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Incremental Improvements Can Lead to Huge Benefits for Aircraft Programs
Today, virtually all commercial aircraft possess sophisticated systems that contribute to a comfortable—not to mention safe and healthy—environment for passengers....
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Tata Motors to Supply Safari Storme 4x4 to Indian Armed Forces
Tata Motors has signed a contract to supply 3192 units of the Tata Safari Storme 4x4 to the Indian Armed Forces under a new category of vehicles known as GS800 (General Service...
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Volvo Buses Launches B8R Chassis Globally
Volvo Buses has started the global launch of its latest chassis powered by the 8-L Volvo engine. The Volvo B8R and B8RLE replace the top-selling Volvo B7R and B7RLE, which saw a production run...
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Kia Motors Signs Agreement to Build First Manufacturing Plant in India
Kia Motors recently signed a US$1.1 billion investment agreement to build its first manufacturing facility in India. At a late April ceremony, the automaker completed a...
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VW Adds Gesture Control to New Golf
Volkswagen is becoming a company of gestures. In the Virtual Engineering Laboratory (VEL) at its Wolfsburg headquarters, designers use gesture control to modify concepts via augmented reality. Now it can...
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Aurora Flight Sciences Partners with Uber in Contested Airspace
Uber announced in late April a partnership with Aurora Flight Sciences to develop electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for its Uber Elevate Network....
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Medium-Duty Engines, Transmissions Shift Focus to Software
New engines and transmissions for medium-duty truck applications are evolving rapidly in response to ongoing demands for improved fuel consumption. Software is playing a major role...
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VW I.D. CROZZ Makes World Debut at Auto Shanghai 2017
Possibly one of the most significant things to so far come out of Auto Shanghai 2017 was courtesy of Volkswagen with the introduction of the I.D. CROZZ concept—the company’s first...
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Audi Reveals New A8 Technologies, Tightens Links with Porsche
As Audi recently revealed details of the structural technology—including 14 advanced joining processes—of its all-new A8, Chairman Rupert Stadler and Porsche Chairman Oliver...
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Inner Secrets of the Toyota-Denso Heat Pump Revealed
The loss of winter driving range in electric vehicles equipped with conventional electric heating systems is well-documented—range being reduced by up to 60% and even more in severe...
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Norsk Gives Boeing Manufacturing Edge with First 3D-Printed Titanium Components
Norsk Titanium AS—which has been researching and developing its RPD (rapid plasma deposition) process for over 10 years—says it can produce titanium...
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R-744 A/C Refrigerant Tries to Make the OE Grade
Is automotive air conditioning with CO2 as the refrigerant—designated as R-744—an environmental achievement in its infancy, or is it destined to be another unsuccessful attempt to defy...
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T-X down to Two Main Contenders
Although the lightweight, supersonic T-38 has been the staple advanced jet trainer for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and U.S. Naval Test Pilot School for more than 55 years, the dependable aircraft is expected to...
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Ford to Make Pursuit-Rated HEV Police Car in 2018
Ford plans to further expand its role in the police-vehicle market with the availability of a new model in 2018: the Police Responder Hybrid, a sedan based on the standard Fusion Hybrid that...
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WCX17: FCA Reveals ‘Hole-Istic” New Lightweighting Approach
Engineers at FCA revealed at the SAE WCX17 conference in Detroit a new simulation and analysis design tool that can earmark nearly any suitable component for a strategic...
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WCX17: Vehicle Connectivity Brings Privacy, Redundancy Issues
Connectivity promises to bring a wealth of information to drivers, but it also poses vexing privacy issues. Figuring out where to store all the data related to connectivity is...
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WCX17: Cybersecurity Fears Soar as Connectivity Escalates
For security experts, connectivity is the gift that keeps on giving. The number of threats will increase rapidly as more vehicles are connected, and vulnerabilities on older vehicles...
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As V2I Evolves, Costs, Maintenance Concerns Emerge
The National Traffic & Highway Safety Administration hasn’t yet mandated vehicle to infrastructure communications (V2I), but proponents are pressing forward in a technology that they...
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WCX17: Former Transportation Secretary Warns Against Potential CAFE Pullback
Anthony Foxx, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, told an audience at the SAE WCX17 conference that regressing from the current Corporate Average Fuel Economy...
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WCX17: Freudenberg Retools R&D, Plans for Next 35 Years
Rather than limit itself to three-year product planning cycles, Freudenberg is also looking 35 years into the future to further drive its R&D work.
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WCX17: College Students Participate in EV Car Sharing Study
A car sharing study involving college student participants is providing Denso with feedback that could help the supplier develop new products.
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WCX17: 3M Enabling Machine Vision for Self-Driving Vehicles
3M is leveraging its 78-year history in lane markings and retroreflective traffic sign material to develop products for the automated driving environment.
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WCX17: IAV and HPE Showcase Connectivity Via Demo Car
Messages that warn of a nasty pothole ahead or heavy rain falling two miles away are among a myriad of information possibilities for the future connected car.
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EPA: Engine, Transmission Advances Make 2025 CAFE Regs Attainable, Affordable
Although the Trump Administration has indicated intent to roll back the ambitious light-vehicle fuel-economy standards initiated by President Obama in 2012—and...
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Renault Reveals Zoe EV Racecar Concept with 340-KW Output.
“Everybody is investing in electric cars,” said Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn during the Geneva Motor Show. His company has more than 2000 engineers working on EV-related...
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New Sensor Payload Helps Global Hawk Stay Relevant
Northrop Grumman completed its successful inaugural flight test of the UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) MS-177 sensor payload on an RQ-4 Global Hawk on March 1, 2017. The flight tests mark the...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Magna Safety Systems Give Parents "Eyes in the Back of Their Heads"
If you ask most parents, they'll tell you an extra set of eyes would generally come in very handy—especially when driving. Magna International Inc. now provides parents...
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Wide Collaborations Aim to Advance the Fuel-Cell Future
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SAE J3061 Guidebook Helping to Frame Cybersecurity Policy
The U.S. EPA’s March 14 decision to reopen the Midterm Review of greenhouse-gas emissions standards is the latest policy issue with major technology implications facing the...
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