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Gold-Plated Low-Ohmic Resistors
With its small size of 5.08 x 2.54 x 0.4 mm (0.20 x 0.10 x 0.02 in), high load capacity, and precision, Isabellenhütte’s gold-plated VMP-A resistor is suitable for automobile engine and transmission modules...
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Chrysler Adopts SAE Towing Standard for All Ram Pickups as Ford Claims 2015 Pickup Towing/hauling Title
In a July 15 announcement that was as strategically planned and precisely aimed as a sniper’s bullet, Fiat-Chrysler’s Ram Truck...
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Lighter, Stronger BMW M3/M4 Surpass Predecessors
For a car with the performance expectations of BMW’s M3 sport sedan, and, under the company’s new nomenclature, its two-door sibling, the M4, we could expect the company to resort to all...
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Global EDI System Designed for ERP
Infor Automotive Exchange from Infor is an electronic data interchange (EDI) and release accounting system designed specifically for automotive tier suppliers. It works directly with Infor SyteLine, Infor’s...
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High-Performance Plastics
Minnesota Rubber and Plastics’ (MR&P) custom-designed, high-performance plastic seals for vehicle driveline applications offer critical sealing, wear resistance, and long operating life. The company custom...
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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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Punch Powertrain Pushes Its Flywheel-CVT Hybrid Technology
Automakers charge more for hybrid-electric vehicles than standard cars because hybrids need costly batteries as well as motor/generators and power electronics to cut fuel...
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Automotive Voltage Detectors
Developed to meet automotive industry requirements, Seiko Instruments Inc.’s new S-19110 series automotive voltage detectors are used in applications such as electronic control units for engines, transmissions,...
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Digital and Reconfigurable Instrument Cluster
QNX Software Systems Limited and Rightware have partnered to offer a fully digital and reconfigurable instrument cluster for the QNX technology concept car. The new concept demonstrates how...
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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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Sports Cars Embrace Array of Green Technology
The International Motor Sports Association’s Tudor United SportsCar Championship is the newly merged racing series for sports car racing in North America, ending the split between the American...
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Nissan Develops High-Volume, Fully Recyclable Composite Liftgate
Composite structural closures are not new to the automotive industry. There are many types of composites panels that have been utilized by various OEMs, including fiberglass,...
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Flash Devices
Spansion Inc. extends its automotive flash memory portfolio with the addition of six automotive-grade devices. The three new Serial NOR and three new NAND memory densities are specifically qualified to meet the extended...
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Electronic Horizon Technology
A new version of Elektrobit's (EB's) Assist Electronic Horizon Solution features new functions that offer more flexibility for implementing predictive driver assistance systems. With the new version, carmakers and...
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Resistors with Gold-Plated Contacts
A member of the VMx precision resistor family with gold-plated contacts, Isabellenhütte’s VMx-A series of gold-plated low-ohmic resistors are suitable for mounting with conductive adhesive on...
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Hardware Variation Remains a Challenge for Modular Platform Solutions
Despite the burgeoning success of highly effective single platform modular solutions that can span sports car to SUV applications, and the broadening of electronically...
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EPA-OTAQ Chief on GHG Mandate: ‘Things Look Really Good’
The most encouraging aspect of the U.S. federal government’s mandates on fuel economy and greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions is that “customers are buying more fuel efficiency...
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TI Predicts That Low Energy Bluetooth Will Displace Cables
Texas Instruments hopes to extend the role of Bluetooth with one of the first devices that use Bluetooth Smart, a low-power version of the standard that’s already a mainstay in...
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Next-Gen Seatbelt Retractor
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. has launched its next-generation seatbelt retractor, the Floating Spool 1 (FS1), which offers reduced weight (about 15% lighter) and smaller dimensions compared to previous systems,...
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Hyundai, Ford Pursue Structural Composites Despite Challenges
The lightweighting potential of composite materials is undeniable. But harnessing that potential in a reasonably economic way is the crux to widespread composites use in vehicle...
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Meeting the Need for Engineering Talent
Perhaps no one knows the realities of the U.S. engineering job market more than Laura Kurtz, Manager, U.S. Recruiting at Ford Motor Co. The shortage of engineers and the increased competition among...
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Honda, Peugeot Stylists Make Digital Renderings a Focal Point of Design
As stylists transition to digital designs with fewer physical prototypes, they are seeking more realistic real-time graphics. Honda and PSA Peugeot Citroën have each...
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Vehicles Nab Ultra-High Mpg at 35th Annual SAE Supermileage
U.S. consumers were still reeling from the 1970s oil embargo that caused gasoline prices to soar when the top SAE Supermileage team fielded a car that snared 558 mpg at the...
Product Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Compact Switches
C&K Components’ line of compact PCB-mounted switches now includes two new medium-power switch series that feature either momentary or locking actuation configurations. Designed for through-hole PCB soldering, the PVA...
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3-D Tool-Pathing Solution
Through collaborative efforts, Spatial Corp. and Omax Corp. offer an easy-to-use 3-D tool-pathing solution for waterjet machining. The new Intelli-CAM software tool for OMAX JetMachining Centers generates 3-D tool...
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USB Output Low Profile Compression Load Cells
The LC411-USBH series high-speed USB load cells from Omega connect directly to your computer and offer up to 1000 readings per second. Free PC software makes data logging and charting of readings...
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