Electric vehicles can get heavy. For example, the Rivian R1T pickup truck weighs over 7,100 pounds and the Hummer EV weighs over 9,000 pounds. Due to such hefty curb weights, the Insurance Institute ...

Porsche sports cars have earned a reputation for being able to handle pretty serious abuse on track. That isn't by accident, with entire teams of folks in Weissach dedicated to pushing every component ...

In a first for the construction industry, researchers have developed a virtual vibration test rig (VTR) capable of simulating the fatigue life of dozer push arms with unprecedented accuracy. This ...

A ceremony has been held to mark the arrival of the first of the four test rigs at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor construction site in southern France. (Image: Rosatom) The test ...

“With this test rig, we are opening up a new area of research and entering uncharted territory,” says a delighted Martin Leitner. The term “uncharted territory” was deliberately chosen by the head of ...

Inside the massive testing hangars across Seattle and Everett, the world's biggest jetliners are turned into mechanical lab rats. Hydraulic actuators yank their wings skyward, compressors simulate ...

How can you tell if your software is doing what it’s supposed to? Write some tests and run them every time you change anything. But what if you’re making hardware? [deqing] has your back with the ...