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2016 Pentastar V6 Adds New VVT, Cooled EGR

When the former Chrysler Corp. introduced the Pentastar 3.6-L gasoline V6 in the 2011 model year, it was engineered to replace seven incumbent V6 engines, and along with 3.0-L (for China) and...

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Electronics & Computers

Flexible, Modular Robo-EV

Four years ago, when Germany announced that it planned to put 1 million electric cars on the nation’s autobahns and roads by 2020, government ministers turned to the public-private R&D partnership DFKI,...

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Defense

Army Tests Improved Multiple Launch Rocket System

Over 100 artillery rockets were launched recently at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) to test an improved version of the M270A1 Multiple Launch Rocket System, or MLRS. The test, conducted at...

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Defense

3D Printed Aircraft Flown Off Royal Navy Warship

A 3D printed aircraft has successfully launched off the front of a Royal Navy warship and landed safely on a Dorset beach.

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Defense

Vibration Table Used to Test Nuclear Weapon Components

It took decades for technology to catch up with the math David Smallwood worked out to control vibration table shakers. Smallwood, a retired Sandia National Laboratories researcher who...

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Electronics & Computers

GHG Phase 2 Regs, Autonomous Vehicles Present Challenges, Opportunities

PACCAR Technical Center works closely with all of the company’s truck divisions—DAF in Europe, Peterbilt and Kenworth in North America and globally—and has two...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Searching for V2V's Hidden Data

If vehicles eventually talk to each other and to infrastructure stations as expected, there’s going to be a ton of data about traffic and road conditions. Information technology and automotive companies...

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Power

Honda's New Pioneer 1000 Side-By-Side Gets Purpose-Built 999-Cc Engine, Industry-First DCT

Honda has developed two new full-size side-by-side (SxS) models—the Pioneer 1000 and 1000-5—to complement its 2016 lineup, which also includes...

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Transportation

Schaeffler's Electric Powertrain Primed for FIA Formula E Racing

The second season of FIA Formula E begins in Beijing, China on October 17, 2015, with the ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport team’s exclusive technology partner ready to...

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Transportation

Cadillac Fortifies CTS for V Duty

Cadillac continues its battle to achieve premium market esteem equivalent to that of segment leaders BMW and Mercedes-Benz by pushing for top quality and performance in each new model. The...

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Power

Bentley Takes SUV to Super Premium Level

W. O. Bentley would have been intrigued and certainly impressed that the company bearing his name is producing what it claims as the “fastest, most powerful, most...

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Electronics & Computers

Case Shifts to Enhanced Communications, LEDs

Case IH has enhanced its electronic features and functions, adding ISOBUS Class 3 capabilities and beefing up its Advanced Farming Systems (AFS) communications technology. In a broad product...

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Automotive

Toyota Gives a Look at Its Re-Engineered 2016 Prius

While Toyota threw quite the launch party in early September in Las Vegas—a first for the company—to enable over 350 guests to get an official look at the 2016 fourth-generation...

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Test & Measurement

Blizzard Conditions Test FCA's 4WD and AWD Vehicles

With more 4x4 and all-wheel-drive vehicles in its product portfolio than at any other time, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has invested $2.5 million to upgrade a climatic test cell with a...

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Automotive

Audi Chooses High Technology but Cautious Design Evolution for New A4

Audi’s just revealed 2016MY A4 is a classic example of automotive evolutionary design. Its aesthetics are not quite ripe for a game of “spot the difference”...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Mini Sensors

Vishay Intertechnology offers epoxy-coated mini sensors optimized for automotive temperature probes. Built on advanced negative temperature coefficient thermistor technology, AEC-Q200-qualified NTCLE213E3 sensors deliver...

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Automotive

Ford GT Prototypes "Run Naked" in Public-Road Testing Phase

Without camouflage or dazzle paint jobs, Ford’s 2017 GT development program has begun public-road testing in southeastern Michigan. The exotic American supercars are "running...

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Automotive

Audi All-Electric Concept to Take on Tesla Model X

Audi revealed plans for a production battery EV sport crossover in 2018 when it rolled out the e-tron quattro concept at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show. The sleek SUV carries a large 95...

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Automotive

BMW Lightens 7 Series, but Bulks up on Tech

Prestige car manufacturers are trading body blows among their top-segment models, with each ladling on more lavish content and more cutting-edge technology with each new introduction.

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Automotive

Millbrook’s Latest Sound Advice to the Auto Industry

UK independent vehicle test, validation, and engineering services provider, Millbrook, is considering introducing acoustic holography as the next step in the further development of...

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Automotive

SsangYong Takes on European Challenge with Tivoli

“Tivoli is the biggest thing to happen to SsangYong,” says Paul Williams, CEO of SsangYong Motor UK.

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Communications

PLM Mobile Strategy

Aras Flow is an integrated mobile tablet app for Aras Innovator 11. For the first time in PLM, according to Aras, change workflows are combined with discussion commenting, visualization, and markup in a tablet format....

