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High-Strength Sheet Steel That Bends
Basic car structures have traditionally been stamped from sheet steel, but stricter fuel-economy standards have the auto industry turning increasingly to more costly alternative materials including...
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Unmanned Aircraft to Support Scientific Research in Mexico
Specialists from the Institute of Technology and Higher Studies (ITESO) are conducting a program for the design and manufacture of Mexican unmanned aircraft, rockets, and weather...
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New Technologies Improve Aviation Safety and Efficiency
Researchers with Singapore's A*STAR Aerospace Programme are working on over 50 multidisciplinary projects to pioneer manufacturing techniques, safety inspection devices, and analytical...
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NASA Tests Alternative Jet Engine Fuels
For the second time in as many years, NASA researchers are using a DC-8 and other aircraft to study the effects on emissions and contrail formation of burning alternative fuels in jet engines. The...
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Cummins-Peterbilt SuperTruck Nabs 10.7 Mpg in Real-World Driving Test
A Cummins-Peterbilt SuperTruck demonstrator notched 10.7 mpg with a fully loaded tractor-trailer, representing a 75% fuel-economy increase and a 43% greenhouse gas (GHG)...
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Chrysler's New Hellcat V8 Gets 707-Hp SAE Rating
Powertrain engineers love understatement—as well as a bit of deception. That was made clear recently when Chrysler announced that its new "Hellcat" Hemi V8 will be SAE J1349-rated at 707 hp...
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Audi's New V6 Diesel to Feature Electric Turbocharging, New NOx Technology
In the year 2030, more than 80% of newly registered cars and light trucks will still have an internal combustion engine on board and the number of diesel engines is...
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U.K. Universities Lead R&D for Low-Cost Catalysts, Low-CO2 Combustion
Reducing the cost of catalytic converters through design, and reducing engine-out emissions using advanced turbocharging and combustion techniques, are the focus of...
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FPGA Motor Simulation
OPAL-RT Technologies offers a suite of tools to make field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based simulation accessible to engineers developing controllers for electric drives. First, a set of real-time motor models,...
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Command Center: Securing Connected Cars of the Future
Gone are the days when cars were only used to commute and had a radio or a CD player in the name of multimedia. Today's cars have the capability to be connected to devices both inside...
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Johnson Controls to Create World's Largest Interiors Company with Chinese Firm
In a deal that will create the world's largest automotive interiors company, U.S.-based Johnson Controls is forming a joint venture with China-based Yanfeng...
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Hyundai Activates Its Own Cloud Server for Blue Link
A car maker setting up its own cloud server may seem like taking on a problem-prone task that could better be left to one of the many specialty companies, as other car manufacturers do....
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Maxim Chips Help Trim Space Requirements in Dashboards
Whether design teams are trying to cram more features and functions into dashboards or striving to increase efficiency, design groups want chips that save space and reduce weight. Maxim...
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Japanese OEMs Tops at Involving Suppliers Early in Development Process, Says 2014 Study
Toyota and Honda are better than the traditional domestic Big 3 at involving suppliers early in the product development process, according to results of...
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New Cockpit Concept from Visteon
Visteon's Horizon cockpit concept blends three emerging technologies—including 3-D gesture recognition—to transform the way a driver controls features such as interior temperature, audio, and navigation....
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Shape-Shifting Wings to Fly in July
Since the dawn of aviation, airplane designers and engineers have sought elegant ways to smoothly change the shape of aircraft wings in flight like birds or bats do. Rather than using jointed flaps,...
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Vehicle Network Security Highlighted in New Concept
The Visteon- and Cisco-developed OASIS (Optimized, Adaptable, Secure, Intelligent, Seamless) concept makes secure car-to-cloud communications the prerequisite for unlocking vehicle network...
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Claas Expands Its Forage Harvester Line
The all-new Jaguar 800 Series forage harvesters from Claas are seen by the company as a complement to the current 900 Series, meeting the needs of producers and custom harvesters who need the reliable...
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Setting the Stage for Advanced Vehicles
Michael Duoba (SAE Member, 1993), Vehicle Systems Research Engineer and technical leader for the Advanced Powertrain Research Facility at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), is considered one of the...
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Deere Updates Motor Graders to Meet Tier 4 Final
Deere's G-Series motor graders have been updated to meet Final Tier 4 emissions standards with the implementation of a John Deere PowerTech EPA Final Tier 4/EU Stage IV engine. The engine...
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ANSYS and GE Form New Collaboration Agreement
ANSYS and GE Aviation have established a new joint technology collaboration agreement that will help solve future engineering challenges and drive product development processes. ANSYS and GE...
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Walking Through Some Ideas for Improved Pedestrian Safety
"Everyone is a pedestrian" is a traffic safety dictum of NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). That's pretty obvious, but America's pedestrian safety record is not...
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Sikorsky Awarded Contract to Replace ‘Marine One’ Helicopter Fleet
The U.S. Navy selected Sikorsky Aircraft to build the next fleet of Marine One helicopters for the Office of the President.
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BorgWarner Begins Production of Fan Drives in Brazil
In May, BorgWarner announced that it had begun production of its electronically controlled Visctronic fan drives at its new plant in Itatiba City, Brazil.
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Universal Vision Sensor
Balluff’s BVS universal vision sensor offers 360° part position detection, defect finding, contour-based counting and matching, barcode reading (linear and 2-D DM), and optical character verification (OCV). It also...
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Boeing, Embraer to Open Research Center for Sustainable Aviation Biofuel
Boeing and Embraer S.A. announced plans to open a joint research center to advance a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in Brazil. The two companies will perform...
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Special Audi R8 First with Production Laser Headlamps
The limited-edition R8 LMX will be the first production car in the world to come equipped with laser high beams when it debuts this summer, says its maker Audi. The VW brand has been a...
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RCCI Engine Begins In-Vehicle Demonstration Testing
Higher fuel efficiency and reduced exhaust emissions are two potential benefits associated with Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI), an engine combustion technology that...
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Eaton Names President of Vehicle Group, Asia Pacific
To be based in Shanghai, Krishnakumar “K.K.” Srinivasan was recently appointed by Eaton to the position of President, Vehicle Group, Asia Pacific, reporting to Ken Davis, President,...
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