EDITORIAL: Insightful comments from COMVEC

It was nice to finally attend an industry conference in person, after a full year and a half of exclusively joining such gatherings virtually. Attending SAE COMVEC 2021 in Chicago reminded me that nothing beats face-to-face interactions, even if those faces are still partially covered by masks.

Experts at this year's COMVEC discussed a range of topics, from heavy-vehicle cybersecurity (pg. 18) and Big Data for connected and autonomous vehicles to vehicle electrification and renewable fuels (pg. 32). A sampling of insights offered by engineering executives during the conference's various technical sessions: