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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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Automotive

Altair Names 2016’s Lightweight Standouts

The auto industry’s annual award program devoted exclusively to vehicle mass-reduction innovations recently named General Motors' Cadillac CT6 and ContiTech’s polyamide crossbeam as winners of...

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Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Modeling, Simulation Expand Their Role in Powertrain Development

Modeling and simulation continue to help suppliers and OEMs provide systems and vehicles that do more work while conserving fuel, reducing emissions and keeping costs in...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

GM Shines Brightest in Latest OEM-Supplier Relations Study

“The continuing challenge facing automakers is very simple: They need to understand the difference between process improvement and work relations improvement. Some OEMs don’t...

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Test & Measurement

Mississippi State University's Car of the Future Features Novel Innovations

A rear-wheel-drive sports car’s estimated triple-digit mpg and predicted 5.7-s 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) acceleration time are the prime performance cues...

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Design

New NXP System Drives Sensor Fusion for Autonomous Vehicles

Silicon suppliers are stepping up to help facilitate progress in the road to autonomous driving. NXP Semiconductors has unveiled its BlueBox, which handles sensor fusion, analysis...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Fungus-Inspired Improvements in Battery Performance

Carbon fibers derived from a sustainable source, a type of wild mushroom, and modified with nanoparticles have been shown to outperform conventional graphite electrodes for lithium-ion...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

GM Prepping Industry-First Steel-To-Aluminum Welding Process

General Motors is poised to pull the trigger on a potentially game-changing manufacturing process to spot weld steel to aluminum. In the first production application for the...

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Electronics & Computers

International Truck Offers Over-The-Air Programming for 2017 Cummins Engines

Building on the introduction of over-the-air (OTA) programming for its proprietary engines, International Truck is now offering OTA programming for Cummins...

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Transportation

The Race to Engineer Robotic Personal Mobility

In her year-end LinkedIn post last December, GM CEO Mary Barra predicted that “2016 and beyond will be pivotal in terms of how people around the world will get from Point A to Point B…Game...

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Transportation

Volvo CE Launches Its Largest Excavator and Articulated Hauler

During the company’s nearly hour-long briefing at Bauma 2016 in Munich, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) President Martin Weissburg underscored how the company remains...

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Power

Turbo Compounding, I-Shift with Crawler Gears New to Volvo's 2017 Powertrain Lineup

Volvo Trucks North America checks off multiple customer requisites with its model year 2017 powertrain refinements—increased fuel efficiency,...

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Automotive

New York Auto Show 2016: Mazda Reveals Retractable-Hardtop MX-5 RF

Moving quickly to expand the appeal of the all-new, fourth-generation MX-5 Miata roadster introduced last year, Mazda revealed prior to the 2016 New York auto show a folding...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

2016 Altair Enlighten Award Adds New Category to Honor Lightweighting Efforts

Nominations for the fourth annual Altair Enlighten Award are now being accepted, with the 2016 award program including two distinct categories recognizing vehicle...

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Electronics & Computers

GHG Phase 2 Regs, Autonomous Vehicles Present Challenges, Opportunities

PACCAR Technical Center works closely with all of the company’s truck divisions—DAF in Europe, Peterbilt and Kenworth in North America and globally—and has two...

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Automotive

Direct Part Marking Replaces Labels, Saves Supplier $1 Million

A major Tier 1 automotive supplier was required by its customers to mark each of a family of plastic body panels that it produced with a 2D Data Matrix bar code. In the past,...

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Transportation

Two Approaches to AWD Show Improved Fuel Economy, Reduced System Weight

The increasing popularity of all-wheel drive (AWD) is up against the regulatory demands for improved fuel economy, while the buying public also is looking for improved...

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Aerospace

Top Speed on Mars: 0.1 Mph

The six-wheeled Curiosity rover exploring Mars’ surface gets its instructions from a lead driver working inside the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA.

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Transportation

Evora 400 Becomes Most Powerful Production Lotus Ever

Lotus regards its Evora 400, to be unveiled at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show this week, as virtually a new model.

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Electronics & Computers

Delphi's RACam Integrated Radar-Vision System Enables Active-Safety Suites

Volvo’s 2015 XC90 features RACam, claimed to be the world’s first integrated radar and vision data-fusion system. Supplied by Delphi as the Tier 1, and on display...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Continental’s Latest EHorizon Platform Expands Real-Time Driver Information

Developed in partnership with IBM and location cloud company Here, the latest evolution of Continental's eHorizon software uses digital mapping and cloud-based data...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Slimmer, Stronger A- and B-Pillars

One of the main goals of ThyssenKrupp’s InCar plus (phase 2) project, which the company claims is the largest manufacturer-independent development project by an automotive supplier, is weight reduction....

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Automotive

FEV Shows Compact DCT for FWD Vehicles

Current production dual-clutch transmissions (DCTs) are limited by their inherent mechanical complexity, according to FEV engineers. In addition, most conventional DCTs are characterized by drivers as...

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Propulsion

AVL Transmission Aims at Best-In-Class PHEV Performance

For its new 7-Mode transmission, AVL focused on key requirements for hybrid drivetrains including best-in-class fuel consumption in NEDC charge-sustaining mode, full drivetrain...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Active Noise Control

Mentor Automotive’s XSe ANC (Active Noise Control) technology is a high-performance noise cancellation solution that can perform a host of functions with fewer hardware components, requiring less tuning and calibration...

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Test & Measurement

Wheel Motion Sensor

Applus IDIADA listened to customer feedback in developing its new DynaWheel-III device, focusing on making the system even more reliable and easy-to-use. The wheel position measurement system is composed of two separate...

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Electronics & Computers

Denso Shows Readiness for V2X and Smart City

Denso, a major player in a number of markets from home to automotive, displayed at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit an electronically activated diorama of a city and its...

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Software

Virtual Road Traffic

A model for traffic and environment simulations from dSPACE supports the testing of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). ASM Traffic 3.0, part of the Automotive Simulation Models (ASM) library, simulates active...

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