95 percent.
Articles: Energy
When it comes to the research and development of batteries, modeling and simulation (M&S) provide an efficient and low-cost approach.
Articles: Energy
A number of battery-related innovations have been assisted by a joining technology: ultrasonic metal welding.
Q&A: Transportation
A new system from Oak Ridge National Laboratory enables electric vehicles to be charged while on the road.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
These are important traits in electronics and electrical systems including electric cars, industrial drills, and electric grids.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This controller minimizes the burden on the power grid.
Briefs: Energy
Power System for Hybrid Heavy-Duty Trucks
Electric motors and gas-alcohol engines could slash pollution levels and greenhouse gases from long-haul trucks.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
There are applications that require multiple electric machine drives, such as electric or hybrid electric vehicles, where there is a main traction motor and one or more accessory...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
High-Energy Lithium Flow Cells with Sulfur Anodes
Li-ion batteries offer considerable advantages such as high gravimetric and volumetric energy densities, and good calendar life and shelf life compared to aqueous systems such as Pb-acid, Ni-Cd, and Ni-MH. Various Li-ion chemistries with different Li-intercalating cathodes have attained significant...
Technology Leaders: Materials
Exciting new technological innovations are making the planet cleaner, people healthier, food more plentiful, transportation speedier, communication more accessible, and...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A method was created for electroless deposition of conformal ultrathin (<20 nm) metal oxides on the high-surface-area walls of commercial carbon nanofoam papers, typically 0.1–0.3 mm thick. The resulting...
Application Briefs: Energy
Siemens PLM SoftwarePlano, TXwww.plm.automation.siemens.com
The use of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries has made the electric vehicle (EV) a reality, and electric...
Briefs: Energy
Innovators at NASA’s Glenn Research Center have developed two novel technologies that make Stirling engines more efficient and less costly. First, Glenn’s thermoacoustic power converter uses sound to turn heat into...
Articles: Automotive
With every passing year, it's getting more difficult to recognize the current crop of passenger vehicles as the descendants of Henry Ford's Model T. Those first mass-produced vehicles didn't even...
Briefs: Energy
High-Voltage Supercapacitors for Improved Energy Density Hybrid Power Sources
Both the aerospace and automotive industries depend increasingly on electrochemical energy storage. Reduction in mass, increase in energy, and increase in power can benefit both of these areas dramatically. Supercapacitors are currently under consideration for use in both...
Briefs: Energy
High-Energy-Density Solid-State Li-Ion Battery with Enhanced Safety
High-energy-density and safe rechargeable batteries are required for NASA’s future exploration missions. Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are attractive energy storage systems due to their relatively high energy and power densities. However, the unfavorable side reactions between...
Briefs: Materials
Lightweight, Flexible, Energy-Manageable Polymer Nanocomposites
Solar energy has attracted keen attention because it is a unique, clean, and sustainable energy resource. It is also widely utilized as a power source in space exploration. A lightweight, durable, deployable, and highly efficient all polymer-based solar power panel was developed...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Designing automotive electronics presents numerous technical challenges, including the need to protect against electrical hazards. The three major sources of electrical hazards in...
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Dual-Leadframe Transient Liquid Phase Bonded Power Semiconductor Module Assembly and Bonding Process
A high-temperature-capable widebandgap semiconductor power module package, coupled with a new high-temperature- capable bonding process (with...
Articles: Automotive
SAE World Congress Preview “Achieving Efficiency”
The 2013 SAE World Congress and Exhibition, taking place April 16-18 at Cobo Center in Detroit, represents an unparalleled opportunity to explore new technology through both technical sessions and the Innovators Only Exhibition. This year’s Host Company is Chrysler, and ZF will serve as Tier...
Articles: Energy
One initiative at Glenn Research Center, the Hybrid Power Management (HPM) program, focused on joining new and mature technologies for optimal power systems applications in space and on Earth, with...
Briefs: Energy
An Integrated, Layered-Spinel Composite Cathode for Energy Storage Applications
At low operating temperatures, commercially available electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries do not fully meet the energy and power requirements for NASA’s exploration activities. The composite cathode under development is projected to provide the required...
Briefs: Software
If carmakers could reduce the number, size, and weight of the components in there, better fuel economy would result. A case in point is the design and...
Briefs: Materials
Electrochemical Ultracapacitors Using Graphitic Nanostacks
Electrochemical ultracapacitors (ECs) have been developed using graphitic nanostacks as the electrode material. The advantages of this technology will be the reduction of device size due to superior power densities and relative powers compared to traditional activated carbon electrodes....
Top Stories
INSIDER: Software
Aya Durbin of Boston Dynamics on Why Humanoids Are the Future of...
INSIDER: Software
NVIDIA Announces Industry’s First Full-Stack Safety System for Physical...
Articles: Manned Systems
Blog: Aerospace
NASA Marches Toward Artemis III Mission in 2027
Podcasts: RF & Microwave Electronics
How Star Catcher’s In-Space Power Grid Could Eliminate Satellite Power...
Quiz: Manned Systems
Webcasts
Editorial Webinars: Motion Control
How Motors, Drives, and Sensors are Advancing Humanoid Robots
Webinars: Power
From Grid to GPU: Validating Next-Gen AI Data Center Power...
Summits: Automotive
Hydrogen & Alternative Fuels Summit 2026
Webinars: Transportation
Engineering Extended-Range Hybrid Systems
Editorial Webinars: Medical
Design for Miniaturization: Meeting the Demand for Smaller,...
Webinars: AR/AI
