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2019 Acura RDX Brings World’s-First Chassis Tech
Few words are as inspiring to an engineering team as “all-new.” For the 2019 Acura RDX, the engineers behind the compact SUV’s third-generation had a host of all-new to manage,...
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2018 Toyota Corolla
What do you get for $20,000 these days? How about a Toyota Corolla—one of the most proven and reliable compacts whose nameplate stands on over 40 million units sold to date. While this year’s big Corolla news focuses...
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Sourcing the Multi-Energy Platform
During most of the 43 years since U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards became law, the typical vehicle platform—unibody or full frame, with one ICE-based propulsion source running on hydrocarbon...
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The Navigator: Traversing the Autonomous Trust Gap
During a recent conference hosted by semiconductor maker NXP in Silicon Valley, I had the honor of moderating a panel on the Autonomous Trust Gap. The timing was fortuitous in the wake of...
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2018 Volvo XC40 T5 AWD
Volvo is becoming increasingly technology centric. By the middle of the next decade, it expects to generate half of all sales annually from electric cars, with one third of all its cars sold to be autonomous.
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What We’re Driving: Toyota Land Cruiser
This sixth-generation of Toyota’s seminal Land Cruiser has been on the burly J200 (Tundra pickup-derived) body-on-frame architecture since 2007—and although there’s a certain allure to driving...
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Nissan Kicks Entry-Level CUV Makes Its U.S. Debut
Two years after debuting in Brazil, Nissan’s smallest utility vehicle, the Kicks, arrives in the U.S. market with alterations to the suspension and a quieter interior.
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All-New, Unibody 2019 Chevy Blazer Aims for Stylish On-Road Capability
Chevrolet took the wraps off its all-new 2019 Blazer in mid-June, as the front-engine, FWD/AWD D-segment midsze SUV is charged with filling a gap in the Chevy lineup,...
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Driver Out, Testing In: AVs Bring New Transmission and Driveline Engineering Challenges, Opportunities
Drawing up a specification for a transmission or driveline may be relatively routine for a conventional vehicle, but for an autonomous...
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New Osram IREDs Enhance Vehicle Vision, less Harmful to Human Eyes
As a compliment to cameras, LIDAR and radar, a new family of Infrared LEDs (IREDs) can expand the vision of SAE Level 4 and 5 autonomous vehicles without harming human eyes.
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Eaton Goes Internal with Its Next-Generation EGR Solution
Eaton’s Internal Exhaust Gas Recirculation (iEGR) solution production-debuts in the 2020MY as a next-generation technology providing near-instantaneous heating of the selective...
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2018 Porsche 718 Boxster
For enthusiast users of high performance sports cars, cylinders count. But when the counting stops at four, it can be a figure of disappointment for many who have become accustomed to the sound of six or eight. In...
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Steeling for Reduced Mass and Higher Strength
OEMs are now willing to pay over three times the cost of conventional carbon steel, experts say, for new material solutions that reduce vehicle mass while retaining crash integrity and overall durability.
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Balancing the RUMBLE and ROAR
Multiphysics simulation is part of the development toolset at Mahindra Two Wheelers, as the Indian motorcycle and scooter maker expands into global markets with larger bikes.
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Underway on Nuclear Power
At Ford Motor Co., CTO Dr. Ken Washington is driving new approaches to technology innovation — from inside and outside the enterprise.
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Transforming Propulsion with Tula’s Digital-Control Magic
Tula Technology has more coming in advanced-propulsion technology including hybrid and EV developments, noted company President and CEO Scott Bailey. A 40-year powertrain engineering veteran, Bailey spoke recently with AE Editor-in-Chief Lindsay Brooke.
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Schaeffler ‘On a Journey’ of Propulsion Transformation
There might be few more incisive examples of the industry’s organic technology transformation than what’s going on with Germany’s Schaeffler. The company’s name invariably...
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2018 Nissan Leaf SV
Uncoiling the fat-diameter charge cord from its kit bag, I plugged the Nissan’s new Leaf into the 120-V outlet on my garage’s exterior wall. Handling the cord, which was dirty from the previous night’s charging,...
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What We’re Driving: 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
The most prominent recent brand-identifier for the FiatChrysler Dodge brand has been its outlandishly-powered Challenger SRT Hellcat and Demon. But they are cars, after all, and even...
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GM Adopts Advanced Cylinder Deactivation for 2019 Chevy Silverado V8s
Calling 2019 variants of its 5.3-L and 6.2-L OHV V8s for the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado fullsize pickup “the most advanced gasoline V8s in the [Chevrolet] brand’s...
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Nissan’s New VCR Engine: Worth the Effort?
Announced at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, Nissan’s new Variable Compression Ratio engine—known as the VC Turbo—pushes the pause button, at least momentarily, on the company’s journey to a...
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2019 Avalon: Toyota Further Refines Its Lexus Alternative
At a time when buyers are increasingly migrating to SUVs, Toyota is launching its all-new 2019 Avalon believing that there is still high-volume life left in the large-sedan segment....
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Stanadyne Pumps up the Volume
Although the auto sector continues to intensify its focus on electrification, planners and analysts remind almost daily that internal combustion-based propulsion will continue to the baseline for a decade or...
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Chevrolet Delivers a Bombshell with First-Ever 4-Cylinder for Fullsize Pickups
The latest act in the carefully-choreographed unveiling of the 2019 Chevy Silverado that goes on sale this fall is the first four-cylinder engine ever offered in...
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Silicon Drives Autonomy Movement
Silicon has joined iron and steel as a basic infrastructure material for autos—and the drive towards autonomy won’t slow that transition. Numerous tradeoffs will challenge automotive engineers as...
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Le Mans 2018: Can Anyone Beat Toyota’s Hybrids?
Arguably the pinnacle of auto racing technology, the World Endurance Championship’s 24 Hours of Le Mans is in a period of transition for 2018-19. The FIA sanctioning body has dubbed this...
Technology Report Connectivity
SAE Brings Autonomy to the Public in New Demonstration Program
With a first-of-its-kind program that allows the public to experience traveling in a fully-automated (SAE Level 4) vehicle, SAE International was in Tampa, Florida in early May...
What We’re Driving Electronics & Computers
Citroen C4 Cactus
Its birth may have been way back in 1955, but any mention among auto-industry technology aficionados of Citroën’s then startlingly radical DS will generate a sigh of admiration that echoes the sighs of the car's radical...
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Testing for Cold-Climate Comfort
Arjeplog, Sweden sits around 35 miles (57 km) below the Arctic Circle, but this remote city has been a bustling hub for the automotive industry for decades. Since the first winter tests were conducted here...
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