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Sikorsky Awarded Contract to Develop New Combat Rescue Helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to develop new combat search and rescue helicopters. Sikorsky will develop a derivative of the UH-60M Black Hawk...
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Volkswagen Reveals Beetle Global Rallycross Racer
Volkswagen entered the 2014 season of the Global Rallycross (GRC) series racing a pair of Polo rally cars used last season on the European Rally circuit. The company has unveiled its...
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EcoCAR 3 Teams Work to Improve Fuel Economy, Reduce Emissions of Chevy Camaro
Sixteen university teams from the U.S. and Canada will transform a Chevrolet Camaro into an energy-efficient, eco-smart muscle car without compromise to the...
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Racket Busters
Since the days, several decades ago, when there was no acoustic trim or materials applied to agricultural tractor cabs, manufacturers have become keenly aware of the importance of a quiet cab to equipment buyers and...
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Autonomous Vehicle Challenges Span Many Fields
Engineers from fields as diverse as military, agricultural, and mining who are racing to craft autonomous vehicles share many similar technical challenges. Distributed architectures,...
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Off-highway Engines Advance Beyond Tier 4
"The technical solutions for Tier 4 Final are all there and in production,” said Andy Noble, Head of Heavy Duty Engines for Ricardo, during an interview with Off-Highway Engineering. “Engine...
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Will ‘Recalls’ Become ‘Upgrades’?
"The nice thing about the digital world is that, when you enter it, you don't know where you will end up," said Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Research and Development Director, Dr. Wolfgang Epple....
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Planning for a Digital World
Volkswagen Group’s Chairman, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, believes the automotive industry is poised to undergo a huge technological and cultural upheaval: “And digitalization is increasingly redefining the...
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Clearing the Air on 2025 GDI Engines
Powertrain engineers who attended this year’s SAE International High-Efficiency Engine Symposium and World Congress heard one message loud and clear: Don’t bet against the internal combustion...
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More Gears, More Challenges
Transmission developers who added gears to meet tighter fuel economy/consumption requirements are adopting a range of strategies to make sure that efficiency and driveability are also improved. Reducing loss,...
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Volkswagen Group of America Names New EVP of Group Quality
Volkswagen Group of America has named Stefan Schüller as its new Executive Vice President of Group Quality, effective July 1.
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Harley-Davidson Debuts LiveWire Electric Motorcycle Project
Harley-Davidson has for a number of years dispatched an engineer to SAE's annual Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Symposium for the purpose of gathering intel and making contacts in...
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Readying Ferrari Car for Endurance Racing
In just two racing seasons, a Ferrari racecar logged more than 21,748 mi (35,000 km) competing at tracks in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship Pro-Am class.
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JCB Providing Additional High-Speed Backhoes to U.S. Army
JCB will be supplying high-speed backhoe loaders to the U.S. Army under a $50 million contract. The High Mobility Engineer Excavators (HMEEs) will be manufactured at JCB’s North...
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Airbus Group and Safran Join Forces in Launcher Activities
Airbus Group and Safran are further strengthening their relationship to propose a new family of competitive, versatile, and efficient space launchers, to serve both commercial and...
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Problems Persist for Vehicle Owners Using Technology, J.D. Power Study Finds
Lack of voice recognition and clumsy Bluetooth pairing were cited by owners of all-new vehicles as being among the most common type of problems they experience in the first 90 days of vehicle ownership.
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Caterpillar's 990K Wheel Loader Offers More Power, Increased Payload
Designed as an optimum loading tool for Caterpillar construction and mining trucks, specifically the 773, 775, and 777 ranging from about 60 to 100 ton (54 to 91 t)...
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IAC Opens New Tech Center in Shanghai
A technical center is part of International Automotive Components' recently opened Shanghai facility that also houses its new Asia headquarters offices.
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New China Tech Center Is TRW's Largest Worldwide
At 66,000 m² (710,000 ft²), TRW's new technical center in Anting, China, is the company's largest worldwide.
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Four SAE Student Members Among Finalists for Coveted F1 Engineering Role
Four American students, each with ties to SAE International's Formula SAE series, have made it to the world finals of the Infiniti Performance Engineering Academy. The...
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Teams Make Unique Statements at 2014 Formula SAE Michigan
The 109 open-wheel racecar originals competing at the 2014 Formula SAE Michigan event were created and built by collegiate students eager to show the results of their product-development decisions.
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Creating Chrysler 200's Interior Identity
The 2015 Chrysler 200 midsize sedan’s floating center console design with a pass-through storage area may have staying power beyond this Chrysler Group-first application.
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VW’s New E-Golf May Lead the Way to Lithium-Air Power
Herbert Ruholl, Volkswagen’s Head of Technical Projects Management, e-Vehicles, has an answer for critics of the hitherto slow progress of battery development: “We expect the next...
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Lighter, Stronger Chassis
The Counter Pressure Casting (CPC) process is particularly suited for the production of aluminum suspension components such as wheel carriers and steering knuckles. Using a typical AlSi7Mg alloy such as A356 or EN...
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Achates Aims at 2025 Light-truck Power
It’s autumn 2024, and you’re at the local auto mall shopping for a new pickup truck — one that delivers the 32-mpg fuel economy required of full-size trucks for the upcoming model year. As the...
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Systems-engineering a New 4x4 Benchmark
"We set a high target for this program: Create the industry’s most fuel-efficient four-wheel-drive system, with the greatest off-road capability and functionality,” said Mike Kirk, Chrysler’s...
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Watching for Ways to Stand ABOVE THE CROWD
Whether design teams are responding to the demand for more features and functions or meeting regulatory requirements, they’re using sensors to link digital controls to the analog world. Sensor...
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McLaren CEO Fast-Forwarding Technology-Centric McLaren Automotive
It’s a very long way from building $10,000 Ford Escorts to being responsible for a company making $1.5 million super cars, but Mike Flewitt, CEO of McLaren Automotive, has...
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Sikorsky, NREC Partner for Matrix Application to Demonstrate U.S. Army Autonomous UGV Delivery
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has been awarded a demonstration project with the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) of Carnegie Mellon...
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