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Will ‘Recalls’ Become ‘Upgrades’?
"The nice thing about the digital world is that, when you enter it, you don't know where you will end up," said Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Research and Development Director, Dr. Wolfgang Epple....
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Nissan Develops High-Volume, Fully Recyclable Composite Liftgate
Composite structural closures are not new to the automotive industry. There are many types of composites panels that have been utilized by various OEMs, including fiberglass,...
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Planning for a Digital World
Volkswagen Group’s Chairman, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, believes the automotive industry is poised to undergo a huge technological and cultural upheaval: “And digitalization is increasingly redefining the...
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More Gears, More Challenges
Transmission developers who added gears to meet tighter fuel economy/consumption requirements are adopting a range of strategies to make sure that efficiency and driveability are also improved. Reducing loss,...
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Lead-Acid Rules as Forklift Battery, but Alternatives Pursued
When it comes to electrification, forklifts are both ahead of the car market and behind it, and they are likely to stay that way for the near future.
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Racket Busters
Since the days, several decades ago, when there was no acoustic trim or materials applied to agricultural tractor cabs, manufacturers have become keenly aware of the importance of a quiet cab to equipment buyers and...
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Autonomous Vehicle Challenges Span Many Fields
Engineers from fields as diverse as military, agricultural, and mining who are racing to craft autonomous vehicles share many similar technical challenges. Distributed architectures,...
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Off-highway Engines Advance Beyond Tier 4
"The technical solutions for Tier 4 Final are all there and in production,” said Andy Noble, Head of Heavy Duty Engines for Ricardo, during an interview with Off-Highway Engineering. “Engine...
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Volkswagen Group of America Names New EVP of Group Quality
Volkswagen Group of America has named Stefan Schüller as its new Executive Vice President of Group Quality, effective July 1.
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Sports Cars Embrace Array of Green Technology
The International Motor Sports Association’s Tudor United SportsCar Championship is the newly merged racing series for sports car racing in North America, ending the split between the American...
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Resistors with Gold-Plated Contacts
A member of the VMx precision resistor family with gold-plated contacts, Isabellenhütte’s VMx-A series of gold-plated low-ohmic resistors are suitable for mounting with conductive adhesive on...
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Flash Devices
Spansion Inc. extends its automotive flash memory portfolio with the addition of six automotive-grade devices. The three new Serial NOR and three new NAND memory densities are specifically qualified to meet the extended...
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Electronic Horizon Technology
A new version of Elektrobit's (EB's) Assist Electronic Horizon Solution features new functions that offer more flexibility for implementing predictive driver assistance systems. With the new version, carmakers and...
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Contamination Protection for Hydraulics
Fluid Line Products, Inc. has released what it calls the Anti Blocker, a device designed to protect sensitive or expensive control mechanisms in hydraulic operating systems. A steel mesh filter element...
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Clearing the Air on 2025 GDI Engines
Powertrain engineers who attended this year’s SAE International High-Efficiency Engine Symposium and World Congress heard one message loud and clear: Don’t bet against the internal combustion...
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Automotive Voltage Detectors
Developed to meet automotive industry requirements, Seiko Instruments Inc.’s new S-19110 series automotive voltage detectors are used in applications such as electronic control units for engines, transmissions,...
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Digital and Reconfigurable Instrument Cluster
QNX Software Systems Limited and Rightware have partnered to offer a fully digital and reconfigurable instrument cluster for the QNX technology concept car. The new concept demonstrates how...
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Mixed Signal Chip Helps Trim Cost of Adding Display Screens
The number of LCDs in vehicles is growing, prompting engineers to look at ways to cut costs associated with video displays. Intersil is focusing on this trend, unveiling a...
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Market for 8-Bit Chips Remains Strong
Powerful 32-bit microcontrollers often manage new features and functions, but the market for simple 8-bit controllers is holding up nicely. These devices give design teams the flexibility to get to...
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Chrysler Group LLC and Messring Partner to Create Crash Test Facility (Video)
Recently, with increased vehicle safety requirements, vehicle manufacturers are installing cutting-edge testing equipment in their own crash test...
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Self-Parking Vehicle Via Valeo Valet
A Valeo-developed autonomous valet parking system enables an SUV to park itself as the driver watches from outside the vehicle.Standing a few feet from a driverless 2014 MY Range Rover Evoque, a Valeo...
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DOE Issues RFI on Fuel Cells as Range-Extenders for EV Fleets
The U.S. Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies Office has issued a request for information (RFI) to the research community and relevant stakeholders, according to a...
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Synthetic Aperture Sonar Can Help Navy Hunt Sea Mines
Since World War II, sea mines have damaged or sunk four times more U.S. Navy ships than all other means of attack combined, according to a Navy report on mine warfare. New sonar research...