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Transportation

Fuel-Saving KERS for Big-Rig Trucks

The average European heavy-duty truck burns from 31 to 38 L of diesel fuel per 100 km of travel (6 to 8 mpg), according to European Commission estimates and truck magazine tests. That might sound like...

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Software

Nissan Shows Gripz Crossover Concept

After a run of success with unorthodox SUV styling, especially in the Juke subcompact crossover SUV, Nissan has apparently decided to mine this vein as the company’s new signature.

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Transportation

Volkswagen Re-Engineers Tiguan

Volkswagen’s original Tiguan compact SUV of 2007 was too expensive and too thirsty to achieve blockbuster sales during the segment’s emergence as a key source of sales. But it achieved worldwide sales...

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Transportation

APUs save Fuel, Serve as Driver Retention Tool

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) estimates the current shortage of drivers is roughly 35,000 to 40,000. The inability to find new drivers is a reality that many fleets face today,...

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Technical Innovation
Defense

Energid Actively Working on Simulation Technologies for Lunar and Planetary Rovers

For obvious reasons, conditions on lunar and planetary surfaces can understandably be hard to duplicate physically, even in the best case when they are...

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Transportation

Oshkosh’s $30B Humvee Replacement Makes Soldier Protection a Top Priority

First there was the Jeep. Then came the Humvee. Now, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) will soon enter production as the 21st century mobility machine for...

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Software

MTU Engines, and Engineers, to Reap Benefit of New R&D Test Facility

In late July, a €40 million, 9000-m² test facility in Friedrichshafen, MTU’s lead site and main R&D location, officially went into service. The new five-story...

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Automotive

2016 Chevrolet Cruze Is Larger, Longer, and Sheds 250 Lb

General Motors’ best-selling global product, the Chevrolet Cruze, gains an all-new platform for 2016 that helps make the C-segment model longer, roomier, more aerodynamic, and...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

High-Integrity, Low-Cost Aluminum Components Produced by Semi-Solid Casting

Semi-solid casting is a near-net shape casting process that is capable of producing extremely high-quality castings. It differs from all other casting processes...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Helium Leak Detectors

Helium leak detection systems are helping transmission suppliers improve quality and reduce the cost of producing new automatic transmissions. Kuka Assembly and Test Corp., for example, has developed leak-detection...

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Automotive

Acoustic Engine Layer

Basotect TG melamine foam from BASF is used for the acoustic layer in Volkswagen EA888 engine covers. The use of Basotect on the engine cover helps to address multiple challenges faced by automakers: it provides...

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Aerospace

Lubricants for Cabin Noise Reduction

Lubricant solutions from Klüber Lubrication reduce stick-slip and eliminate cabin noise generated by vibration and friction in automobile interiors. Klüberalfa MR 3 is designed for friction points in vehicles where improved sliding and noise-damping behavior are required. The invisible oil remains in the...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

NASA Tests New Green Propellants for Satellites

To stay in the proper orbit, many satellites have thrusters – small rocket engines – that fire to change altitude or orientation in space. On Earth, where gravity dominates, five pounds of...

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Software

Tool Nondestructively Characterizes Structural Materials as they Deform

Materials scientists are busy developing advanced materials, while also working to squeeze every bit of performance out of existing materials. This is...

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Automotive

High-Strength Aluminum Alloys

The Advanz 7000-series aluminum alloys from Novelis are designed for safety-critical components of vehicle structures. Claimed to be two to three times stronger than any automotive aluminum used in high volumes...

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Automotive

Honda Shows Radical Project 2&4

Honda sought to recapture some of the glory of its motorcycling and open-wheel-racing heritage at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show, introducing the Project 2&4, a tiny go-kart of a concept vehicle that...

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Materials

Polycarbonate Film Grade

Covestro’s (formerly Bayer MaterialScience) Makrofol SR906 is a polycarbonate film that offers good scratch and weathering resistance, making it suitable for use in automotive instrument panels. The clear, transparent film has a gloss-gloss surface finish. It is capped with a functional acrylic layer that includes an...

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Transportation

Jaguar’s Making of a Sports Sedan

“Sport” is a much abused word in the automotive industry. Like “coupe” and “GT” together with other attempts at glorification through categorization, it is open to abuse.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Composites and Economic Success

SAE International’s book, Economics of Composites, captures the state of the composites industry to assist engineering/technical professionals in charting a course for achieving economic success. The book...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Tenneco Unveils Emission-Control Solutions for Euro 6c

Euro 6c emissions limits will present a number of challenges for light duty engine emissions, both gasoline and diesel when the regulations come into force in September 2017. One...

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Automotive

NASA Pursues Coatings That Reduce Bug Debris to Improve Aerodynamics

NASA recently tested non-stick coatings on Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator 757 that could eventually help aircraft become more fuel efficient by reducing insect residue that...

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Automotive

Mercedes’ New GLC Represents a Sportier Focus

“Modern lightweight construction, the best aerodynamics (Cd 0.31) in its class, and innovative drive systems make the Mercedes-Benz GLC a real champion in the field of energy...

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