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Transportation

Inside the Bolt EV

Cutaway propulsion systems displayed at motor shows attract engineers faster than free beer and pizza. So perhaps it wasn’t surprising when Matthias Mueller, the newly-promoted chairman of Volkswagen Group, and his...

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Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Active Vibration Damping for Construction Machines

Read on to learn more about an innovative concept for active ride control reduces machine oscillations based on frequency identification.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Consumer Electronics Come on Board

The tablets and smartphones that transformed consumer electronics are now poised to enter heavy-duty vehicle markets. They’re already becoming part of the maintenance and diagnostic world, while some...

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Automotive

Patton’s New Campaign

From his elevated position with the American arm of automotive megasupplier Denso, Doug Patton has a commanding view of the engineering landscape — and some power to help shape it.

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Regulations/Standards

PACCAR's Sproull Primed for SAE Commercial Vehicle Post

From his early days as a mechanical engineering student at the University of Evansville to today serving as a vice president at PACCAR, SAE International involvement has been a...

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Technology Report
Propulsion

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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Technical Innovation
Manufacturing & Prototyping

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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RF & Microwave Electronics

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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Software

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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Electronics & Computers

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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RF & Microwave Electronics

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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Electronics & Computers

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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Defense

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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RF & Microwave Electronics

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...

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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...

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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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Transportation

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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Transportation

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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Propulsion

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...

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Unmanned Systems

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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Green Design & Manufacturing

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...

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Aerospace

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...

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Aerospace

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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Propulsion

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...

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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...

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Road Ready
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,...

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