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ZF's CEO Talks About Lightweight Vehicle Applications
The debut of a brake pedal and its housing unit made from fiber-reinforced thermoplastics on a MY2014 German sports car serves as a vivid example of weight-conscious products reaching production application.
Product Briefs Automotive
Tire Inflation System
Dana Holding updates technology to support the Spicer central tire inflation system (CTIS), optimizing the performance of lower-flow CTIS applications for smaller government defense and vocational vehicles with a...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Denso Senior VP Offers Career Advice to Young Engineers
With nearly 40 years of engineering experience, Doug Patton (SAE member, 1987) recounts career learnings nearly as fast as the minicomputer he used during his college days.
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SAE Adopts Two Hydrogen-Fueling Standards to Advance Commercialization of Fuel-Cell Vehicles
To support the impending rollout of the hydrogen fueling infrastructure and fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), SAE International’s Fuel Cell...
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GM Creates New Executive Position to Oversee Safety Globally
Amid its recall of 1.62 million vehicles for faulty ignition switches, linked to 12 fatalities, General Motors Co. on March 18 announced the creation of a new position, Vice...
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Jewel-Like Lens Highlights Ford F-150 LED Headlamp
Ford is using a highly engineered lens with 16 precision optical surfaces and 80 facets in the upcoming 2015 F-150's headlamp to re-create as much as possible a daytime quality of light...
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Chrysler Names New Head of Transmission Powertrain
Jeffrey Lux has been named by Chrysler Group LLC as Head of Transmission Powertrain, effective immediately. As part of Chrysler Group's Leadership Team, he is responsible for the design,...
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Lund University Runs Truck Diesel Engines on Gasoline to Boost Efficiency, Reduce Emissions
Using gasoline in modified truck diesel engines can result in more than 50% efficiency if the combustion process is done correctly, according to...
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Carbon and Stainless Steel Solutions
Out of the nearly 1500 technical papers being presented this year at the SAE 2014 World Congress & Exhibition, about 200 of them will focus on materials, and from a wide range of angles. In all,...
News Software
Simulating Lightweight Vehicles Operating on Discrete Terrain
Engineers increasingly rely on simulation to augment, and, in some cases, replace, costly and time consuming experimental work. However, current simulation capabilities are...
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Book Examines Use of Lightweight Plastics in Automobiles
SAE International has published a new book titled Plastics Application Technology for Safe and Lightweight Automobiles. The 350-page book provides application technology development for...
Original Equipment Propulsion
Hyundai CEA Unveils Prototype Excavator
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas took the opportunity at ConExpo to unveil to North America its R220LC-9 HI-POSS excavator prototype. This concept model, which first debuted at Bauma in 2013, features Hyundai’s next-generation power system that it says provides improved fuel consumption and...
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New Sandvik Stainless Tubing Enables Higher-Pressure GDI
GDI systems facilitate the injection of fuel into the cylinders at considerably higher pressures, resulting in a more controlled and even burn.
News Propulsion
Plans May Grow Enough to Transform Fuels
Fuel for combustion engines has not transformed significantly over the past 100 years, but things may change. Biofuel research continues to advance as off-highway engineers develop new techniques...
News Materials
Titanium Auto Parts 3D-Printed from Low-Cost Metal Powders
Sterling strength-to-weight ratios and corrosion resistance make titanium ideal for building lightweight vehicles. The problem has always been cost; it takes great quantities of...
Articles Test & Measurement
DSPACE Enhances Environment for Electric Motor Controller Testing
The FPGA device can be configured graphically with standard dSPACE tools, so that users can react flexibly to new requirements, such as new I/O interfaces or faster simulation.
News Electronics & Computers
CPT's Switched-Reluctance Motor-Generator Seen as Path to 48-V Systems
Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will demonstrate two technologies in booth 422 (and in technical paper presentations) at the SAE 2014 World Congress April 8-10 in...
Articles Power
Ricardo’s Scalable TorqStor Flywheel System Promises FE Gains at Reduced Cost
The technology provides short-term energy storage for hybridization without the high cost, environmental impact, or unfamiliar servicing requirements and safety considerations of supercapacitors and chemical batteries.
Articles Information Technology
FEV/DGE System Automates HMI Validation Process
With a multitude of infotainment system options currently on the market, and more coming soon, ensuring that these systems perform as intended in the vehicle prior to release is of utmost importance for automakers.
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Fuel Savings Modeled for Hybrid-Electric Front Wheel Loader
Fuel efficiency and reduced emissions are two of the top considerations in all organic fuel power generation, including diesel engines. Alternative powertrain concepts including...
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48-V System
IAV will showcase its 48-V system at the SAE 2014 World Congress April 8-10 in Detroit. The system was developed with several objectives in mind: to significantly reduce CO2 emissions; provide a cost-effective solution for use in...
News Energy
High-Efficiency Compression-Ignition Engine Technology
Aramco Services Co. (ASC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco), Saudi Aramco, and Saudi Aramco’s European subsidiary Aramco Overseas Co. (AOC),...
Product Briefs Green Design & Manufacturing
Multi-Fuel Analyzer
To be displayed at the SAE 2014 World Congress April 8-10 in Detroit, the Miniscan IRXpert analyzer from AMETEK Petrolab Co. is a portable multi-fuel analyzer for gasoline, diesel, and biodiesel blends incorporating mid-IR...
News Electronics & Computers
Tata Elxsi Focuses on ADAS as Bridge to Autonomy
Auto industry watchers are giving plenty of attention to the advanced driver assistance systems (ADASs) that will one day be linked together to provide autonomous driving. As design teams...
News Electronics & Computers
It Takes Two
When electronic systems take control of an autonomous car, they need to perform perfectly every time. That’s prompting developers to build fault tolerance into systems.
Product Briefs Software
Browser-Based Automation Software
Elysium Inc.’s CADfeature 11.3 is a new browser-enhanced, feature-based program for repairing, migrating, and reporting on product engineering data that is exchanged within manufacturing organizations and...
Product Briefs Materials
Color Multi-Material 3-D Printer
The Objet500 Connex3 color multi-material 3-D printer from Stratasys is the first and only 3-D printer to combine colors with multi-material 3-D printing, according to the company. Suitable for product design,...
News Electronics & Computers
Soft Magnetic Material
FINEMET by Hitachi Metals is claimed to be the first nanocrystalline soft magnetic material to be developed. The material, which will be displayed at the SAE 2014 World Congress April 8-10 in Detroit, has high saturation...
Product Briefs Design
LifeBelt Prevents Submarining
LifeBelt from Lifebelt Pty. Ltd. is a webbing strap placed in the seat base, just below the seating surface, which is continuous with the standard seatbelt and is loaded when the seatbelt loads. Its effect is to...
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Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive...
Unmanned Systems
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design...
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Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
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