SOUTH PASADENA, CA—The local police department here has become the first first law enforcement agency in the United States to replace its fleet of gasoline-powered squad cars with electric vehicles.
BUFFALO, WV---Toyota Motor Co.’s power train assembly plant here has ramped up production of a fifth-generation hybrid transaxle that will be used in Camry and Corolla Cross vehicles.
SAN ANTONIO, TX—Engineers at Southwest Research Institute have discovered cybersecurity vulnerabilities with electric vehicles using direct current fast-charging systems.
CHICAGO—In partnership with ABB, NASCAR has unveiled a battery-powered vehicle that it hopes to see competing on race tracks sometime in the near future.
CRANFIELD, England—Engineers at Cranfield University are partnering with Benedex Robotics and Calyo to create ultrasonic-based sensing technology for autonomous vehicles.