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Exclusive First Drive: Torotrak’s V-Charge Technology
Being the first journalist to test drive the only example of a new piece of technology still in development always concentrates the mind. Doing so in wet and windy weather battering...
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Churning Toward Stronger, More Uniform Aluminum Casts
Macrosegregation is the uneven distribution of alloying elements within a solidified aluminum part, creating, for example, copper-poor regions. This is most likely to occur in the center...
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CES 2017: Automotive Suppliers Eclipsing OEMs in Advanced Tech
Development of advanced mobility technologies is increasingly being driven by suppliers, rather than OEMs. And megadeals worth at least $500 million that are behind a growing...
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Follow the Chemistry to Better CFD Combustion Simulations
For internal-combustion (IC) engine design, companies need to stay ahead of not only the competition but also of new emissions mandates.
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CES 2017: Your Car Is Talking to the Refrigerator
Vehicles are becoming more closely linked to consumer electronics as infotainment systems offer more options and automated driving technologies bring the promise of more free time during...
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Unmanned Canada Works to Elevate Drones
The 2016 Unmanned Canada (UC) conference, hosted in Alberta, provided a venue for companies to outline their programs for new UAV technologies, capabilities, products, and services. One of the key...
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SBIR to Paint It Black, Secures Exclusive Vantablack Rights
Surrey NanoSystems has granted exclusive rights to the use of the ultra-black Vantablack S-VIS surface coating to Santa Barbara Infrared (SBIR) of Santa Barbara, CA, for military,...
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Boom Aims to Conquer Concorde by 2023
Colorado-based Boom Technology’s “Baby Boom” XB-1 supersonic demonstrator—a one-third scale stepping stone to a supersonic 40-seat passenger airliner—will make its first test flight late-2017....
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DARPA Works Toward Unmanning Aircraft
DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program envisions flight operations with reduced onboard aircrew while improving mission performance and flight safety. This is achieved with...
Q&A Unmanned Systems
WABCO Advances Autonomous Through ADAS
WABCO was busy near the end of 2016, bringing its advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) to multiple partnerships to advance autonomous driving and platooning of commercial vehicles. The supplier is...
Q&A Electronics & Computers
Q&A: Print Your Next Wiring Harness
Imagine your next-generation vehicle wiring harness printed in electrically-conductive ink on a thin, stretchable and flexible substrate with sensors embedded into the molded substrate. Known as flexible...
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Perdix: Overwhelming Numbers and Success
The Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office, in cooperation with the Naval Air Systems Command and MIT Lincoln Laboratory, recently announced that it has successfully tested a swarm...
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Volvo CE Adds A45G Articulated Hauler to Product Lineup, Increases Tonnage Across G-Series
With the addition of the new A45G articulated hauler to its product lineup, Volvo Construction Equipment offers increased payload capacities,...
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Rolls-Royce to Supply MTU Engines for Claas Agricultural Vehicles
Rolls-Royce and Claas recently signed a project agreement for the supply of MTU engines for use in agricultural vehicles. The MTU brand engines, which are a part of...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
SAE WCX17 Preview
On the centennial of the Society of Automotive Engineers’ first “Annual Meeting” in 1917, the organization is evolving the mobility sector’s all-encompassing collaborative gathering—long known as World...
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Ford Prepares Transit PHEV Fleet for London Trials
Ford will launch a test program of its new Transit Custom plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vans in London aimed at helping to improve the city's air quality. The multi-million pound project will...
INSIDER Defense
Nano-Modified Aerospace Composites Have Improved Conductivity
Research indicates the potential of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic that is made multifunctional while still maintaining its structural integrity. Novel functionality including...
INSIDER Software
Simulation Software Improves Pilot Training
Providing pilots with the best possible preparation for extreme situations is the goal of new simulation software. The program that combines flow mechanics and flight dynamics in real time. The...
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Honda’s New 10-Speed Is a Slick Shifter
Honda’s 2018 Odyssey offers room for eight passengers and its transaxle is packed with 10 forward gears. Developed in-house over a three-year period, the new automatic is the industry’s first...
SAE Standards News Communications
Attacking the Cybersecurity Threat
SAE Standards News aims to update readers on the extensive activity in the SAE Global Ground Vehicle Standards development arena, by more than 800 ground vehicle committees comprised of volunteers from global...
News Test & Measurement
New 10-Speed Is a Delight in the 2017 F-150
Less than 200 feet after leaving my home driveway, the F-150’s transmission is already in 3rd gear. A half-block later it has upshifted into 5th. Merging into the main drag on light throttle,...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Nader: Are Glitch-Free Autonomous Vehicles Possible?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a mainstay of automated driving technologies, sparking a steady cadence of partnerships and product announcements. But the increased...
News Transportation
Cat 14M3 'Most Technologically Advanced' Motor Grader for Construction
Caterpillar plans to showcase 40 machines at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017 in March, one being its new 14M3 motor grader that features a larger engine, increased power to ground,...
Technology Report RF & Microwave Electronics
SAE Level 3 "Hand Off" Is Challenging AI Researchers
When Gill Pratt, the CEO of Toyota Research Institute, the carmaker’s artificial intelligence (AI) lab in Menlo Park, CA, mounted the CES 2017 stage earlier this month, he delivered a...
News Automotive
Simulation Squeezes More Range out of Formula-E Racers
"Range anxiety" is not just affecting electric vehicle drivers on the road—it is also a significant hurdle for Formula E teams on the track. Highly accurate energy consumption...
News Electronics & Computers
CNH Advances Driverless Tech for Tractors
Precision farming and machine automation already play a significant role in agriculture. CNH Industrial’s Innovation Group is focusing on key times of the year when farm work still requires long...
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