Vehicles

To accurately measure the effectiveness of traffic safety management technologyCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview: A joint research team from Toyohashi University of…

Credit: Virginia Tech A new four-year study, led by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) in partnership with a 16-member team, seeks to provide the trucking industry, regulators, and the general public with practical…

Credit: U.S. Navy ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories employees and contractors saw their work culminate in a hypersonic flight test conducted by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army on March 19 at the Kauai Test Facility in…

Using a photorealistic simulation engine, vehicles learn to drive in the real world and recover from near-crash scenarios A simulation system invented at MIT to train driverless cars creates a photorealistic world with infinite steering…

Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre/UTEP Communications A mechanical engineering professor from The University of Texas at El Paso will lend his expertise to early-stage space exploration technology research through a $550,000 grant from NASA to…

Researchers at UC Berkeley and the University of Arizona, among other institutions, plan to move automated vehicles out of the lab and onto roadways for fuel savings.Credit: UA College of Engineering University of Arizona electrical and…

NYU Tandon School of Engineering's Nikhil Gupta was recognized by the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society for work on super-strong, super-lightweight materials BROOKLYN, New York, Monday, March 9, 2020 - Nikhil Gupta, professor of…

Just 25 industry-standard fast charging cycles can ruin a car's batteriesCredit: Ozkan Lab/UCR Commercial fast-charging stations subject electric car batteries to high temperatures and high resistance that can cause them to crack, leak,…

US Army files for patentCredit: US Army Two researchers working for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have come up with a drone design that shoots out of a 40mm grenade launcher. On Thursday, the Army's patent application for the GLUAS…

US businesses can help by licensing, manufacturing the Army's patent-pending charge controllerCredit: Scott T. Sturkol/Army An Army research team has figured out how small solar panels can keep tens of thousands of vehicle batteries from…

One of the most challenging tasks for drivers is parallel parking, which is why automatic parking systems are becoming a popular feature on some vehicles. However, the cost of designing and implementing such computing-intensive systems…

There may be a better way for autonomous vehicles to learn how to drive themselves: by watching humans. With the help of an improved sight-correcting system, self-driving cars could learn just by observing human operators complete the…

Have you taken an Uber ride and disagreed with the "fastest" route that the GPS app suggested because you - or the driver - know a "better" way? For society to truly embrace self-driving cars, the experience of passengers must feel just…

Credit: Jennifer McCann/Penn State A lithium-ion battery that is safe, has high power and can last for 1 million miles has been developed by a team in Penn State's Battery and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Center. Electric vehicle…

Credit: Andrey Kovalevsky/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy Biochemistry - Chasing the antidote In the most comprehensive, structure-based approach to date, a team of scientists may have discovered a new family of…

At the APS March Meeting in Denver, scientists will present their research on the ways people use networks to share information -- beginning with communicationCredit: Fabio Saracco DENVER, COLO., FEBRUARY 28, 2020--Tracking…

A TEAM of researchers and engineers at the University of Huddersfield whose mission is to future-proof the rail network by making innovations in track, rolling stock and safety have been awarded one of the most coveted honours in…

Credit: Photo by Steph Adams CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have demonstrated a new method for testing microscopic aeronautical materials at ultra-high temperatures. By combining electron microscopy and laser heating, scientists can…

New book by Binghamton University faculty explores the impact of American war preparationCredit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The military waste that results from the United States…

New algorithm could help control self-driving cars, automated warehousesCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- For self-driving vehicles to become an everyday reality, they need to safely and flawlessly navigate one…