ISO 6469-3:2021—Safety for Electric Road Vehicles
The concept of electric cars is not recent. In 1884, English inventor Thomas Parker built the first electric car for mass production. The electrical vehicle…
CSA/ANSI NGV 1-2022: CNG Vehicle Fueling Connection Devices
The fueling connection devices of compressed natural gas vehicles (NGV), as specified by CSA/ANSI NGV 1-2022: Compressed natural gas vehicle (NGV) fueling connection devices, include…
CSA D250-2022: School Buses Standard
School buses do not have seat belts and yet are 70% safer than riding in a car. In fact, the yellow school bus, which is…
How is EV Infrastructure Developing and Growing in the US?
Penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) has been quite evident across the globe. The US has observed a substantial rise in the share of electrified vehicles…
Highway, Freeway, Parkway – Know the Difference
There are 289.5 million vehicles in the United States. Considering the distance between locations stretching across the 3.8 million square miles of the nation, people…
Defining Automated Driving Systems in SAE J 3016-2021
Definitions relating to automated driving systems and details on the SAE levels of driving automation can be found in SAE J 3016-2021: Taxonomy And Definitions…
SAE Levels of Driving Automation
The six SAE levels of driving automation are detailed in SAE J 3016-2021, a standard that outlines numerous other concepts pertinent to driving automation systems….
Electric Vehicles Surpass Expectations, Standards Support Future Growth
Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced automobile sales into stagnation, electric vehicles (EVs) have exceeded sales expectations, comprising 4% of the…
Why Car Tires Get Their Color
Within the network of special cells of the Hevea brasiliensis tree, there’s a thick, creamy white, milky emulsion—you might know it as latex. The applications…