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Transmissions, Axles Aid in Fuel Conservation for Commercial Vehicles
Transmissions and axles are evolving rapidly as powertrain design teams push to reduce fuel consumption. Intelligent transmission controls are communicating with engines...
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Nissan and EVgo Partner to Build 200 New EV Fast Chargers in the U.S.
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and EVgo Services LLC. are placing 200 direct current fast chargers (DCFC) across the United States to increase the number of available charging...
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EV Battery Tech Must Outpace Oil Industry Advances
As the industry ramps up development of battery-electric vehicles, petroleum remains king. Oil prices are moderate in the U.S. and the industry continues to complete new wells at...
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Boeing Reports on Its Environmental Efforts
In its 2019 Global Environment report, the Boeing Company provides an update on the environmental strategy the company unveiled last year. The strategy identifies 2025 as a target year to...
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Rearview Cameras for CVs Edge Closer to Regulatory Approval
To borrow from a well-known automotive phrase, “Objects in mirror” aren’t really closer than they appear—because the mirror itself appears poised to become another relic of...
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Bye Aerospace’s Sun Flyer Is Now the “EFlyer”
In an effort to more accurately represent the aircraft – which will no longer feature wing-mounted solar panels as a standard option – Denver-based Bye Aerospace is renaming its...
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2019 HEICE Symposium Kicks off Week of Valuable Engineering Insights
The 2019 SAE High Efficiency Internal Combustion Engine (HEICE) Symposium kicked off a week’s worth of SAE World Congress events in Detroit on Sunday, April 7. Now in...
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Engineers Balance Today’s Programs with Tomorrow’s Mobility Future
Engineers are seeing the automotive industry pivot to advanced mobility. It’s a changing landscape with new lifeblood for the internal combustion engine and a...
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Advancing Aftertreatment
Regulations in North America and Europe may have settled for the moment, but the pressure is still on for development in aftertreatment.
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Going Digital & Electric @ Bauma 2019
Digitalization, efficiency and sustainability are three megatrends that off-highway OEMs and suppliers touted this month at the triennial bauma trade fair in Munich, when they revealed their...
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SAE International Releases New Process for Measuring Aerosols in Aircraft Exhaust
SAE International, based in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, has published a new recommended practice for assessing the amount of nonvolatile particulate matter (nvPM)...
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Tenneco Talks ‘Clean Air’ Tech, Trends
In October 2018, Tenneco Inc. completed its “transformational” acquisition of Federal-Mogul LLC, and now is working to realign the businesses and establish two independent companies by late...
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Additive Manufacturing Is Transforming Mobility Engineering, Driving the Factory of the Future
Additive manufacturing continues to advance and transform mobility engineering, as aerospace and automotive firms increasingly adopt and invest in...
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Meritor Pursues Lightweighting Strategies for Drivelines
As with passenger vehicles, reducing the weight of systems and components in commercial vehicles is a key strategy to improve fuel efficiency. In the commercial-vehicle sector, the...
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Caterpillar Reveals Next-Gen Dozers, Excavators, Motor Graders
Caterpillar presented an onslaught of new machines—24 to be exact—at its Edwards Demonstration and Learning Center in Peoria, Ill., during its annual year-end press...
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Tackling the Thermal Challenges of Battery EVs
The falling cost of natural gas and its increasing use for electricity generation has helped build the environmental appeal of battery electric vehicles. BEV advocates point to the 95%...
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Mercedes Doubles down on Electric Vans, Considers Fuel Cells
As the demonization of diesel continues across much of Europe, manufacturers are rushing to introduce a range of options to power tomorrow’s delivery vehicles. While petrol...
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Many ICE Paths Lead to Reduced Emissions
Despite all the hype about electrification, internal combustion engines (ICEs) are likely to dominate the commercial vehicles market for several years. But these engines will have to advance using an...
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2019 Toyota Corolla Injects Sport, Adds Hatchback
There are three good reasons why Toyota’s compact Corolla overtook the original VW Beetle, the VW Golf and even the Ford F-Series to become the top-selling vehicle nameplate ever built:...
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Subaru 'Ascends' New Three-Row SUV on Global Platform
Fuji Heavy Industries has needed a competitive three-row utility for its Subaru brand since its first attempt, the slow-selling Tribeca, bowed out after 2014.
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BorgWarner’s Dual-Volute Turbocharger Enables First-Ever 4-Cylinder Power for GM Fullsize Pickups
The first four-cylinder gasoline engine ever offered in a full-sized pickup truck brings V6-beating power and torque, with fuel efficiency...
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Merging Antenna and Electronics Boosts Energy and Spectrum Efficiency
By integrating the design of antennas and electronics, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have boosted the energy and spectrum efficiency for a new class of...
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Airbus Zephyr S Breaks World Flight Endurance Record During Maiden Flight
After taking off on July 11 in Arizona, the Zephyr S unmanned aircraft from Airbus Defence and Space in Ottobrunn, Germany logged a maiden flight of over 25 days –...
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Lockheed Martin and Arconic Collaborate on 3D Printing and Advanced Aerospace Materials
As part of an initiative to develop next-generation advanced materials and manufacturing processes, Lockheed Martin Corporation, based out of Bethesda,...
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Nissan’s New VCR Engine: Worth the Effort?
Announced at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, Nissan’s new Variable Compression Ratio engine—known as the VC Turbo—pushes the pause button, at least momentarily, on the company’s journey to a...
Technology Report Energy
Stanadyne Pumps up the Volume
Although the auto sector continues to intensify its focus on electrification, planners and analysts remind almost daily that internal combustion-based propulsion will continue to the baseline for a decade or...
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Waste Heat Recovery Issues, Challenges to Be Discussed at SAE Symposium
The challenges of climate change and energy security require a continuous effort toward reduction of global environmental pollution and fossil oil consumption. To meet...
Editorial Electronics & Computers
‘Heavy’ Topics on Tap for WCX18
Another April, another SAE World Congress Experience—the organization’s flagship event (wcx18.org). A time when global mobility experts descend on Cobo Hall in Detroit to share insights and...
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Paccar Reveals New and Future Tech at CES 2018
Although 2018 marked its first-ever presence at the enormously influential Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Paccar made sure it fit right in with the show’s technology- and...
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