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Demonstration of the First Heavy-Duty Truck, Driving on 100% Plant-Based Fuel.
ClearFlame Engine Technologies has successfully completed an ‘on-road’ demonstration of its proprietary technology that enables a...
Feb 10, 20223 min read


Bridgestone Wet Handling Track at its European Proving Ground.
Bridgestone, a global leader in tyres and rubber providing solutions for safe and sustainable mobility, has launched a new Wet Handling...
Feb 2, 20223 min read

Toyota Research Institute Pushes Vehicle's Capabilities To Advance Active Safety
Toyota Research Institute (TRI) demonstrated a new research milestone in autonomy, providing a glimpse into the future of safer mobility...
Feb 2, 20223 min read

EURO - NCAP: VW Caddy Achieves Five Stars
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ Caddy has been awarded the top rating of five stars after being put through Euro NCAP’s latest crash test...
Jan 26, 20222 min read

VW First OEM with Global Application of "swarm data" for ADAS.
Volkswagen Group is the first original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to apply Mobileye's mapping data to enhance the comfort and safety of...
Jan 5, 20221 min read

John Deere Reveals Fully Autonomous Tractor at CES 2022.
During CES 2022, John Deere revealed a fully autonomous tractor ready for large-scale production. The machine combines Deere's 8R...
Jan 5, 20221 min read


Foretellix, IPG, AWS and Valeo collaborate on Virtual Testing Toolchain for ADAS Development.
At CES 2022 in Las Vegas, Foretellix, IPG, AWS, and Valeo will showcase a virtual toolchain for large-scale virtual testing that supports...
Jan 5, 20221 min read


TuSimple Becomes First to Successfully Operate Driver Out, Fully Autonomous Semi-truck on Open Roads
TuSimple successfully completed the world's first fully autonomous semi-truck run on open public roads without a human in the vehicle and...
Jan 4, 20222 min read


Volvo’s Heavy-Duty Electric Truck is Put to the Test.
The first independent energy efficiency test with a fully loaded heavy-duty electric Volvo truck was carried out in Germany. As a result,...
Jan 4, 20222 min read

2021-22 Tesla Model Y Crash testing earns highest IIHS accolade
The 2021-22 Tesla Model Y, a midsize luxury SUV, has qualified for the TOP SAFETY PICK+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway...
Dec 31, 20211 min read

How to Do a 2G Roll Check with an Accelerometer
DTS - (Diversified Technical Systems, Inc.) has released a new video that guides engineers to do 2G Roll check. A 2G Calibration (aka 2G...
Dec 14, 20211 min read


Volvo Engineering Team, Testing E-trucks in Extreme Winter Weather
Volvo Trucks released images and video of how they tested their electric trucks in extremely cold weather close to the Arctic Circle....
Dec 14, 20212 min read

Vehicle Electrification and Hybridization, Shifting Real World Tests to the Virtual World.
When developing partially or fully electrified vehicles, engineers are faced with the challenge of perfectly synchronizing various...
Dec 10, 20212 min read

Renault's ZOE Fails in Euro NCAP Safety Ratings with 0 Stars, and its Dacia Spring Achieves Just 1.
Back in 2013 Renault was amongst the first to release an affordable electric car, launching its popular ZOE. In 2020 the car received a...
Dec 9, 20212 min read

New Technical Partnership between AVL RACING and STARD (Stohl Advanced R&D).
AVL RACING and the Austrian EV motorsport specialist STARD (part of Stohl Group GmbH) has announced a technical partnership. The focus of...
Dec 7, 20212 min read


GKN partners with Newcastle University & University of Nottingham in Advanced Research Centre.
GKN Automotive, has announced its new Advanced Research Centre - created to develop next-generation eDrive systems powering future...
Dec 3, 20212 min read


BMW i7 Undergoes Driving Dynamics Testing at the Polar Circle.
BMW i7 Prototypes, complete final testing of their drive and suspension systems at the BMW Group winter-test centre in Arjeplog, Sweden....
Dec 1, 20212 min read


TRC California Test Centre announces completion of Expansion Project.
With the recent completion of a $2.1 million expansion project at the TRC California automotive research and testing complex, the...
Nov 30, 20212 min read


Tritium EV Charger Testing Facility opened in Australia
Tritium Holdings, a developer and manufacturer of direct current (“DC”) fast charging technology for electric vehicles (“EVs”), has...
Nov 28, 20213 min read

Engineers from CUPRA tackle the challenge of transmitting emotion through the model's electric sound
A team of engineers and designers from CUPRA has turned nature's music into CUPRA's electric sound. The company say that it has created a...
Nov 27, 20212 min read
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