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A Consumer’s View: Perry Parts 3D-Printed Bump Stops
I have always loved off-road racing. I love the innovation, grit and determination it takes to get across the finish line after 250, 500 or even 1,000 miles (402, 805 or 1,609 km) of...
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UAE Previews Autonomous Future at DriftX
Publicly available autonomous vehicles have been operating in Abu Dhabi since 2021, providing over 16,000 rides covering more than 300,000 km (186,400 miles). If the organizers and supporters of the...
Articles Software
Pushing the Boundaries of Automated Driving
In late April 2022, SAE Media editor Bruce Bennett spoke with Paul Mitchell, CEO of Energy Systems Network, a 13-year-old nonprofit organization that organizes and manages various public-private...
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BEV Streamliner Tops 350 Mph for U.S. Speed Record
The pursuit of straight-line speed loosely known as hot-rodding is a painstaking process: assemble an enthusiastic team, tap all the expertise you can muster and convince a sponsor or...
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The Ford Performance Racing School Settles a New Location out West
The Ford Performance Racing School (FPRS) has a new home out west. After running programs for eight years at the facility previously known as Miller Motorsports Park...
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Quadricycle AV Pod Pops Open in London
Mobility “pods” regularly pop up in the automated-driving universe and the latest is a quadricycle prototype called MOTIV, claimed by its creators to “break the mold for future mobility...
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Multimatic Opening New Michigan Virtual Vehicle-Dynamics Development Center
Multimatic, the Toronto-based supplier well known as the manufacturer of the Ford GT, will open a new virtual vehicle-dynamics development center in Novi, Michigan...
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Xtrac Readies E-Tech for Rallycross World Championship
For any motorsport engineering supplier tempted to carry its highly specialized expertise along the winding – often hazardous – road to series cars, the journey can be fraught with...
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Chevy Reveals 2020 Corvette Stingray Convertible, C8.R Racer
Reinforcing the Corvette’s long association with astronauts, Chevrolet unveiled the convertible version of its all-new, mid-engine-layout 2020 Corvette Stingray in Cape...
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Rodin Racecar Targeted as Lighter, Faster Than a Formula One
Slated for track testing late this year, the Rodin FZERO race car is the brainchild of Ferrari Challenge class champion and car enthusiast David Dicker. The Rodin FZERO is...
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The Ford GT
As part of its sponsorship of this year’s annual auto-palooza known as the Woodward Dream Cruise, Ford invited media to sample its Ford GT supercar along Detroit’s famous avenue. With its sold-out production run of 1,350...
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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,...
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Mahle’s Pre-Chamber MJI Technology Is Sparking Ignition Advances
Any technology transfer between the racetrack and the road is usually a one-way street, with motor racing leading and humble production machinery way back on the innovative...
News AR/AI
WCX 2019: Start Your Self-Driving Racecars
The world’s first electric driverless racecars are about to hit the accelerator pedal. “In order to create this new type of motorsport, we had to design and build vehicles—because they didn’t...
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Air Racing Is Going Electric
Airbus SE and the University of Nottingham have partnered with Air Race E to establish the world’s first electric airplane race. The competition, which aims to drive the development and adoption of cleaner,...
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2020 Supra: Toyota's Japanese Spin on German Engineering
In today’s world of rationalized product lines with optimized bills-of-material sharing for maximum scale, the corporate case for low-volume sports cars is tricky. A desire to...
News Test & Measurement
Nomination Period Now Open for SAE International Aerospace Engineering Awards
Every year, SAE International seeks to recognize the outstanding individuals for their commitment to the mobility industry. Among the nearly 60 professional awards...
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NAIAS 2019: Shelby GT500 Most Powerful and Advanced Mustang in Ford History
Ford has debuted the all-new 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500 at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), describing it as the most-powerful production Ford...
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What We’re Driving: Mercedes-AMG E 53 4Matic+
Select “Sport+”, floor the gas pedal, listen to the engine and exhaust notes, and the essence of Mercedes-AMG’s latest E 53 sedan is sensationally clear. But shouldn’t this combo be...
Technology Report Software
Siemens Software Gets Weekly NASCAR Workout with Hendrick Motorsports
For round 23 of the 2018 NASCAR Cup series championship at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in August, Siemens invited members of the media to attend the race in...
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Tackling the Lubrication Challenges of Electric Vehicles
Although electric vehicles (EVs) often are extolled as “low-maintenance” alternatives to conventional internal-combustion (IC) propulsion and its brew of critical fluids that...
Executive Viewpoints Manned Systems
Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality Transform Heavy-Vehicle Engineering
Augmented, mixed and virtual reality (AR, MR and VR) are everywhere. Over the past 12-18 months the number of new devices and apps being released has risen...
Articles Energy
Le Mans 2018: Can Anyone Beat Toyota’s Hybrids?
Arguably the pinnacle of auto racing technology, the World Endurance Championship’s 24 Hours of Le Mans is in a period of transition for 2018-19. The FIA sanctioning body has dubbed this...
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Simulation 'Libraries' Will Support Testing of High-Level Vehicle Autonomy
The challenges of validating autonomous vehicles designed to operate at SAE Level 4 and 5 are a major focus of driving-simulation specialist rFpro. The advent of...
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German Spark-Ignited Compression-Ignition Research Paralleling Mazda’s SPCCI
At SAE International’s 2018 High-Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit, the Research Institute of Automotive Engineering and Vehicle Engines Stuttgart...
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Light Reconnaissance Vehicle
SupacatHoniton, Devon, UK01 404 891 777www.supacat.com Supacat, a UK designer and manufacturer of special forces vehicles, recently unveiled the latest variation of its Light Reconnaissance Vehicle 400 (LRV 400).
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Longer, Lower, Wider Fashion Reaches Formula One for 2017
American Formula One viewers squinting through bleary eyes at the live early-morning broadcasts from Europe have noticed changes to the sophisticated race cars for the 2017: they are...
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Send in Yamaguchi!
Ted Klaus is not given to hyperbole. So when the Chief Engineer of Honda’s 2017 NSX says something is “the best,” he means it. And that’s how Klaus described hearing Jack Yamaguchi’s first impressions of the...
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Bentley's Technology Future: Stone Trim, Smaller SUV and EVs
Bentley’s design, engineering and R&D programs are expanding as never before in the company’s near 100 year history. Not satisfied with introducing the super-premium...
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