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CO2 Air Conditioning Development Comes Alive in Germany
CO2 refrigerant for auto air conditioning, assumed to be a non-starter a few years ago, seems to be live technology once more. The SAE Interior Climate Control Committee (ICCC) has...
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Clutchless Hybrid Transmission Concept for High-Performance Cars
An MIT student-inventor’s clutchless hybrid transmission concept aims to provide high-performance vehicles an energy-saving attitude without compromise.
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Auto A/C Expansion Valves Move to Electronic Control
Automotive air conditioning accounts for just 5% of motoring fuel use, but its overall impact on engineering the motor vehicle package has made it a continuing target for improvement. The...
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ZF TRW to Launch Electric Park Brake in India, Production Starts in 2017
ZF TRW recently announced through its joint venture, Brakes India Ltd, that it has won the first business award for its Electric Park Brake (EPB) system in India....
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Mahindra Launches New Blazo Heavy-Truck Series with FuelSmart Multi-Drive
Mahindra Truck and Bus Division (MTBD) recently launched its new heavy commercial truck series under the brand name Blazo. The Blazo series includes haulage,...
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Lockheed Martin LM-100J Starts Taking (A Similar) Shape
Wing production for the first Lockheed Martin LM-100J commercial multi-purpose freighter has begun in Marietta, GA, which is also home to the C-130J Super Hercules final assembly line....
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2016 SAE Congress: Thermal Storage Is Solution to EV Winter Range Loss
Thermal storage, now coming into use as a low-cost method to maintain A/C cooling during idle stops in warm weather, has been identified by modeling studies and...
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Turbocharger Speed Sensors Aim for Light-Duty Applications
In the drive for greater combustion efficiency for light-duty vehicles, engineers are increasingly aided by faster and higher-fidelity sensors, computers, and algorithms. An...
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New Auto "ISAC" Is Framework for Improved Cybersecurity
The 2016 SAE Congress forum on Connectivity sounded like a meeting in a war room—peppered with terms like "notification of attack" and "assets deployed" along with talk of "new...
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Next-Gen Electronic Controls: Open Source, Scalable and Integrated
All trends point to rapidly increasing levels of vehicle electronics. That’s forcing engineering managers to explore ways to consolidate hardware and improve software...
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Intel's "Bumper-To-Bumper" Vehicle Security Approach
As vehicle connectivity becomes ubiquitous, the threat of being hacked rises. The longer a car is on the road, the more its access points become exposed. Thus the industry's feverish race...
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Airbus Bring Four Dimensions to Airspace
As Airbus looks to launch new-engine option (neo) aircraft, it has announced it is also launching a new cabin brand it calls “Airspace by Airbus.” In essence, Airbus is hoping that its Airspace...
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Ground Testing Begins on the GE9X
In mid April, ground testing began on the first full GE9X development engine at GE Aviation’s Peebles Testing Operation in Ohio. The GE9X engine will power Boeing’s new 777X aircraft. According to Bill...
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2016 SAE Congress: Auto Industry Must Adopt Faster 'Clock Speed'
Nimble startup companies are racing giants Google and Apple at high speed to gain a role in the comparatively slow-moving auto industry. Automotive companies must adapt to the...
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Car Sickness, Occupant Seating and Politics Will Shape Autonomous Vehicle Interiors
The eventual arrival of autonomous vehicles will transform vehicle interiors, but engineers making the changes will have to consider issues as diverse as...
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2016 SAE Congress: Computers Will Amplify Human Creativity, Says DARPA Expert
New manufacturing methods are at odds with the human mind’s ability to envision innovative component shapes, but computers can help fill the creative void,...
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2016 SAE Congress: Innovation Stars at 8th Annual GAMIC Awards
Novel technologies from Michigan-based companies were standouts in the 8th annual Global Automotive & Mobility Innovation Challenge (GAMIC). The founders of these winning...
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2016 SAE Congress: Fear of the Driverless Car as 2020 Approaches
What will connectivity and mobility be like in the 2020s? Although the start of the decade is less than four years away, an expert panel at the 2016 SAE World Congress cited...
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Mustang Loses Scoops, Little Else in Transition to RHD
“One Ford” is a technological and commercial philosophy that the company is energetically pursuing to minimize market-specific modifications for a broad raft of products. The...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Wiring Harnesses Are Opportunity for Augmented Reality
Augmented reality (AR) has been used by transportation companies for years, but it’s gained few mainstream applications. That may be changing as manufacturing and service teams...
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2016 SAE Congress: Engineering Education Gets Industry Boost
Deep Orange sounds like a top-secret code, but Clemson University engineering students have known it as their pathway to greater automotive knowledge and real-world experience....
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2016 SAE Congress: Is Biomimicry in Your Design Future?
Animals, birds, and mammals are natural-born innovators that can inspire automotive engineers to create novel technologies. The term for such an influence is biomimicry.
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Caterpillar Unveils New Stage V, Tier 4 Final Industrial Engine
Designed for use in heavy-duty off-highway machines serving the construction, industrial, and agricultural sectors, the Cat C9.3B engine delivers 335 to 455 hp (250 to 340 kW)...
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Perkins Syncro 2.8- and 3.6-L Engines Launched at Bauma 2016
Perkins launched a new family of 4-cylinder, 2.8- and 3.6-L diesel engines that deliver 60 to 134 hp (45 to 100 kW). Citing modularity as a key element of this new engine platform, Ramin Younessi, President of Perkins, unveiled the Syncro 3.6-L engine in the company’s booth at bauma...
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Farthest-Reaching Articulating Boom Lift Among New JLG Products Showcased at Bauma
JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corp. company and global manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telescopic material handlers, introduced several new...
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New Open Source Software Simplifies Remote-Access Communications
Design engineers who want to focus on high level functions are increasingly turning to open source software modules that can handle mundane tasks. The Genivi Alliance is...
News Test & Measurement
2016 SAE Congress: Clemson University and Toyota Unveil UBox Concept
A concept vehicle engineered by Clemson University graduate students features a curved glass roof with a multi-material support structure produced by a novel manufacturing...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Cybersecurity Experts Confess Their Greatest Worries
What keeps you up at night? Cybersecurity experts at the SAE 2016 World Congress were asked about their deepest worries during a panel session on the levels and nature of cyber...
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Digital Dummies in Virtual Collisions Augment Traditional Crash Tests
A car crash takes half a blink of an eye. Detailed knowledge of the crucial split-second when the crash impact energy flashes through a vehicle’s body and then onto the...
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