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Tech-Heavy Iveco Z Truck Concept Spawns 29 Patents

Designed in collaboration by CNH Industrial’s Design Center and Innovation department, the Iveco Z Truck concept that debuted at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover, Germany, is...

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Transportation

U.S. EV Charging Infrastructure Set to Accelerate

If you build it, will they come? The prospect of coast-to-coast travel in a battery-electric vehicle may have brightened with the Obama Administration's recently announced details to create...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

UPS Launches Hydraulic-Hybrid Propulsion into Chicago Service

United Parcel Service (UPS) has begun converting 50 of its gasoline-engine delivery trucks in the Chicago-metro area to hydraulic-hybrid propulsion. The first converted vehicles...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Mercedes EQ Concept Previews 2019 Electric SUV

Mercedes-Benz officially revealed its comprehensive electrified-mobility strategy at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, while unveiling a new electric concept vehicle, the Generation EQ, that previews...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Nissan Unveils 2018 Production Variable-Compression-Ratio ICE

Nissan broke new ground for gasoline engines at the 2016 Paris Motor Show when it unveiled the first production-intent variable-compression-ratio gasoline engine. The VC-Turbo, a...

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Power

Full Electric Drivetrain for HD Vehicles the Result of Supplier Alliance

Engineers at Colorado-based UQM Technologies have collaborated the past several months with their counterparts at Eaton’s Vehicle Group and Pi Innovo, both located...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

PPG Primes Second Location for New Aerospace E-Coat Pilot System

PPG opened a new coatings research center in Marly, France, in September 2016, the company’s second investment for an Aerocron e-coat primer installation. Like its first...

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Automotive

Optimizing Waste Heat Recovery for Long-Haul Trucks

A waste heat recovery (WHR) system for a long-haul truck application was examined via simulation, test bench, and public road vehicle testing as part of a joint project between CNH...

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Transportation

Downsizing a HD Diesel Engine for Off-Highway Applications

Many off-highway applications demand a relatively high low-end torque compared to on-highway applications. Because of this, applying downsizing strategies for non-road applications...

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Automotive

New Valeo Clutch Disc a 'Downspeeding Enabler'

Methods to improve fuel economy, even if incrementally, is a pervasive topic at the booths of global truck and bus OEMs and their suppliers at the IAA Commercial Vehicles tradeshow in Hanover,...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

SAE Battery Standards Committees Prepare for Next-Gen Chemistries

“We’re just at the beginning of a steep growth curve for both electric vehicles and energy storage, and SAE International is going to play a huge role in that by setting...

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Materials

Steel Piston and Coating System Reduce Cost of Ownership for CV Engines

Requirements for heavy-duty diesel engines are driving a system approach for Mahle’s piston and coating development. The MonoLite piston combined with a new...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Creating a ‘Green’ Value Stream with LPPD

James Morgan, Ph.D, is a senior advisor for lean product and process development at the Lean Enterprise Institute. A former global director of Body Exterior, Safety, and Stamping Engineering at...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Volkswagen Engineer Pleads Guilty in U.S. Diesel-Emissions Coverup

A veteran Volkswagen AG engineer pleaded guilty in federal court to a criminal charge for his involvement in the German automaker’s ongoing diesel-emissions scandal,...

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Energy

Navy Ship Completes Test Trials Using 100% Renewable Diesel

It’s a first for a U.S. Navy ship: running on 100% renewable fuel, that is.

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Energy

BMW I3 Battery Replacement Is $16,000

What happens if you buy an electric car and, at some point in your ownership, have to replace the battery?

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Green Design & Manufacturing

GM, Honda Execs Agree: Higher Octane Gas Needed to Optimize ICE Efficiency

Raising the octane level of pump gasoline in the U.S. is integral to optimizing advanced combustion engines now in development, said GM and Honda executives at the 2016...

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In Aftertreatment, less Is More

For design teams focused on aftertreatment, reducing package size has become almost as important as removing emissions. Combining catalysts, improving filters and integrating sensors are a few of the...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Higher Levels of Connectivity, Automation Drive Commercial Vehicle Sector

Increased and enhanced connectivity is a megatrend impacting all ground vehicles, from passenger cars to commercial vehicles to off-highway equipment. So it’s no...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Growth of FCVs and EVs Tied to Infrastructure

More hydrogen fueling stations in California and additional electric vehicle charging stations across the U.S. could reduce the range anxiety consumers have about driving these-advanced...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Driving the CAR Toward 54.5 Mpg

Chances are good that if you’re involved with automotive manufacturing strategy, you know Jay Baron. As President and CEO of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Ann Arbor, Dr. Baron and his research...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

China Shifts Focus to 'New Energy' Vehicles

Chinese planners are focusing on "new energy" vehicles (NEV) that don’t rely primarily on internal combustion engines to become a mainstay of its future automotive production and consumption....

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Green Design & Manufacturing

High-Pressure CNG Hoses

Eaton’s high-pressure 35NG hose and low-pressure NG-TW hose for compressed natural gas (CNG) applications are certified to ANSI NGV 4.2 Class A and D, and ANSI NGV 3.1 Class B and C. Primarily used in dispensing and...

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Advanced Materials for Catalysts

SDCmaterials will partner with Car Sound Exhaust System and supply the company with material for its catalytic converters. SDC's Nano-on-Nano formulation, applied to exhaust-treatment catalysts, requires as...

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Automotive

CO2 Air Conditioning Development Comes Alive in Germany

CO2 refrigerant for auto air conditioning, assumed to be a non-starter a few years ago, seems to be live technology once more. The SAE Interior Climate Control Committee (ICCC) has...

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Automotive

V-CR, Water Injection, New EGR Methods Top SAE Engines Symposium

Powertrain experts detailed the technologies they see as most promising to enable light-vehicle engines to meet global CO2 regulations through 2025, at the 2016 SAE...

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Automotive

Tesla's "Affordable" Model 3 Brings Technology Questions

The ravenous feeding habits of the 24-hour news cycle rarely turn toward automotive transportation, and usually only when a disaster has happened, such as Toyota’s acceleration mess...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Toyota’s 'Trigger' for Innovation

“SAE is the ‘engineers’ foundation,’” reflected Seiya Nakao. “When I was a young engineer, we learned a lot from SAE, and personally this is a good opportunity for me to return something to it.”...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Stage V-Ready Engines Take Center Stage at Bauma

Mid-April in Munich marks the 31st edition of the largest trade fair in the world, Bauma. With more than 3400 exhibitors and 530,000 visitors at the last iteration in 2013—not quite the...