Highlights

Ford
Photo collage
Linda Zhang speaks to Machine Design about milestones she’s achieving on the road to Ford’s F-150 electrification project.
Randy Montoya
Principal investigator Ken Armijo
The new valve could lead to solar plants running at higher temperatures and efficiencies.
The Mustang Mach-E
The all-electric Mustang Mach-E 1400 concept car carries seven motors and a liquid-cooled battery.
Fig. 6
Remote wireless devices need durable batteries that can take the heat (and the cold) for years.
IndyCar
Machine Design part of IndyCar racing sponsorship.
Catalytic converter
Once researchers understood how catalysts age, they knew they could rearrange a few atoms to extend the life and lower the price of converters.
Aisin
Aisin Type C
At the Consumer Electronics Show this year, 5G took the spotlight as the next big technology paradigm shift. What does that mean for self-driving cars hitting the market in the...
Windshield
A fleet of cars equipped with cameras and networked sensors gather data on local rainfall.
Fig. 1
STEM jobs are ripe for the taking as the skills gap continues to grow.