Newswise Feature Channel: Automotive

Auto Plants Grew Their Workforces After Transitioning to Electric Vehicle Production

University of Michigan — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 12:05:53 EST

U.S. auto plants producing battery electric vehicles have required a larger workforce than traditional internal combustion engine plants--a finding that runs counter to early predictions about how EVs would impact the industry.

Unconventional technology enhances composites important to automotive, aerospace and renewable energy industries

Oak Ridge National Laboratory — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:05:24 EST

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method that demonstrates how fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials used in the automotive, aerospace and renewable energy industries can be made stronger and tougher to better withstand mechanical or structural stresses over time.

RUDN engineers run a diesel engine on vegetable oil

Scientific Project Lomonosov — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 04:05:00 EST

RUDN engineers found how internal combustion engine performance changes with rapeseed oil instead of regular diesel fuel. This data will help regulate engine operation and, in the future, switch to plant biofuel.

GW Expert: Self-Driving Taxi Service Waymo Expands into Two California Cities

George Washington University — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 14:05:59 EST

Auto industry deadlines loom for impaired-driver detection tech, U-M offers a low-cost solution

University of Michigan — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 11:05:07 EST

Cameras similar to those already on newer model cars, combined with facial recognition tools, could read the "tells" of impairment in the face and upper body of a driver, University of Michigan engineers have shown.

Autonomous vehicle technology vulnerable to road object spoofing and vanishing attacks

University of California, Irvine — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 13:05:57 EST

A University of California, Irvine-led research team has demonstrated the potentially hazardous vulnerabilities associated with the technology called LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, many autonomous vehicles use to navigate streets, roads and highways. Computer scientists and electrical engineers at the UCI and Japan's Keio University have shown how to use lasers to fool LiDAR into "seeing" objects that are not present and missing those that are - deficiencies that can cause unwarranted and unsafe braking or collisions.

Engineers have adjusted the diesel engine to run properly on rapeseed oil

Scientific Project Lomonosov — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 04:05:43 EST

RUDN engineers adjusted the operation of a diesel engine running on rapeseed oil. Typically, the second fuel reduces engine performance, but the authors explained how to adjust it so that vegetable and diesel fuels come close in performance.

Combating fractional spurs in phase locked loops to improve wireless system performance in Beyond 5G

Tokyo Institute of Technology — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 21:05:08 EST

Two innovative design techniques lead to substantial improvements in performance in fractional-N phase locked loops (PLLs), report scientists from Tokyo Tech.

Road features that predict crash sites identified in new machine-learning model

University of Massachusetts Amherst — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:05:01 EST

Issues such as abrupt changes in speed limits and incomplete lane markings are among the most influential factors that can predict road crashes, finds new research by University of Massachusetts Amherst engineers.

Japan's electric vehicle transition by 2035 may be insufficient to combat the climate crisis, but there are solutions

Kyushu University — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 10:05:56 EST

Researchers at Kyushu University have found that Japan's current policy of stopping the sale of gas vehicles by 2035 and transitioning only to hybrids and electric vehicles may be insufficient to reduce the country's CO2 emissions and prevent it from reaching its decarbonization target goals.

Pedestrian injuries from falls versus motor vehicle collisions: are we lacking critical policy and interventions?

Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:05:52 EST

Using Emergency Medical Services (EMS) data, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health compared the national burden of pedestrian injuries from motor vehicles to that of pedestrian falls occurring on streets and sidewalks and found that the probability of a pedestrian suffering a severe injury is higher for motor vehicle collisions as compared to falls.

The use of biofuels may reduce black smoke emissions of cars by 90%

University of Malaga — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:05:56 EST

The UMA participates in an international study with the Future Power Systems Group of the University of Birmingham (UK) that investigates how to reduce pollutant emissions from vehicles without affecting engine performance.

Lifelong learning will power next generation of autonomous devices

Argonne National Laboratory — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:05:11 EST

Argonne researchers address challenges scientists face in developing lifelong learning models for autonomous devices, such as self-driving cars, and recommends design principles going forward.

Vehicle networking environment information sharing based on distributed fountain code

Chinese Academy of Sciences — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 07:40:16 EST

Researchers propose a new motion prediction compensation method, which includes a distributed fountain coding scheme, motion prediction model, and information transmission control algorithm, which reduces channel bandwidth resource consumption and improves transmission efficiency.

Key LiDAR sensor elements for autonomous vehicles are now made with our technology

National Research Council of Science and Technology — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:11 EST

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced that a team led by Dr. Myung-Jae Lee at the Post-Silicon Semiconductor Institute has developed a "single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD)" that can identify objects at the mm level based on a 40nm back-illuminated CMOS image sensor process.

Karma Automotive drives forward climate innovation with UC Irvine's RADiCal initiative

University of California, Irvine — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:05:17 EST

Irvine, Calif., Jan. 25, 2024 -- University of California, Irvine's Resilience and Adaptation Development in California initiative, which deepens university-industry engagement to drive innovation and answer climate challenges, has entered a strategic partnership with Karma Automotive.

Off-road autonomy: U-M's Automotive Research Center funded with $100 million through 2028

University of Michigan — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:05:14 EST

The U.S. Army has extended its long-running relationship with the University of Michigan's Automotive Research Center, reaching a new five-year, agreement of up to $100 million to boost work on autonomous vehicle technologies.

Samsung leads again in U.S. patents while Qualcomm leaps into second place; overall grants dip 3.4%

Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 04:00:00 EST

New 2023 patent data rankings highlight escalating areas of R&D activity, according to an annual patent study by Digital Science company IFI CLAIMS.

More Range for Electric Vehicle Batteries on the Horizon

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:05:04 EST

A seemingly simple shift in lithium-ion battery manufacturing could pay big dividends, improving electric vehicles' ability to store more energy per charge and to withstand more charging cycles.

Free electric vehicle charging at work? It's possible with optimum solar

University of South Australia — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:05:52 EST

The global surge in electric vehicle sales has prompted an Australian university to explore how it could offer free or nominal EV charging facilities to staff and students by optimising its solar PV system and minimising workplace electricity costs.