The various levels of autonomous driving systems are still confusing to many individuals, so here’s an overview plus a bit of background about where we are with autonomous driving systems and where we might be going.
An important new industry guideline for wireless power transfer technology and infrastructure — “SAE TIR J2954 Wireless Power Transfer for Light-Duty Plug-In/ Electric Vehicles and Alignment Methodology” — was recently approved for publication by SAE International, according to reports. The new guideline will reportedly be available on the SAE website … [continued]
We interrupt our all-Tesla-all-the-time programming for this special announcement: Genovation Cars, a company that all but dropped off the radar a couple of years ago, is partnering in a new hybrid EV battery research project that combines a high density battery pack with an ultracapacitor pack and a DC/DC converter … [continued]
The first public installation of a SAE Combo Fast Charging Station was recently completed at the Fashion Valley Mall in San Diego. The fast-charging station is something of a milestone, as it represents the first installation in the US of an industry-coordinated standard for the fast charging of EVs. The … [continued]
The European Parliament is drafting a bill to do away with CHAdeMO in favor of the SAE’s CSS “universal” ev charger. This news comes in spite of the fact that there are more than 2500 CHAdeMO EV chargers in place worldwide, and the fact that the most popular EVs in … [continued]
This article first appeared on Gas2. Brigham Young University (BYU) is known for a number of things – and one of them is unconventional vehicles. The engineering wing of BYU has added to its fleet a new vehicle that gets 1,300 miles per gallon. The BYU 1,300 miles per gallon vehicle premiered … [continued]
A new technical standard for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and electric vehicles (EV) has been approved and just published today by SAE International, “a global association of more than 133,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries.” The SAE International standard is a huge step forward … [continued]
