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Daimler Trucks' Lessons Learned from SuperTruck Program
Daimler Trucks North America has referred to its $40 million, five-year SuperTruck program that concluded earlier this year as “a playground for our engineers.” Overseeing this...
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Doosan Introduces Tier 4 Final Wheeled Excavator
Doosan has expanded its wheeled excavator lineup with the Tier 4 Final DX210W-5 excavator, which replaces the -3 Tier 4 Interim model.
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Jaguar Enters Performance Crossover SUV Segment
In a bid to combat flagging market share due to declining consumer interest in its signature coupes, roadsters, and sedans, Jaguar is making its first move into the booming market for...
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Honda’s All-New Global 2016 Civic Targets Mercedes Refinement
Honda appears to have committed the resources where it counted to create the 2016 Civic. With a 4-link independent rear suspension mounted on a subframe, hydraulic...
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Peugeot Fractal Demonstrates a New Take on Sound Design
Peugeot used the 2010 SR1 concept to introduce its i-Cockpit touchscreen-based system, designed to control heating and ventilation, navigation, audio, connectivity, and the trip...
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Composites Permeate Inside and Out
According to Lux Research, automotive use of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics will swell to $6 billion by 2020, making the segment larger than the aerospace industry’s use of carbon fiber despite the...
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Powertrain Testing: Coping with Complexity
Despite the good news of falling oil prices worldwide, the pressure remains for automakers to deliver efficient powertrains.
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Concept Car to Production in Six Months Fits 007’s Timeline
Daniel Craig won’t have to share marquee billing with the Aston Martin DB10, but the usual gadgets and an extended chase scene give the car a major role in Spectre, the latest...
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Domino's Tasty New Pizza Delivery Vehicle Designed by Crowdsourcing, Developed by Roush
Four years in the kitchen and now hot out of the oven, Domino's new purpose-built pizza delivery vehicle hits the streets with design attributes that...
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Opel Designs a New Astra
Opel launched the fourth-generation Astra at the 2015 IAA (Frankfurt Motor Show). The car is more compact than the model it replaces and weighs up to 200 kg (440 lb) less. A five-door hatchback and five-door Sports...
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Suppliers Struggling to Keep Pace with Faster Product Cycles, Says IHS
More vehicle launches and faster product cycles are re-shaping the global vehicle landscape, and many suppliers are struggling to keep pace.
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Mercedes' Concept Stresses Connectivity, Record-Breaking Aerodynamics
Among its five world premieres at the IAA (Frankfurt Motor Show) 2015, Mercedes-Benz surprised show-goers with the Concept Intelligent Aerodynamic Automobile (Concept...
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Clean-Sheet Design for Proterra's All-Electric City Bus
The Proterra Catalyst all-electric transit bus nabs double-digit miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe), vastly outperforming its diesel, compressed natural gas, and diesel hybrid-electric...
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Porsche Unveils New Downsized, Boosted 3.0-L Boxer Six
The words “Porsche” and “turbo” have been synonymous with ultimate high performance since 1972, when the automaker first used boosted engines in the mighty 917/10 Can-Am...
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India to Operate Advanced Apache and Chinook Helicopters from Boeing
The India Ministry of Defence has finalized its order with Boeing for production, training, and support of Apache and Chinook helicopters that will enhance India’s...
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KC-46A Tanker Completes Its First Flight
The Boeing and the U.S. Air Force team behind the development of the KC-46A Pegasus tanker completed its first flight near the end of September, a four-hour flight that began at Paine Field and...
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Airbus Begins Assembly of A350-1000 in Europe, Other Aircraft in U.S.
Less than one year after delivering its first A350 XWB (-900), Airbus has started assembling the first major fuselage components at its plants in Hamburg and...
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Toyota Chief Talks Trucks
It’s been 10 years since the last all-new Toyota Tacoma, which isn’t unusual for a truck’s life cycle, according to Mike Sweers (SAE Member, 2002), Chief Engineer for the Tundra (since 2010) and Tacoma (since...
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Lighter, More Powerful 3rd-Gen Pilot Debuts Honda’s NPD Process
Programs for new re-engineered vehicles pose a great challenge for the engineers and other professionals assigned to them: load the vehicle with more advanced technology,...
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2016 Malibu Sheds 300 lb, Adds New Hybrid System
Entering its ninth generation, the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu zoomed through its development cycle faster than any General Motors vehicle in recent memory. It gains a new platform and...
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2016 Mazda MX-5 Stays True to Its Roots
In the last 26 years, various “affordable” small sports cars have come and gone while the Mazda MX-5 Miata remains the unwavering benchmark of the genre. It’s remarkable how the company’s...
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2016 Discovery Sport Spearheads More Efficient Land Rovers
The vast, volcanic, and starkly beautiful Highlands interior of Iceland is an ideal place to demonstrate the do-it-all capabilities of Land Rover’s all-new Discovery Sport. Two...
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Cellular, Security Challenge Vehicle-to-Vehicle’s Role
Safety proponents are looking forward to the day when cars can send each other information that can prevent accidents. But cellular technologies may eliminate some benefits of...
Articles Automotive
Improving Thermal Seat Comfort
The automotive HVAC system is the primary system responsible for controlling and maintaining thermal comfort of vehicle occupants. Heat transfer with vehicle seats, however, plays a significant role in the...
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Standards Step Forward in Design of Off-highway Electronics
Functional safety has become a watchword in many fields as regulators and product developers attempt to ensure that failures will be minimal, and that safety isn’t impaired when...
Articles Transportation
Lightweighting to Improve Off-Highway Emissions
In many segments of the ground-vehicle industry, lightweighting is a hot topic, and yet the off-highway segment lags behind in terms of more eco-friendly vehicle design. However, legislative...
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Waste Heat Recovery for the Long Haul
The FPT Industrial range of engines currently achieves a brake thermal efficiency (BTE) of approximately 46%, which is higher than comparable engines on the market today. However, through a series of...
Articles Connectivity
HMIs Extend Beyond the Cab
Human-machine interfaces (HMIs) are evolving in multiple paths — they’re becoming a more important product differentiator while also expanding their control functions outside the vehicle. As connectivity...
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Mercedes’ New GLC Represents a Sportier Focus
“Modern lightweight construction, the best aerodynamics (Cd 0.31) in its class, and innovative drive systems make the Mercedes-Benz GLC a real champion in the field of energy efficiency.”...
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