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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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Connected Cars Unleash Supply Chain Change
The data-driven vehicle is re-shaping the supplier landscape.
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Experts Confront Cyber-Security Realities
Connected cars could be hacked by an intentional cyber swipe or compromised by an unintentional intrusion.
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Level 1 Automated Driving Coming to Class 8 Truck Fleets
As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks to raise fuel-economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks through Phase 2 of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and fuel-efficiency...
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Cat 745 Articulated Truck Boasts Next-Gen Cab, New Machine-Control Features
The 745 is the first Caterpillar machine to feature a new numeric-only coding system, compared to the previous alphanumeric style.
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New BMW 5 Series Adds PHEV, Touring, XDrive M5
The advent of every new BMW 5 Series reaffirms why this model 'family' is a benchmark in its segment—and why the phrase 'technology through evolution' describes BMW's overall development...
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Sales of Maruti Suzuki Smart Hybrid Vehicles Surpass One Lakh Units
Maruti Suzuki India Limited announced that its Smart Hybrid vehicles, the Ciaz SHVS and the Ertiga SHVS, have crossed cumulative sales of 100,000 units in February.
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Ashok Leyland’s ‘Circuit’ Series Is First Electric Bus Made in India
Ashok Leyland’s first Circuit electric bus is designed and engineered entirely in India, by Indians, for India, the company said in a recent product announcement. In line with Ashok Leyland's vision for the future of mass mobility, the country’s first ‘Made in India’...
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SANY India Enters Mining Segment, Launches Range of Off-Highway Dump Trucks
The new mining business unit will be headed by Dheeraj Panda, who is the Business Unit Head and Vice President of Excavators at SANY India.
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Recoated and Ready
Air superiority comes at a cost. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-22 Raptor may arguably be the most capable air superiority fighter ever built, but the aircraft has lingered in depots due to a variety of substantial...
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Fresh Air for the Passenger Experience
When considering environmental factors in commercial aerospace, the most familiar themes focus on the reduction of emissions, noise, and fuel consumption. These design factors are interlinked and...
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S.S. White Technologies Lending Flexibility to New GE9X, 777X
S.S. White Technologies is supplying flexible rotary shafts for the Honeywell Aerospace Air Turbine Starter (ATS) on the next-gen GE Aviation GE9X high-bypass turbofan engines.
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Probing FAST Processing for High-Tech Ceramic Components
Researchers from Purdue University are studying the fundamental mechanisms behind a technique known as field-assisted sintering technology (FAST), where applying an electric field...
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Renault ARMs Its Twizy EV with Open-Source Architecture
Automotive digital technology is spreading rapidly through the industry and among vehicle platforms. Premium EVs such as Tesla Models S and X, with semi-autonomous driving potential,...
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Harman Readies New Vehicle-Hacker Defense System for 2018
A vehicle’s engine tachometer needle rapidly jumps from zero to redline, dives back to zero, then repeats again and again—without a driver behind the wheel. An external source...
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Can Product Planning Keep Pace with Technology?
Product planners: How accurate is your technology ‘radar?’
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John Deere and Liebherr Collaborate on Engine Development
John Deere Power Systems and Liebherr Machines Bulle SA announced on February 8 an agreement to jointly evaluate engine technologies, designs and development processes that may assist future product development for both companies. The collaboration will target specific horsepower and...
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UQM, Meritor Form Alliance to Develop Full-Electric Axle Systems
UQM Technologies, Inc. signed a development agreement with Meritor, Inc. to jointly develop full-electric axle systems (E-axles) for the medium- and heavy-duty commercial...
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Daimler and Uber Team up to Bring More Self-Driving Cars to the Road
Daimler and Uber announce the companies signed an agreement to cooperate on the supply and operation of self-driving vehicles. Under the agreement, Daimler plans to...
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Unmanned Canada Works to Elevate Drones
The 2016 Unmanned Canada (UC) conference, hosted in Alberta, provided a venue for companies to outline their programs for new UAV technologies, capabilities, products, and services. One of the key...
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Honda and GM Pioneer New Fuel-Cell Manufacturing Venture
The first time General Motors’ global product development chief Mark Reuss got an up-close look at Honda technology was as a kid when he tore apart his QA-50 minibike in the family...
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SBIR to Paint It Black, Secures Exclusive Vantablack Rights
Surrey NanoSystems has granted exclusive rights to the use of the ultra-black Vantablack S-VIS surface coating to Santa Barbara Infrared (SBIR) of Santa Barbara, CA, for military,...
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Boom Aims to Conquer Concorde by 2023
Colorado-based Boom Technology’s “Baby Boom” XB-1 supersonic demonstrator—a one-third scale stepping stone to a supersonic 40-seat passenger airliner—will make its first test flight late-2017....
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DARPA Works Toward Unmanning Aircraft
DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program envisions flight operations with reduced onboard aircrew while improving mission performance and flight safety. This is achieved with...
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Perdix: Overwhelming Numbers and Success
The Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office, in cooperation with the Naval Air Systems Command and MIT Lincoln Laboratory, recently announced that it has successfully tested a swarm...
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Ford Prepares Transit PHEV Fleet for London Trials
Ford will launch a test program of its new Transit Custom plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vans in London aimed at helping to improve the city's air quality. The multi-million pound project will...
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Nader: Are Glitch-Free Autonomous Vehicles Possible?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a mainstay of automated driving technologies, sparking a steady cadence of partnerships and product announcements. But the increased...
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