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NASA Issues Award for Greener, More Fuel-Efficient Airliner of Future

“NASA announced Wednesday it has issued an award to The Boeing Company for the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, which seeks to inform a potential new generation of green single-aisle airliners. Under a Funded Space Act Agreement, Boeing will …

Analog Devices and Seeing Machines Work Together to Accelerate Safer Driving Through Sophisticated Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

“Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI), a global semiconductor leader, and Seeing Machines (LSE:SEE), an advanced computer vision technology company that designs AI-powered operator monitoring systems to improve transport safety, announced a collaboration in support of high-performance driver and …

Sony, Honda roll out prototype of ‘Afeela’ EV that uses Qualcomm tech

“Japan’s Sony (6758.T) on Wednesday unveiled a prototype of the new “Afeela” electric vehicles it will build together with Honda (7267.T), saying it would harness its vast entertainment content as it looks to become a player in …

TI enables automakers to take full advantage of EV range with the industry’s most accurate battery cell and pack monitors

“Texas Instruments (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) today introduced new automotive battery cell and pack monitors with the most accurate measurement capability available on the market, maximizing electric vehicle (EV) drive time and enabling safer operation. As EVs grow in popularity, advanced …

NXP Introduces High-Performance S32K39 Series MCUs for Modern Electrification Applications

“NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI), the leader in automotive processors, today announced a new S32K39 series of automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) optimized for electric vehicle (EV) control applications. The modern S32K39 MCUs take electrification into the future with high-speed and high-resolution control …

NXP OrangeBox Unifies Automotive Wireless Connectivity into a Single Domain Controller to Simplify Development and Security

“NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced the OrangeBox automotive-grade development platform, which integrates a wide variety of NXP wireless technologies, from broadcast radio, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth, to secure car access with Ultra-Wideband (UWB) and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), and …

A team in China has developed the country’s first pure solar-powered vehicle

“As several companies across the globe move closer to delivering scaled production of solar EVs, a team in China has taken sustainable transportation a step further by creating a solar vehicle that runs entirely on energy from the sun. Introducing …

Three Wheeling: Startup Faction Develops Affordable Tri-Wheel AVs on NVIDIA DRIVE

“Some things are easy as A, B, C. But when it comes to autonomous vehicles, the key may be in one, two, three. Faction, a Bay Area-based startup and NVIDIA Inception member, is preparing to debut its business-to-business autonomous delivery …

NXP Extends S32 Automotive Platform with S32Z and S32E Real-Time Processor Families for New Software-Defined Vehicles

“NXP Semiconductors N.V.(NASDAQ: NXPI) has announced two new processor families that extend the benefits of NXP’s innovative S32 automotive platform with safe, high-performance real-time processing. The S32Z and S32E processor families help enable the automotive industry to …

Renesas Introduces Complex Device Driver Software to Ease Development of Battery Management Systems for Electric Vehicles

“New Software Complements Renesas Leading Li-Ion Battery Manager IC to Enable ASIL D-Compliant Designs. Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced an AUTOSAR-compliant complex device driver (CDD) software module for designers of …