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New Technology Detects Bacterial Pathogens in Soldiers' Combat Wounds
A biological detection technology developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists can detect bacterial pathogens in the wounds of U.S. soldiers that have...
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Simulation Model for Traffic and Environment Simulations
To support the development and testing of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), dSPACE has extended its simulation model for traffic and environment simulations. dSPACE ASM Traffic...
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Punch Powertrain Pushes Its Flywheel-CVT Hybrid Technology
Automakers charge more for hybrid-electric vehicles than standard cars because hybrids need costly batteries as well as motor/generators and power electronics to cut fuel...
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Magna Seating Debuts Sedan Slouch Concept
Magna International Inc.’s Magna Seating unit has revealed its new seating concept called Sedan Slouch, the first-to-market rear-passenger sedan seats to offer seatback recline as well as...
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TI Microcontroller Focuses on Functional Safety
Many high-profile vehicle recalls this year have highlighted the need to ensure that electronic systems work reliably. A new microcontroller line from Texas Instruments adds features that make...
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Scientists Demonstrate Data Teleportation for Secure Communications
Teleportation, a long-standing staple in the world of science fiction, has become a reality for scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in terms of battlefield data and...
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EcoCAR 3 Teams Work to Improve Fuel Economy, Reduce Emissions of Chevy Camaro
Sixteen university teams from the U.S. and Canada will transform a Chevrolet Camaro into an energy-efficient, eco-smart muscle car without compromise to the...
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Ams Sensor Line Provides More Accurate Motor Control
The number of electric motors in vehicles is growing steadily as users want more sunroofs, seat adjusters, and other features; while mileage regulations prompt a shift from hydraulic to...
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SAE Student Members Shine in Infiniti F1 Engineering Competition
Infiniti has announced the winners of its global talent search initiative giving three engineering students a 12-month work placement with the Infiniti Red Bull Racing Formula...
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Sikorsky Awarded Contract to Develop New Combat Rescue Helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to develop new combat search and rescue helicopters. Sikorsky will develop a derivative of the UH-60M Black Hawk...
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U.S. Army Signs up for GE Aviation Advanced Helicopter Engines
Earlier this year, GE Aviation completed testing its second GE3000 engine in cooperation with the U.S. Army's Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine (AATE) program, which is...
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Volkswagen Reveals Beetle Global Rallycross Racer
Volkswagen entered the 2014 season of the Global Rallycross (GRC) series racing a pair of Polo rally cars used last season on the European Rally circuit. The company has unveiled its...
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H-D Advanced Manufacturing Acquires Aerospace Gear Manufacturer Sungear
H-D Advanced Manufacturing Co. (H-D) has acquired San Diego, CA-based Sungear Inc., a manufacturer of complex, high-quality, precision gear components for many of the...
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Ford Announces Mulally Scholarship Program
Ford Motor Co. announced Thursday the establishment of the Alan Mulally Leadership in Engineering Scholarship. The scholarship fund, a $1 million program that provides financial assistance to...
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High-Performance Plastics
Minnesota Rubber and Plastics’ (MR&P) custom-designed, high-performance plastic seals for vehicle driveline applications offer critical sealing, wear resistance, and long operating life. The company custom...
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Global EDI System Designed for ERP
Infor Automotive Exchange from Infor is an electronic data interchange (EDI) and release accounting system designed specifically for automotive tier suppliers. It works directly with Infor SyteLine, Infor’s...
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First Drive: Continental’s 2017 Augmented Reality-Head up Display Prototype
For many drivers, trying to follow digital route guidance in an unfamiliar place amid intense rush-hour traffic can cause sensory overload, high anxiety—and...
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VPT Adds Radiation Lab and Test Services Facility
VPT Inc. has added a comprehensive radiation laboratory and test services facility to its Chelmsford, MA, facility. The 5000-ft² VPT Rad facility, which will serve the radiation and related...
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Boeing to Design XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane
Boeing plans to design a reusable launch vehicle for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in support of the U.S. government’s efforts to reduce satellite launch costs....
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Rockwell Collins and Elbit Show off F-35 Gen III Helmet at Farnborough
The F-35 Gen III Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS)—developed by Rockwell Collins ESA Vision Systems, LLC, a joint venture between Rockwell Collins and Elbit Systems...
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Production of Satellite with First All-Electric Propulsion System Advances
Boeing is “running on schedule” as it continues to achieve production milestones for the first of its all-electric-propulsion 702SP (small platform) satellites.
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VW to Build New SUV at Expanded Chattanooga Plant
Volkswagen announced July 14 that a new midsize SUV will be built at its Chattanooga plant in Tennessee, in accordance with the company's Strategy 2018 plan calling for an expanded industrial footprint in the U.S.
