Securing Electric Vehicle and Autonomous Driving Reliability… PHM Technology in the Spotlight
Published2024.04.08 16:07As electric vehicles and autonomous driving technology have lost trust due to consecutive accidents, it appears to be an opportune time for the advancement of PHM technology, which is a technique for diagnosing and predicting failures in advance.
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