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THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR FROM FULL PETROLEUM DEPENDENCY,TO MORE ELECTRIFICATION,HAS SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES.THROUGH COLLABORATIVE STANDARDS ACTIVITIES AT SAE INTERNATIONAL,SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE TO ESTABLISH SAFE,PERFORMING TRANSPORTATION THAT MEETS LIFE AND COST POINTS.NEARLY 40 COMMITTEES WITHIN SAE INTERNATIONAL ARE WORKING ON THE VARIOUS DISCIPLINES NECESSARY TO MEET SOCIETIES EXPECTATIONS.EFFORTS ARE MADE TO PROPAGATE THE STANDARDS EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WITH SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN THE TWO LARGEST MARKETS WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE,CHINA AND THE USA.LEADERSHIP FROM BOTH COUNTRIES ARE DEPLOYING THEIR GOVERNMENTAL STAFFS TO CREATE SYNERGIES BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES INDUSTRY TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP TO ACCELERATE THE ELECTRIFICATION TECHNOLOGY EFFORTS,WHICH WILL REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.THE LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION IS A QUANTUM LEAP IN TECHNOLOGY OVER AUTOMOBILES NOT MORE THAN A DECADE AGO,PARTICULARLY IN THE USE OF ENERGY STORAGE ON THE VEHICLE IN THE FORM OF BATTERIES.A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE SAE INTERNATIONAL IS IN 2015 WILL SURPRISE MANY OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THESE VEHICLES.