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Northrop Grumman Breaks Ground on Maryland Space Assembly and Test Facility
Northrop Grumman Corp. broke ground on a new $20 million Maryland Space Assembly and Test (M-SAT) facility on its Baltimore campus adjacent to Baltimore Washington...
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Nvidia Chipset to Enable Greater Autonomy
Android Auto, a new voice-enabled in-car operating system that enables car dashboards to run navigation, communication, and music applications that reside on Android smart phones, was one of the...
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Growth in Telematics Capabilities Bring More Benefits to More Users
Telematics services are rapidly moving from a luxury option to a commonly used tool. Expanded capabilities and improved coverage continue to make it easier for fleet owners...
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Lighter, Stronger BMW M3/M4 Surpass Predecessors
For a car with the performance expectations of BMW’s M3 sport sedan, and, under the company’s new nomenclature, its two-door sibling, the M4, we could expect the company to resort to all...
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Boeing Reveals at Farnborough Innovative Method of Building 777 Fuselages
Boeing announced on the opening day of the Farnborough Air Show that it is in the final phases of testing and production readiness of a new method for building 777...
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Continental Debuts First Production Aluminum Turbocharger Housing
Continental on July 15 announced the first turbocharger with an aluminum turbine housing to enter automotive series production. BMW's 1.5-L, 134 hp (100 kW) turbocharged...
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New Opel Facility Will Develop and Test Engines
Opel recently broke ground on a €210 million expansion of its Rüsselsheim International Technical Development center (ITDC) that will be used to develop and test engines.
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Chrysler Adopts SAE Towing Standard for All Ram Pickups as Ford Claims 2015 Pickup Towing/hauling Title
In a July 15 announcement that was as strategically planned and precisely aimed as a sniper’s bullet, Fiat-Chrysler’s Ram Truck...
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Gold-Plated Low-Ohmic Resistors
With its small size of 5.08 x 2.54 x 0.4 mm (0.20 x 0.10 x 0.02 in), high load capacity, and precision, Isabellenhütte’s gold-plated VMP-A resistor is suitable for automobile engine and transmission modules...
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Achieving Grid Convergence in Large Internal-Combustion Engine Simulations
CFD simulations can be a powerful tool when designing an internal-combustion engine; however, the results of CFD simulations often change as the grid is refined....
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Porsche Expands Weissach R&D Campus, Consolidates Electronics Engineering
Formerly spread across 12 different buildings on Porsche's development center in Weissach, Germany, engineers doing electrical and electronics work now are co-located as part of an expansion at the Weissach campus.
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Volvo E Excavators Said to Excel in Efficiency
Volvo CE says its new EC250E and EC300E crawler excavators deliver a 5% improvement in fuel efficiency over past models, and not just due to the Tier 4 Final/Stage IV-compliant Volvo engine,...
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In-Dash Multimedia and Navigation System
Clarion Corp. of America’s NX604 Double DIN cloud-connected in-dash multimedia and navigation system is the latest in the company’s advanced lineup of cloud-connected systems. According to the company, the NX604 debuts an industry-first feature called Intelligent VOICE powered by Google that allows for...
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New Fuel Cells Increase Airplane Efficiency
Washington State University researchers have developed the first fuel cell that can directly convert fuels, such as jet fuel or gasoline, to electricity, providing a dramatically more energy-efficient...
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Agile Aperture Antenna Tested on Aircraft to Maintain Satellite Connection
Two of Georgia Tech's software-defined, electronically reconfigurable Agile Aperture Antennas (A3) were demonstrated in an aircraft during flight tests. The low-power...
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Hurricane-Tracking Unmanned Systems Win NASA Challenge
NASA has selected three winning designs solicited to address the technological limitations of the uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) currently used to track and collect data on hurricanes....
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Ford Announces Changes to Senior Leadership Team
Ford Motor Co. announced Tuesday that Paul Mascarenas, Chief Technical Officer and Vice President, Research and Advanced Engineering, will retire after 32 years at Ford, effective Oct. 1....
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Competition Winners React to Attaining Coveted F1 Engineering Roles
Making the leap from Formula SAE to Formula One is beyond any engineering student’s wildest dreams, but that will be reality for a pair of students from the University of...
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EPA Uses ANSYS Technology for Reduced-Emission Test Engine
As part of its effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel economy for model years 2017 through 2025 light-duty vehicles, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
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Teams from Kansas and Brazil Top Fields at Dual FSAE Events to Wrap up CDS Season
Student engineers gathered at Lincoln Airpark in Lincoln, NE, on June 19-21 to compete at SAE International's Formula SAE–Lincoln/Formula SAE–Electric.
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Aisin Opens New North American Tech Center, Will Add Engineers
A tier one supplier’s product development activities get an efficiency boost with a larger facility that puts the headquarters for Aisin World Corp. of America and Aisin Technical Center of America under one roof.
