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What We’re Driving: 2020 Lincoln Aviator Reserve
For my experience of Lincoln – and I’m not particularly young – I haven’t been able to understand the “sell” of the brand. Low sales numbers and decades of declining...
Supplier Eye Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Maintaining Supply When a Pandemic Strikes
Just when it seems that the auto industry isn’t facing enough challenges, COVID-19 swoops in out of the blue. No extraneous shock that’s hit the automotive sector in the past decade –...
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All-Wheel-Drive Returns to Chrysler Pacifica for 2021
The refresh of the 2021 model-year Chrysler Pacifica minivan premiers a top-of-the-line luxury trim, the debut of a next-generation infotainment system, and the return of...
News Electronics & Computers
Executive Insights: BorgWarner VP and CTO Hakan Yilmaz
The automotive sector is in a time of enormous flux. As the foundational aspects of the industry shift, longstanding Tier-1 suppliers such as BorgWarner must continue to drive...
Original Equipment Manufacturing & Prototyping
Hyundai Reveals Compact Electric Excavator Prototype
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas (HCEA) demonstrated a working prototype of its electric-powered compact excavator at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2020 in Las Vegas, March 10-14. The R18E...
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JLG Develops Self-Leveling Boom Lift
What started as a scale-model prototype shown at Bauma 2016 to explore the viability of a lift with a “smart” suspension has become reality for JLG Industries. At ConExpo-Con/Agg 2020, the...
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FPT Reveals Compact F28 Off-Road Diesel, Hybrid Variant
Seemingly everything at the ConExpo-Con/Agg 2020 is big – from the show’s footprint to the seemingly endless number of construction machines on the grounds. But FPT Industrial...
News Design
John Deere Power Systems Expands Lineup, Introduces New 13.6- and 18-Liter Engines
John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) showcased an expanding engine lineup and electric drivetrain solutions during a press event at ConExpo-Con/Agg in Las...
Original Equipment Data Acquisition
ConExpo 2020: Liebherr Equips Latest Crawler Excavator with Leica 3D Integrated Machine Control
Liebherr recently launched R26 crawler excavator is now equipped with a Leica-supplied Geosystem machine-control system. The Leica-equipped...
Original Equipment Electronics & Computers
Caterpillar Reveals Seven New Next-Gen Excavators, Increases Push for Remote Control
Caterpillar began launching its next-generation hydraulic excavators in late 2017, and the rollout continues two years later with the introduction of...
News Manned Systems
New CM Labs Excavator Simulator Training Offers GPS Guidance, HMI Experience
CM Labs Simulations’ (ConExpo-Con/Agg, Booth F100911 in the Festival Hall) new excavator training exercise incorporates an integrated GPS guidance system...
Original Equipment Energy
Case Unveils Fully-Electric Backhoe Loader, Begins Delivery This Year
Case Construction Equipment’s move toward alternative propulsion took another step forward at March’s ConExpo-Con/Agg Show when it revealed “Project Zeus,”...
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Engineering the Chevrolet Corvette's First-Ever Mid-Engine Architecture
Shifting 500 lb (227 kg) of engine mass rearward by 7.5 feet (2.3 m) and moving 300 lb (136 kg) of transmission components aft by almost three feet transformed the...
News Regulations/Standards
New Standard Will Ease Grade-Control Data Sharing Between Construction Machines
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has teamed up with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to create a standard that will...
News Photonics/Optics
Driving the 2020 Corvette Stingray
Grasping the true beauty of Chevy’s new 2020 Corvette supercar demands a deep dig. You must venture beyond the exciting-to-a-fault exterior skin and the lavish stitched-leather, buffed-metal, and...
News Energy
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...
News Imaging
Continental's Lidar in a Flash
A precise three-dimensional profile of a vehicle’s surroundings is a fundamental prerequisite for automated driving. A new high-resolution 3D flash lidar (HFL) sensor developed for use at close range –...
Articles Aerospace
A Solution for Ice-Free Sensors
Sensor surfaces that are exposed to weather need to be kept clean so that ADAS and autonomous driving systems can function safely. Ice build-up in cold conditions is of particular concern, but Canatu thinks...
News Regulations/Standards
FCC Actions, Incompatible Options Muddy V2X Outlook
Vehicle-to-vehicle/infrastructure (V2X) communications often is touted as a critical technology for automated driving and even to derive the utmost benefit from advanced...
Articles Software
Foretellix Building Precise Software Language for Validating Self-Driving Scenarios
The auto industry is under increasing pressure to prove that autonomous vehicles (AV) can be safe. But before AV manufacturers can begin to establish...
Articles Software
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,...
News Energy
Volvo CE Showcases 100-Ton EC950F Excavator, New Hybrid Assist That Cuts Fuel Use by 15%
The entrance to Volvo Construction Equipment’s ConExpo-Con/Agg exhibit (F3432), through what the company has dubbed “excavator alley,” will...
Road Ready Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Ford’s Max Mustang Brings ‘World Class’ into the Sports Coupe Conversation
There’s the old saw about a something being better than the sum of its parts. That phrase applies to the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 – despite most...
Road Ready Manned Systems
Nissan's 2020 Frontier Gets New Powertrain
More transmission gears and greater engine horsepower should enliven the 2020 Nissan Frontier midsize pickup truck. “We’re launching a new transmission and new engine in the current...
Articles Unmanned Systems
Metamoto Goes Deep on AV Simulation
Autonomous-vehicle (AV) development companies frequently boast about the millions of miles their test vehicles travel in real-world testing. The claims reflect a long-held, more-is-better mentality...
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Solving the “Telehandler Problem”
A common challenge engineers face in the application of counterbalance or overcenter valves is machines with a high degree of load dynamics. Vehicles with slender booms, multiple booms, wear pads...
News Transportation
Cellular-Key Solution Augments Commercial-Vehicle Security
Connectivity’s many benefits are matched by security concerns, which has prompted a number of security specialists from many fields to focus their attention on commercial...
News Energy
ConExpo & IFPE 2020: Go Big or Go Home
My inbox has been inundated with notifications of press conferences and exciting new construction equipment, power systems, and other advanced technologies to be revealed at the rapidly approaching...
Articles Test & Measurement
Autonomous Construction Sites
In the construction world, some companies are not just looking to electrify and automate individual machines—they have their sights set on something much grander: the entire jobsite. And Doosan Infracore...
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