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Articles: Energy
Will EV sales in the U.S. double by the end of the decade, or more? Will the U.S. keep pace with China’s relentless iterative improvements on EV technology, or will China increasingly dominate the rapidly electrifying global transportation industry? Read on to learn more.
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Products: Materials
See the new products, including Plasmatreat's HydroPlasma, a solution for the removal of stubborn contaminants from glass and metal surfaces; TDK Corporation's 3000-watt TDK-Lambda brand HWS3000G programmable AC-DC power supplies; Zircotec's new range of proprietary ceramic coatings; Thermo Fisher Scientific's expanded solutions for battery manufacturers; and more.
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Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Battery packs are becoming larger and heavier, particularly in applications such as electric trucks, aviation and renewable energy storage. As payload requirements increase, manufacturers are turning to advanced automation and material handling systems to keep pace. Read on to learn what this means.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have overcome a barrier to using a more affordable, dry process for manufacturing the Li-ion batteries used in vehicles and electronic devices. The resulting batteries provide greater electricity flow and reduced risk of overheating. Read on to learn more.
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Briefs: Power
Today’s electric vehicle boom is tomorrow’s mountain of electronic waste. And while myriad efforts are underway to improve battery recycling, many EV batteries still end up in landfills. A research team from MIT wants to help change that with a new kind of self-assembling battery material that quickly breaks apart when submerged in a simple organic liquid. Read on to learn more.
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Briefs: Research Lab
Read on to learn about research that raises the benchmark for sodium-based all-solid-state batteries and demonstrates thick cathodes that retain performance at room temperature down to subzero conditions.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
By flipping a foundational belief in battery design, Hailong Chen and his team found that charging zinc-ion batteries at higher currents can make them last longer. Read on to learn more about this surprising result.
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Special Reports: Power
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Power Electronics - November 2025
This compendium of articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology magazines looks at the latest advances in power electronics and energy storage for applications ranging from...

Tech Talks: Power
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In a world of competitive pressures and engineering challenges, pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) tapes have emerged as a prime solution for EV...
Briefs: Data Acquisition
This lightweight, portable garment is designed for active shoulder and elbow positioning.
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Special Reports: Transportation
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Electric Vehicles - October 2025
In this collection of articles from the editors of Automotive Engineering and Battery & Electrification Technology, learn how improvements in power electronics will redefine EVs, how a groundbreaking...

Special Reports: Test & Measurement
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Automotive Test & Simulation - October 2025
Benchmarking the impact of climatic conditions on EV charging times…how battery simulation is speeding EV development…a new standard for battery leak testing. Read about these and other...

Podcasts: Transportation
To help pass the time during your commute or while working around the house or in the garage, we've launched the SAE Automotive Engineering podcast.
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Blog: Energy
What if the next battery you buy was made from the same kinds of ingredients found in your body? That’s the idea behind a breakthrough battery material made from natural, biodegradable components. It’s so natural, it could even be consumed as food.
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INSIDER: Energy
As the mobility industry rapidly evolves, Freudenberg continues to expand its portfolio with high-performance, application-specific solutions...
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Technology Report: Energy
A panel of four battery testing experts from different fields agreed that large scale fire testing, as called for in a proposed update to testing standard...
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Technology Report: Design
Bosch Rexroth displayed new battery automation solutions at The Battery Show 2025 in Detroit this week, focusing on making batteries in a more...
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INSIDER: Energy
Prestone is exhibiting its Prestone EVX™ collection of electrified vehicle (EV and hybrid) thermal management fluids that meet newly...
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INSIDER: Energy
Engineers looking for a new way to simulate battery cells as they develop new battery management systems might be interested in the latest PXI battery simulator modules...
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INSIDER: Energy
A GM battery executive told an audience at the Battery Show North America audience Tuesday that the company would deploy a lithium manganese-rich (LMR) battery by 2028 in some of its...
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INSIDER: Energy
Tal Sholklapper, cofounder and CEO of Voltaiq, a battery analytics company, made bold statements on the eve of the Battery Show in 2024 that Western and...
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INSIDER: Energy
Bel Fuse Inc., a global manufacturer of products that power, protect, and connect electronic circuits, has launched BCF19-700-8, a 19.2 kW liquid-cooled on-board...
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INSIDER: Energy
As EV battery designs continue to explore new pack shapes, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has developed a new, flexible busbar sealing technology that enables...
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Articles: Automotive
The move to electrified on- and off-highway equipment is not without its challenges. The industry itself lags greatly behind the passenger car industry, which accounted for 17.5 million EVs sold globally last year. But why? Read on to find out.
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Articles: Energy
Charging infrastructure has become the primary bottleneck to fleet electrification. Despite growing demand for electric trucks and increasing pressure to decarbonize logistics operations, many fleet operators face long delays for grid upgrades, transformer installations, and permitting, at times waiting more than a year to power vehicles that have already arrived. OptiGrid was formed in response to this growing gap between vehicle readiness and infrastructure availability. Read on to learn more.
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Articles: Energy
As the EV market accelerates toward mass adoption, the need for durable, efficient, and scalable battery technologies is reshaping supply chain priorities across the automotive and energy sectors. Advanced sealing materials, such as high-performance elastomers, are emerging as strategic enablers in this transformation. Read on to learn more.
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