Article by Alexander M. Wyglinski, IEEE VTS President Over the past 24 months, I have had the distinct honor of serving all VTS members in their professional advancement and growth. This journey has been a truly remarkable experience, and it is something that I will never forget for the rest of my life. As VTSRead More
Article by Alexander M. Wyglinski, President One of the primary goals of VTS is to support the professional development and growth of all of its members across the numerous areas of vehicular technology (including connected, autonomous, and electric vehicles). We do this by offering a wide range of services, products, and activities, such as conference andRead More
Article by Peter Chong, IEEE Press VTS Liaison Call for Short Book Proposals on VT Topics VTS and IEEE Press are looking for Short Book proposals for the topics related to vehicular technologies. Short books are normally between 80 and 120 pages on current hot topics. The accepted short books will be published by Wiley-IEEERead More
Title: Fundamentals of Battery Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Machines and Drives Speaker: K.T. Chau, University of Hong Kong Description: With ever-increasing concern on our environment, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) are becoming popular. While electric vehicles (EVs) involve multidisciplinary technologies, one of their key technologies is machines and drives. In this lecture, an overviewRead More
Article by Elisabeth Uhlemann Zero-Sum and Toyota InfoTechnology conducted a demonstration experiment showcasing an emergency vehicle priority system that uses an international vehicle-to-everything (V2X) standard originating from Japan based on the ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) band. This demonstration aimed at addressing and solving one of the most important challenges faced today by emergency vehicles such as ambulances:Read More
Article by Matthias Pätzold NTT DOCOMO and Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) conducted radio wave propagation experiments at frequencies up to 150 GHz. The frequency bands from 100 to 300 GHz are expected to enable further high-speed and large-capacity communications for the next generation beyond 5G. In the experiments, the two companies measured and analyzed theRead More
Article by Harvey Glickenstein On 18 February 2019, Keolis Downer—the Australian subsidiary of the French company Keolis that operates the oldest tram network in the world—started operation of a new light-rail line in the New South Wales city of Newcastle. Testing was performed by 14 drivers, who operated the vehicles for more than 1,000 tripsRead More
Article by Alexander M. Wyglinski, President Diversity is one of the core strengths of VTS. Our great diversity enables us to bring together new insights and opportunities regarding emerging concepts in areas such as Mobile radio 5G Connected vehicles Electric railways Motor vehicles Autonomous vehicles Sometimes we think of diversity within the context of whetherRead More
Article by Weihua Zhuang, VP—Publications I am delighted to report that VTS publications have been doing well in servicing the technical community. Both our two main journals, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT) and IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine (VTM), provide a high quality and high impact venue for the researchers and engineers to publish newRead More
Article by Sumei Sun, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology (OJVT) It is a great honor for me to join the Editorial Board of the IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology (OJVT) as its inaugural Editor-in-Chief. I would like to thank VTS Vice President—Publications Weihua Zhuang, VTS President Alex Wyglinski, and the VTS BoardRead More
IEEE is proud to introduce IEEE DataPort™, a valuable and easily accessible data storage and sharing platform that can significantly enhance your research efforts. Upload and store standard or open-access datasets for free with the option to link your paper submission. Currently, the main publications of VTS—IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine—participateRead More
Title: Energy Sources and Energy Management for Electric & Hybrid Vehicles Speaker: Loïc Boulon, Hydrogen Research Institute Description: Energy sources are an important latch of electrified vehicles. Classical autonomy and recharge duration for battery vehicles are about 100 to 200 km and several hours, respectively. To tackle this issue, manufacturers have introduced the hybrid electric Vehicles (which includesRead More
Reviewed by Richard Yu, Associate EiC, VTS Mobile World This review is a summary of “The Impact of Adverse Weather Conditions on Autonomous Vehicles: How Rain, Snow, Fog, and Hail Affect the Performance of a Self-Driving Car” by Shizhe Zang, Ming Ding, David Smith, Paul Tyler, Thierry Rakotoarivelo, and Mohamed Ali Kaafar, published in theRead More