Automotive
The ethical dilemmas of autonomous driving
The trolley problem is a classical philosophical dilemma that is used to illustrate the moral conundrum surrounding how to program autonomous vehicles to react to different situations. However, this particular thought experiment may be just the tip of the iceberg. Here Kostas Poulios, Principal Design and Development Engineer at Pailton Engineering, takes a closer look at the ethical dilemmas of fully autonomous vehicles.
Thermal management in 2020: highlights from IDTechEx
Thermal management is a critical consideration for many technologies and markets, from electric vehicle battery packs to data centres and 5G devices. Several news stories, announcements, trends and acquisitions in 2020 have highlighted the need for effective thermal management in these emerging technology areas.
Automotive connectivity revenues expected to rise
Global automotive connectivity revenues will race ahead to $48.3bn by 2027, over five times higher than 2019, generating opportunities and challenges for mobile operators and their infrastructure providers. The full added value revenue opportunity associated with automotive connectivity will be much larger still by around an order of magnitude, rising to around $500bn by 2027.
New Einride pods powered by NVIDIA technology
Autonomous Electric Transport (AET) pioneer, Einride announced has that the next generation of Einride Pods will use the DRIVE AGX Orin autonomous vehicle computing platform to handle high speed, unmanned operations.
Motor driver cuts material costs in automotive applications
Melexis has announced the third generation of its popular LIN motor driver for small motors targeting automotive mechatronic applications at up to 10W, including motor-controlled flaps and valves, and small fans and pumps.
Automotive grade capacitors offer long life of 6000 hours
A new series of low impedance, Automotive Grade miniature aluminium electrolytic capacitors that combine high ripple currents up to 3.36 A with high temperature operation to +125 °C and very long useful life of 6,000 h at 125 °C has been released by The Optoelectronics group of Vishay Intertechnology.
Duo to jointly develop next-gen battery management system
The next generation energy storage system - to be designed, developed and manufactured by Singapore-based Orient Technology - will incorporate elements of the advanced battery management and control algorithm technology from Ricardo.
Surprising losses in so-called ‘hidden factories’
A survey of the automotive design engineering sector has uncovered a systemic phenomenon termed ‘hidden factories’ responsible for dragging down the industry’s productivity and profitability. The survey, carried out by Majenta Solutions, points to near-at-hand opportunities for OEMs and suppliers to save money and improve their prospects at a critical juncture in economic fortunes of the car industry.
Hybrid and electrical vehicle powertrain testing
Over the past decade, most transportation markets, from automotive, to military, aircraft, and even space systems have seen a tremendous surge of interest in hybrid and electric vehicle technology. To gain the promised efficiency benefits and green profile of these vehicles, it is important to conduct driveline and component testing during design and manufacturing that is specially adapted to the particular nature of hybrid and electric vehicles....
Ricardo leads consortium to establish supply chain for sustainable electric motors
The UK-ALUMOTOR consortium has received an award from the Driving Electric Revolution Challenge fund - through UK Research and Innovation - to establish a UK supply chain for electric machines: leveraging manufacturing expertise to deliver next generation sustainable electric motors.