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Hydrogen Fueling Protocol Spelled out in New SAE International J2601 Standard
SAE International recently published J2601 “Fueling Protocols for Light Duty Gaseous Hydrogen Surface Vehicles,” the light-duty hydrogen-fueling protocol that...
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Nanotechnology Reduces Friction in the "Film Industry"
Automotive lubricants are under attack, besieged not only by advancing requirements to reduce friction losses across many aspects of the powertrain but also by the impact of associated...
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Meritor, Brakes India Expand Offering of Air Disc Brakes
Troy, MI-based Meritor, Inc. and brake system supplier Brakes India, Ltd. have signed a licensing and technology assistance agreement for the manufacture and sale of Meritor ELSA air...
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WABCO Opens Second Application Engineering Center in India
WABCO recently opened a new Application Engineering Center in Pune, the supplier’s second such facility in India. The new center will allow WABCO’s team of application and test engineers to work closely with global commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturers in India to jointly develop...
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Pratt & Whitney Enlists IBM to Capture Value of Big Data
Pratt & Whitney is teaming with IBM to enhance the engine fleet management and health solutions Pratt & Whitney offers to customers. Pratt & Whitney, with IBM's help, will...
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Lockheed Martin to Open Space Technology Office in U.K.
Lockheed Martin is opening a space technology office in Great Britain to explore partnership opportunities with U.K. businesses and universities to support the U.K.'s goal of...
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Ford's New 2.7-L EcoBoost V6 Designed for Lighter Aluminum F-150
A 2.7-L gasoline engine in a full-size Ford F-150 pickup? Fuel economy is important, with challenging regulatory-dictated improvements to be met—but who would want to buy...
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2015 Ford Edge Boasts New 2.0-L EcoBoost Engine
Ford Executive Vice President of Marketing Jim Farley says he knows what happened to the once-popular personal luxury coupe market in the US: those drivers are now buying crossover SUVs like...
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ZF Forms Chinese JV for Tractor Steering Axles
ZF Friedrichshafen AG has formed a joint venture with YTO, a leading manufacturer of construction and agricultural machines, on the production of tractor steering axles for vehicles from 25 to...
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Multi-Screen Infotainment System for Multiple Content Streams
FLEXConnect audio-video bridging system from Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. is a next generation in-vehicle infotainment system that provides flexibility for multiple...
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No Shortcuts for Verifying, Validating Aerospace System Designs
Product designs are increasingly being tested multiple times as they move forward, not just when versions are completed. Verifying the integrity of designs and ensuring that...
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Strut Integrated Isolator
For fuselage-mounted equipment, ITT’s strut integrated isolator technology incorporates a fail-safe elastomeric cartridge directly in a strut, eliminating the need for separate elastomeric mounts. The isolator...
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Cornell Wins Iron Team Award as Baja SAE Series Concludes (Video)
Each year, SAE International sponsors the Collegiate Design Series (CDS), a series of competitions around the country where teams of student engineers are given a chance to...
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Using CAE to Assess Whining Noise of Electric Powertrains
Engine sound is a characteristic feature of passenger cars, and the well-balanced adaption to vehicle design and driving dynamics is a must for premium cars. The noise and sound of...
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ZF Friedrichshafen AG Expands China, Asia-Pacific Headquarters
The company will expand its space for offices, laboratories, and test benches to 54,000 m² (581,000 ft²), an increase from the current 11,000 m² (118,000 ft²).
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JLR's All-New 2015 Modular Engines Feature Roller-Bearing Cams, Balance Shaft
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) recently unveiled fundamental details of its all-new turbocharged modular gasoline and diesel engine range designed for high levels of...
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New Effort Launched for Better Vehicle-To-Grid Integration
The Electric Power Research Institute has announced a collaboration with 8 automakers and 15 utilities to develop and demonstrate an open grid integration platform for plug-in...
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Tesla and Panasonic Expand Cooperation on Battery Cells
Panasonic will handle the cell-making activity at Tesla's coming battery manufacturing facility dubbed the Gigafactory, the two companies announced July 31. Panasonic already supplies...
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Next-Generation Infotainment System Envisioned by Mitsubishi Electric
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America has developed a demonstration vehicle that uses Ethernet as the audio-video bridging architecture to enable any media on any...
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Cybersecurity Gets Input from Students, Others
Finding ways to prevent cyber attacks on vehicles has the attention of the global automotive industry as well as a few high school and college students.
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Noncontact Laser Scanner
Hexagon Metrology’s Leica T-Scan 5 handheld system for laser trackers is said to operate more than 15 times faster than the previous model. The unit is ideal for noncontact laser scanning for CAD-to-part inspections...
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