Space industry incorporating automotive technology

It’s clear from the frequent headlines that competing billionaires perceive space as the ultimate flex of their wealth and power. Although it’s cool to be a little churlish about these displays, there is no doubt that technologies and innovations will trickle down and drive demand for production. A large part of space and satellite systems […]

Democratising Space: Private space investment

Funding your very own suborbital space flight in a custom-made spacecraft has become the ‘it’ thing for billionaires to do in recent times, with Elon Musk paving the way for private space investment two decades ago and tens of others following suit. Both Richard Brandson (with Virgin Galactic), and Jeff Bezos (with Blue Origin), have […]

Mobility as a service: Will you own a vehicle in the future?

Car ownership has already passed its peak, and in the year 2030, just nine years from now, around 10% of us may have given up our cars altogether…  So it’s not the future of flying cars we’d all hoped for yet, but it’s certainly a more sustainable one. It will be the world’s largest cities […]

Commodity Harnesses for Space Vehicles

To many people from the outside, electrical harness and wiring systems in vehicles, appliances and industrial equipment all look the same – wires, connectors and various fixtures bolted to each other. Those in the industry know better. It is a complicated set of rules and design patterns that have been developed over several decades and […]

Electric Vehicles – The changing face of the automotive industry

The changing face of the automotive industry-Ebook

You can find a publication called “Electric Vehicles” by Charles W Marshall on the internet if you do a search. It describes electric vehicle technologies such as e-motors, drive trains, and batteries. Almost everything you need to know about the operation and production of such vehicles. The year of publication may come as a surprise […]

Harness considerations for vehicle security

Vehicle Security

Recently we have seen the effects of cyber-attack of national infrastructure from hostile governments and terrorists. Clearly, digital warfare is the preferred modality for future conflict, it can be clandestine and does not require feet-on-the ground personnel to execute. It was as early as 2010 when Koscher et al (K. Koscher, et al. Experimental security […]

The electric vehicle industry needs to address this!

Recently I was tasked with investigating some of the reasons the uptake of Electric Vehicles was seemingly quite slow despite compelling legislation and incentives in the UK. I suspect a lot of it revolves around uncertainly of range and battery condition in vehicles of an age ready to be sold or traded in. What do […]

The second-hand EV market needs to be addressed!

Owing to government legislation putting pressure on diesel internal combustion engines, combustion engines in general and the introduction of ultra-low emission zones, the electric car is starting to become the compelling proposition in many people’s eyes. Media coverage of the latest electric offerings certainly excite the general public and raise the profile of the tantalising […]

The Self Driving Future Will Make Cars More Fun!

Have you recently sat back and imagined what the driving experience will be like in the near future when self-driving becomes commonplace? The introduction of new technologies and unparalleled levels of automation really allow for creative automotive companies to totally change the paradigm of the transport experience! It will be interesting to see Ford Motor Company […]