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Understanding the Competitive Dynamic
As summer passes, the industry still is gritting its teeth amidst the restart from months of COVID-driven paralysis. OEMs and suppliers are bracing for a potential second wave, along with the impact of...
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Scaling Low-Cost Carbon Fiber Production with Oxidation Technology
Few materials used in manufacturing today are as versatile and desirable in performance applications as carbon fiber.
Articles Test & Measurement
Does Your Coating Thickness Meet Spec?
Coatings play a critical role in preventing the corrosion or wear of metal substrates. Make sure they meet specifications.
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Aiding Automotive Workers Displaced by Coronavirus
The Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Assn., in partnership with APA Search, has initiated a free platform to match automotive- and transportation-sector employers with industry employees who...
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How Ford Is Mobilizing Its Engineers in the COVID-19 Fight
The fight against COVID-19 has forced disparate industries to collaborate on a technical level not seen since World War II, in order to boost supply of vital medical equipment....
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Speeding AV Testing with a Digital Twin
A European company has developed time-saving simulation software for users of the University of Michigan’s Mcity CAV (connected and autonomous vehicle) testing facility in Ann Arbor. It has created...
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New Best Practice Establishes Commonly Defined Terms, Conceptual Framework for ADS ODD
The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC), an industry program of SAE Industry Technologies Consortia (SAE ITC), released a new best practice in...
Articles Defense
Advances in Millimeter-Wave Isolator Design Launch Manufacturers into Stratospheric Operating Frequencies
The sky’s the limit for utilizing the higher ends of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum.
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ConExpo Excels amid COVID-19
Las Vegas seemed to be in a bubble from March 10-13, the week of ConExpo-Con/Agg & IFPE 2020. Tens of thousands of attendees crowded the halls inside the Las Vegas Convention Center and outside on the new...
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New Standard Will Ease Grade-Control Data Sharing Between Construction Machines
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has teamed up with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to create a standard that will...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Maintaining Supply When a Pandemic Strikes
Just when it seems that the auto industry isn’t facing enough challenges, COVID-19 swoops in out of the blue. No extraneous shock that’s hit the automotive sector in the past decade –...
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JLG Develops Self-Leveling Boom Lift
What started as a scale-model prototype shown at Bauma 2016 to explore the viability of a lift with a “smart” suspension has become reality for JLG Industries. At ConExpo-Con/Agg 2020, the...
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Implementing an Aerospace Factory of the Future
Companies are introducing "Industry 4.0" technology at a rapid pace, turning the next-generation vision of manufacturing into reality.
News Test & Measurement
Roush Opens Advanced Durability Lab
The auto industry’s steady march toward electrified and automated vehicles has many suppliers affixed to the digital-testing environment rather than using traditional hardware validation.
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Protean Electric Aims for Pirouetting Autonomous EVs
Designing and engineering 360º steering capability for a production autonomous electric vehicle (EV) is no mean feat. But Protean Electric also combines this pirouetting capability with...
Articles Energy
The New Gas Tank: Constellium Preps Its First OEM Battery Tray
The “gas tank” is about to get a lot more sophisticated. Electric vehicle (EV) battery trays are highly-engineered components that barely existed a few years ago but play a...
News Connectivity
BlackBerry Tech Duo Sees Emergence of Vehicle-Based Platforms
At the recent TU automotive conference in Novi, Michigan, Automotive Engineering had the opportunity to sit down with two of the industry’s most important software sages,...
News Unmanned Systems
How Has Automation Transformed Aviation?
Over the past year, the aviation industry has consistently been in the news over unfortunate circumstances. One topic that has been highlighted as a potential failure point is automated systems in...
Articles Unmanned Systems
Waymo, GM and Ford Pegged as Autonomous “Leaders” by Latest Navigant Report
According to a new report from Navigant research, Waymo (Google), GM and Ford have earned the title of “leaders” in regards to their progress in developing...
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'Road Race' for AV Testing May Be Slowing
Chris Hoyle, Technical Director of software specialist rFpro, believes the race by auto and technology companies to be ahead of competitor programs involving autonomous vehicle (AV) testing on...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Automated-Vehicle ‘Goiters’ Be Gone!
Warts. Bumps. Blisters. Protruberances. These and other less-flattering terms are used by vehicle designers and engineers to describe the bulging, non-integrated sensor placement that has become the...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Approved Vendor List Supplier Reduction: Everyone Is Doing It
Every quality-run organization has a supplier vetting process. The one common denominator always heard in supplier audits is: "We simply must reduce our list of suppliers."
News Unmanned Systems
European Union Approves Mandatory Vehicle Speed-Limiting Feature
The European Commission in late March approved a rule to make Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) mandatory for all newly manufactured light vehicles starting in 2022....
News Energy
Caterpillar Ventures Invests in Fisker for Electric Future
As automotive manufacturers compete to produce lower-cost electric vehicles (EVs) with greater ranges than ever, the off-highway construction and mining equipment industry has...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Shifting Focus to Rising Costs
Welcome to 2019, a new year that’s already brimming with challenges for mobility-industry suppliers. As they deal with escalating technology investments, unpredictable product-launch cadences, an influx of...
Articles Manned Systems
Delphi Injects Life into Diesel
Delphi Technologies is predicting a period of unprecedented change for the truck and off-highway powertrain markets. However, chief technology officer Mary Gustanski reports that the company is more than...
News Robotics, Automation & Control
Smart Factories Must Be Flexible, Connected and Secure
There’s no shortage of advanced technologies at the disposal of automakers in their efforts to manufacture passenger cars and trucks in a safer, more cost-effective and efficient...
News Transportation
Gordon Murray Calls New IStream Superlight Chassis Concept a Paradigm Shift
High-profile automotive engineer and designer Prof. Gordon Murray is utterly confident of the potential for his company’s latest iStream Superlight manufacturing...
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Air- or Water-Cooling Resistors for EVs: The Case for H2O
The choice between water cooling and air cooling for internal-combustion engines was for decades a very real debate in the auto industry, with Volkswagen and Porsche for years...
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