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GKN Spins a New Compact AWD Disconnect System for Small SUVs
GKN Driveline is claiming a “world first” for its new compact disconnect system for all-wheel drives (AWD) that can be incorporated into the powertrains of A, B and C-segment...
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Renault Reboots Espace with Crossover Leanings
It is 30 years since Renault invented the large European MPV with the original five or seven-seat Espace. The latest Espace, launched at the 2014 Paris Motor Show, revealed a departure from...
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Alfa Romeo Finally Returns to U.S. with 4C
After twenty years of absence and many delays, Alfa Romeo is finally coming back to the U.S., and the company is packing for the long haul. After the very-low-volume and very-high-end 8C, the...
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Ferrari Changes Course on Track Simulation Software
The departure of Luca Cordero di Montezemolo after 23 years as Chairman of Ferrari, signals the likelihood of many changes at Modena. One of them, just revealed, is the mid-racing season...
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MIT Provides Yeast a Different Environment for Ethanol Tolerance
According to Gregory Stephanopoulos, the Willard Henry Dow Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT, “Toxicity is probably the single most important problem in...
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Optimizing Commercial Vehicle Muffler Size, Volume Via CFD
Vehicle lightweighting can be achieved by either using lightweight materials or by reducing the size of the existing components. Researchers at VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd. in India...
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New-Gen Torque Converter Aims at 2017 Vehicle Intro
A new torque converter that is smaller and lighter in weight than its predecessor adds crucial functionality for vehicles powered by downsized engines paired with an automatic...
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Peugeot Seeks International Appeal with Quartz Concept
Peugeot exhibited two concepts at the 2014 Paris Motor Show, the Exalt, a development of the Onyx concept seen at the Paris show in 2012 and Quartz, a crossover concept based on the...
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Divine Concept Hints at DS Brand Future
The evolution of the DS into a brand separate from PSA's Citroën was marked at the 2014 Paris Motor Show by the Divine DS concept, a four-door compact sedan of about the same length as the DS4 at...
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Discovery Sport Introduces Evoque-Based Land Rover
Weight reduction has been an ongoing theme for Land Rover in recent years, with significant reductions for both the Land Rover Discovery and Range Rover. With the launch of the Discovery...
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Mazda Trickles out More New MX-5 Details
The new Mazda MX-5 made its first public European appearance at the 2014 Paris Motor Show, bringing a lighter car than the outgoing model, powered by a new 1.5-L gasoline engine (the U.S. and...
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Mercedes-Benz Applies Full Sport to GLA
After the sales success of the compact, front-drive-based CLA-Class sedan, Mercedes-Benz has migrated that car's platform into the hotter-selling compact crossover market with the GLA-Class, the...
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Trade-Off for Convenience of Voice Control Is Driver Distraction, Study Says
Not all hands-free technologies are alike, and poorly designed ones can increase driver distraction. That was one of the findings of an AAA Foundation for Traffic...
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WABCO Introduces New Compressors
Among the new products WABCO displayed at the recent IAA Hanover CV Show was an electrically driven compressor for heavy-duty air-braking systems.
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Q80 Inspiration Concept Previews Future Top-Range Infiniti, New Engine Family
Continuing with design themes established with last year’s Q30 concept, the Infiniti Q80 Inspiration hybrid concept that debuted at the 2014 Paris Motor Show...
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Broader Data Sharing for Connected Transportation Will Require Widespread Collaboration
As populations in sprawling urban areas rise, commuting will become a bigger challenge. Connected cars are likely to leverage connectivity to help...
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Schaeffler Electrifies Its Fuel-Efficiency Demonstrator, Aims for 35 Mpg Combined Rating
An SUV crossover concept demonstrator developed by Schaeffler Group North America is undergoing a phase-two technology makeover, aimed at achieving a...
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Renault Applies Model-Based Systems Engineering to Dual-Clutch Transmission
Car manufacturers are facing various and sometimes contradicting constraints such as energy efficiency, high performance, driving comfort, reliability, and safety....
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Chrysler Makes Personnel Moves
Chrysler Group LLC on Oct. 7 announced two personnel moves involving manufacturing operations. Brian Harlow was appointed President–Head of NAFTA Manufacturing, replacing Mauro Pino, who was named Head of...
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VW’s Carbon-Fiber XL Sport Concept Sports Ducati V2 Motorcycle Engine
Volkswagen refers to the XL Sport concept vehicle that it revealed at the 2014 Paris Motor Show as a “sister model” of the XL1. As with most siblings, some...
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Toyota Reveals New Platform, Hybrid Powertrain in C-HR Concept
The C-HR crossover concept is an important vehicle for Toyota, demonstrating the Japanese automaker's desire for more "engaging" design. Unique styling is a key attribute for a...
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Dassault Systèmes and AKKA Partner on Driverless-Vehicle Technology (Video)
Under a long-term partnership announced Oct. 3, AKKA Technologies Group engineers will work with the company's 3DEXPERIENCE platform to develop the next generation...
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MAN Launches Heavy-Duty Truck Diesel Engine
MAN gave the first public showing of its new flagship truck engine at the recent IAA Hanover CV Show. The engine, identified by its code number D3876, is an in-line six-cylinder diesel displacing...
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Army Researchers Enable Night Lethality
In science fiction, technology problems are solved with the stroke of a writer's pen. In reality, science and technology research takes time, and a lot of effort.
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New DARPA Technologies Could Make Cyber Warfare a Reality
Three years after the Defense Department named cyberspace a new domain of warfare, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is unveiling technologies that could soon make it...
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Tiny Wireless Sensing Device Alerts Users to Telltale Vapors Remotely
A research team at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has developed a small electronic sensing device that can alert users wirelessly to the presence of chemical...
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Sikorsky’s All-New Raider Helicopter Prototype Is Ready to Fly
Sikorsky Aircraft unveiled in early October the first of two S-97 Raider lightweight tactical helicopter prototypes. The Raider is targeted to fly by the end of 2014. In 2015...
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Researchers Develop Multiphysics Model for Electro-Thermal Analysis of UAV
Vives College University and Kulab (KU Leuven University campus Ostend) in Belgium are undertaking an aeronautical research program for the development of a new UAV...
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Graphene Composites for Cars
Soon after University of Manchester physicists Kostya Novoselov and Andre Geim discovered the "wonder material" graphene—one-atom-thick sheets of carbon that are a 100 times stronger and much lighter than...
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