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2019 Ram Chassis Cab: More Capability, More Driver-Assist Tech
The 2019 Ram 3500, 4500, and 5500 Chassis Cab commercial trucks herald class-leading capability in towing, payload, and Gross Combined Weight Ratings (GCWR). “We drove our...
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Freudenberg to Deliver Batteries, Fuel-Cell Stacks
Seals, gaskets, and O-rings are the unsung heroes of the industrial world, especially in commercial vehicles or mobile machinery. In a world dominated by news of autonomous vehicles powered...
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GKN Demos ETwinster, World’s-First 2-Speed Torque-Vectoring BEV Transmission
GKN Automotive has unveiled what it claims is the world’s first 2-speed, torque-vectoring transmission for battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Featured on...
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VW's MEB Platform: A Modularity Enabler
Volkswagen’s MEB, an in-development chassis designed strictly for electric propulsion, enables a modular battery layout that can provide a Volkswagen Group electric vehicle (EV) with an estimated...
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Ford Debuts F-600 Chassis Truck at Work Truck Show
Ford Motor Co.’s newest commercial truck, the F-600 Super Duty chassis cab, slots between the Ford F-550 and F-650. The new nameplate, which hits a “sweet spot” in the market,...
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Porsche Wet Mode Integrates Tech Under One Umbrella
Porsche has provided detail on its new Wet Mode technology for its latest, eighth-generation (aka 992) 911 coupe. The assistance system, which “listens” for potential wet road danger...
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AI, Standards Are Transforming Military Boards and Modules
Artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to impact defense-industry surveillance and analysis systems, prompting a transformation in board and module designs. Suppliers of these...
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Gasoline Fuels Growing Number of Commercial Vehicles
Biodiesel may be the top alternative fuel for work truck fleets, according to the 2019 Fleet Purchasing Outlook Survey conducted by the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA), but...
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Supersonic Aircraft: Setting the Record Straight at AeroTech Americas
Supersonic aircraft technology experts – including engineers, scientists, and executives – set the record straight on supersonic commercial transport, addressing...
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Battery Technology Is Still the Key Barrier to Better Urban Air Mobility
During a panel session titled “Flying Cars – Will You Have One In Your Garage?” Mark Moore, former NASA engineer and current engineering director of aviation at...
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Powering Back to the Future
Credit Leonardo DaVinci for creating what many historians believe was the first depiction of a self-powered vehicle. It was powered by springs. And in the centuries since then, engineers have found increasingly...
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GoFly Announces Phase II Winning Teams at AeroTech Americas
Early today at AeroTech Americas – SAE International’s North America-based international aerospace congress – GoFly announced the five Phase II winners of the GoFly Prize for...
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2019 Nissan Leaf plus Nets Extended EV Range
The 2019 Leaf Plus has a longer driving range and provides quicker acceleration than its platform-sharing counterpart, the second-generation Leaf, thanks to a higher-output motor and additional...
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Sikorsky-Boeing’s FVL Contender Takes Flight
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant (stylized as “SB>1 DEFIANT”) compound helicopter flew for the first time at Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach, Florida facility. Unlike current rotorcraft,...
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OneWeb Ramps up Satellite Production with New Round of Funding
OneWeb has secured $1.25 billion in its latest funding round. The company, which seeks to deploy a satellite communication network by 2021 that will enable global high-speed,...
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The Air Force’s New Unmanned Wingmate Completes Inaugural Flight
The XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aircraft system (UAS) or “drone” demonstrator – a collaborative project between the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Kratos...
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FAA Certifies AeroVonics' Economical Avionics Upgrade for Light General Aviation Aircraft
AeroVonics LLC, an aerospace startup based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for its...
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2019 Hyundai Veloster R-Spec
I don’t deliver much critique about vehicle styling because everybody’s entitled to their own tastes, but it’s important to say up front that I’ll never think the Veloster—even in its faintly...
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New R&D Boss Details RoboSense’s LiDAR Strategy
LiDAR technology is one of the busiest areas of engineering for self-driving cars, and some people have been working on the technology for over a decade. Dr. Leilei Shinohara (below), for...
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Making Flight Safer With the “Internet of Airplanes”
The Virtual Sky platform was developed to fuse and analyze flight sensor data correctly, reliably, and quickly. Virtual Sky would serve as a model extension of the FAA’s Next...
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Honda Fills a Gap with 2019 Passport
You may think that by now, just about all full-line automakers have every crossover/SUV segment covered. Small, medium and large, just like it used to be with sedan.
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AIA Predicts Flying Air Taxis, Supersonic Air Travel, and Space Industry for 2050
Arlington, Virginia-based Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has collected input from leaders in the aerospace and defense industries and built a...
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2019 S60 and V60 Volvo’s Newest Chips in the Transformation Game
They’re not the crossovers buyers in almost all major world market currently crave, but Volvo’s 2019 S60 midsize sedan—and to a lesser extent, its V60 station wagon...
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AB Dynamics Provides New Drive-By-CAN Testing System
Test-system specialist AB Dynamics has developed new drive-by-wire technology that enables test vehicles – including autonomous vehicles (AV) – to be driven entirely via a CAN or...
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Honda E Prototype Makes It Simple, Again
In 2017, Honda’s Urban EV concept pointed the way for the brand to escape its current busy and contrived design language in favor of clean, modern forms and at the recent Geneva International Motor...
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JAXA and Toyota Partner, Focus on Future Lunar Mobility
Officials at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Toyota Motor Corp. in Tokyo have taken a first step toward collaborating on international space exploration, having...
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