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Power

Achates Powers toward Production

Nothing short of a game-changing technology has any chance of disrupting the world’s combustion-engine mainstream, it is generally believed. Felix Wankel’s rotary came the closest, carving out a...

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Power

Inside the Bolt EV

Cutaway propulsion systems displayed at motor shows attract engineers faster than free beer and pizza. So perhaps it wasn’t surprising when Matthias Mueller, the newly-promoted chairman of Volkswagen Group, and his...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Phase 2 GHG Driver for Advanced Technology, Alternative Fuels

Opening day of the SAE 2016 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress featured a well-attended symposium on Meeting the Challenges of Phase 2 GHG: Implications and Effects. A...

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Transportation

Active Vibration Damping for Construction Machines

Read on to learn more about an innovative concept for active ride control reduces machine oscillations based on frequency identification.

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Automotive

Patton’s New Campaign

From his elevated position with the American arm of automotive megasupplier Denso, Doug Patton has a commanding view of the engineering landscape — and some power to help shape it.

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Electronics & Computers

Consumer Electronics Come on Board

The tablets and smartphones that transformed consumer electronics are now poised to enter heavy-duty vehicle markets. They’re already becoming part of the maintenance and diagnostic world, while some...

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Propulsion

Exclusive First Drive: Torotrak’s V-Charge Technology

Being the first journalist to test drive the only example of a new piece of technology still in development always concentrates the mind. Doing so in wet and windy weather battering...

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Technical Innovation
Defense

Churning Toward Stronger, More Uniform Aluminum Casts

Macrosegregation is the uneven distribution of alloying elements within a solidified aluminum part, creating, for example, copper-poor regions. This is most likely to occur in the center...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

CES 2017: Automotive Suppliers Eclipsing OEMs in Advanced Tech

Development of advanced mobility technologies is increasingly being driven by suppliers, rather than OEMs. And megadeals worth at least $500 million that are behind a growing...

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Electronics & Computers

CES 2017: Your Car Is Talking to the Refrigerator

Vehicles are becoming more closely linked to consumer electronics as infotainment systems offer more options and automated driving technologies bring the promise of more free time during...

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Regulations/Standards

PACCAR's Sproull Primed for SAE Commercial Vehicle Post

From his early days as a mechanical engineering student at the University of Evansville to today serving as a vice president at PACCAR, SAE International involvement has been a...

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Software

Follow the Chemistry to Better CFD Combustion Simulations

For internal-combustion (IC) engine design, companies need to stay ahead of not only the competition but also of new emissions mandates.

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Q&A
RF & Microwave Electronics

Q&A: Print Your Next Wiring Harness

Imagine your next-generation vehicle wiring harness printed in electrically-conductive ink on a thin, stretchable and flexible substrate with sensors embedded into the molded substrate. Known as flexible...

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Unmanned Systems

WABCO Advances Autonomous Through ADAS

WABCO was busy near the end of 2016, bringing its advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) to multiple partnerships to advance autonomous driving and platooning of commercial vehicles. The supplier is...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

SAE WCX17 Preview

On the centennial of the Society of Automotive Engineers’ first “Annual Meeting” in 1917, the organization is evolving the mobility sector’s all-encompassing collaborative gathering—long known as World...

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Propulsion

Rolls-Royce to Supply MTU Engines for Claas Agricultural Vehicles

Rolls-Royce and Claas recently signed a project agreement for the supply of MTU engines for use in agricultural vehicles. The MTU brand engines, which are a part of...

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Transportation

Volvo CE Adds A45G Articulated Hauler to Product Lineup, Increases Tonnage Across G-Series

With the addition of the new A45G articulated hauler to its product lineup, Volvo Construction Equipment offers increased payload capacities,...

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Power

Attacking the Cybersecurity Threat

SAE Standards News aims to update readers on the extensive activity in the SAE Global Ground Vehicle Standards development arena, by more than 800 ground vehicle committees comprised of volunteers from global...

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Technology Report
Propulsion

Honda’s New 10-Speed Is a Slick Shifter

Honda’s 2018 Odyssey offers room for eight passengers and its transaxle is packed with 10 forward gears. Developed in-house over a three-year period, the new automatic is the industry’s first...

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Road Ready
Test & Measurement

New 10-Speed Is a Delight in the 2017 F-150

Less than 200 feet after leaving my home driveway, the F-150’s transmission is already in 3rd gear. A half-block later it has upshifted into 5th. Merging into the main drag on light throttle,...

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Transportation

Cat 14M3 'Most Technologically Advanced' Motor Grader for Construction

Caterpillar plans to showcase 40 machines at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017 in March, one being its new 14M3 motor grader that features a larger engine, increased power to ground,...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

SAE Level 3 "Hand Off" Is Challenging AI Researchers

When Gill Pratt, the CEO of Toyota Research Institute, the carmaker’s artificial intelligence (AI) lab in Menlo Park, CA, mounted the CES 2017 stage earlier this month, he delivered a...

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Editorial
RF & Microwave Electronics

CNH Advances Driverless Tech for Tractors

Precision farming and machine automation already play a significant role in agriculture. CNH Industrial’s Innovation Group is focusing on key times of the year when farm work still requires long...

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Software

CES 2017: Car as Close Companion

Let’s face it. For you (and everybody else), it’s all about you, you—and by the way, you. You know, me, the big "I."

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Manned Systems

NAIAS 2017: Lightweight Door Module Aims to Trim Vehicle Weight

A new ultralight door architecture nets a 42.5% weight savings compared to a current production door—and that’s enough to put this lightweight concept in an enviable position.

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Transportation

NAIAS 2017: I.D. Buzz Could Be VW's Microbus of the Future

It’s a VW Microbus for future generations, an electric van capable of fully autonomous driving. But at this point, it’s only a concept.

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Road Ready
Propulsion

NAIAS 2017: Power and More Underscore 2018 Toyota Camry

The best-selling car in America for the past 15 years breaks its mold with a new platform and powertrains. Things have changed with Toyota’s 8th-generation flagship sedan and the...

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Product Briefs
Electronics & Computers

150V Power MOSFETs

Targeting high-efficiency designs and applications, Infineon Technologies’ (Munich, Germany) OptiMOS 5 150V portfolio product family further expands the OptiMOS 5 generation of power MOSFETs. The new product family is...

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Propulsion

Electric Drive Module

GKN Driveline’s (Auburn Hills, MI) complete electric-drive system for plug-in hybrid vehicles will help automakers more easily incorporate eDrive systems into their vehicle lines and eliminates the integration of...

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