IEEE Test Suite Specification: DC Fast Charging
DC fast chargers (DCFCs) are the fastest and most powerful charging option for electric vehicles (EVs). They can charge an EV to 80% in 20…
ANSI/ASSP Z15.1-2024: Safe Practices for Motor Vehicle Operations
The operation of motor vehicles involves a set of tasks so outwardly mundane that the average driver hardly devotes sufficient time to discern its associated…
ANSI/OPEI Z135-2020: Personal Transport Vehicles
The first speeding ticket for an automobile was given in 1904 to Harry Myers, who at the time was flying at the lightning speed of…
SAE J 175-2023: Lateral Impact Testing of Car Wheels
Some drivers have trouble parking just beside the curb. Many more depend upon SAE J 175-2023: Wheels – Lateral Impact Test Procedure – Road Vehicles…
ANSI/OPEI B71.9-2022: Multipurpose Off-Highway Utility Vehicles
ANSI/OPEI B71.9-2022: Multipurpose Off-Highway Utility Vehicles is an American National Standard that establishes the equipment, configuration, and performance of multipurpose off-highway utility vehicles (MOHUVs). What…
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…
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…
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…
ISO 26262:2018 – Road Vehicles Functional Safety Standards
Anyone who wants the entire ISO 26262 series of standards at a discounted rate can get the ISO 26262 – Road Vehicles Functional Safety Package….