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Peugeot Seeks International Appeal with Quartz Concept

Peugeot exhibited two concepts at the 2014 Paris Motor Show, the Exalt, a development of the Onyx concept seen at the Paris show in 2012 and Quartz, a crossover concept based on the...

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Automotive

Divine Concept Hints at DS Brand Future

The evolution of the DS into a brand separate from PSA's Citroën was marked at the 2014 Paris Motor Show by the Divine DS concept, a four-door compact sedan of about the same length as the DS4 at...

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Transportation

Discovery Sport Introduces Evoque-Based Land Rover

Weight reduction has been an ongoing theme for Land Rover in recent years, with significant reductions for both the Land Rover Discovery and Range Rover. With the launch of the Discovery...

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Automotive

Mazda Trickles out More New MX-5 Details

The new Mazda MX-5 made its first public European appearance at the 2014 Paris Motor Show, bringing a lighter car than the outgoing model, powered by a new 1.5-L gasoline engine (the U.S. and...

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Automotive

Mercedes-Benz Applies Full Sport to GLA

After the sales success of the compact, front-drive-based CLA-Class sedan, Mercedes-Benz has migrated that car's platform into the hotter-selling compact crossover market with the GLA-Class, the...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Trade-Off for Convenience of Voice Control Is Driver Distraction, Study Says

Not all hands-free technologies are alike, and poorly designed ones can increase driver distraction. That was one of the findings of an AAA Foundation for Traffic...

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Chrysler Makes Personnel Moves

Chrysler Group LLC on Oct. 7 announced two personnel moves involving manufacturing operations. Brian Harlow was appointed President–Head of NAFTA Manufacturing, replacing Mauro Pino, who was named Head of...

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Q80 Inspiration Concept Previews Future Top-Range Infiniti, New Engine Family

Continuing with design themes established with last year’s Q30 concept, the Infiniti Q80 Inspiration hybrid concept that debuted at the 2014 Paris Motor Show...

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Power

Schaeffler Electrifies Its Fuel-Efficiency Demonstrator, Aims for 35 Mpg Combined Rating

An SUV crossover concept demonstrator developed by Schaeffler Group North America is undergoing a phase-two technology makeover, aimed at achieving a...

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Transportation

WABCO Introduces New Compressors

Among the new products WABCO displayed at the recent IAA Hanover CV Show was an electrically driven compressor for heavy-duty air-braking systems.

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Transportation

VW’s Carbon-Fiber XL Sport Concept Sports Ducati V2 Motorcycle Engine

Volkswagen refers to the XL Sport concept vehicle that it revealed at the 2014 Paris Motor Show as a “sister model” of the XL1. As with most siblings, some...

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Design

Toyota Reveals New Platform, Hybrid Powertrain in C-HR Concept

The C-HR crossover concept is an important vehicle for Toyota, demonstrating the Japanese automaker's desire for more "engaging" design. Unique styling is a key attribute for a...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Dassault Systèmes and AKKA Partner on Driverless-Vehicle Technology (Video)

Under a long-term partnership announced Oct. 3, AKKA Technologies Group engineers will work with the company's 3DEXPERIENCE platform to develop the next generation...

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Defense

Sikorsky’s All-New Raider Helicopter Prototype Is Ready to Fly

Sikorsky Aircraft unveiled in early October the first of two S-97 Raider lightweight tactical helicopter prototypes. The Raider is targeted to fly by the end of 2014. In 2015...

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Researchers Develop Multiphysics Model for Electro-Thermal Analysis of UAV

Vives College University and Kulab (KU Leuven University campus Ostend) in Belgium are undertaking an aeronautical research program for the development of a new UAV...

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Airbus Has Its Eye on the Future of Cleaner Flight

With its European base and global presence, it would only make sense that Airbus would take a leading role in the EU’s CleanSky 2 (CS2), a joint technology initiative (JTI) that is the...

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DSPACE Supplying In-Lab GPS Simulation System to DOT/NHTSA

The U. S Department of Transportation/NHTSA Vehicle Research and Test Center has commissioned dSPACE to supply an in-lab GPS simulation system. GPS simulation is used in the...

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Electronics & Computers

SAE Offers Free Summary Document on Levels of Vehicle Automation

Earlier this year, SAE International published an Information Report categorizing and defining various levels of automated driving. Now it is offering a handy and free...

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Transportation

Komatsu America Puts the HM300-5 Articulated Dump Truck out There

Komatsu America Corp. first showed off its HM300-5 articulated dump truck ConEXPO earlier this year.

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Automotive

Automotive Technology Handbook

Published by SAE International, The Evolution of Automotive Technology: A Handbook covers 125 years of the automobile—conceived as a cultural history of its technology. The book is aimed at engineering...

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Aerospace

Nvidia Chipset to Enable Greater Autonomy

Powerful visual computing processors for dashboard displays are now taking on safety-critical driver-assistance functions. Read more at http://articles.sae.org/13314.

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The Drive for Driverless Vehicles

Autonomous vehicles are a hot topic, most noticeably in the automotive world. But automated driving/operation is making significant headway in the off-highway realm as well, especially in mining applications. John Williamson of Komatsu America Corp. and Serge Lambermont of Delphi Electronics & Safety provide...

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Chrysler's new Hellcat V8 gets 707-hp SAE rating

The actual J1349 rating is more than 100 hp more than Chrysler engineers teased in late May. The automaker's first production supercharged V8 uses a Lysholm-type twin-screw supercharger supplied by IHI. The engine's high-output spec required extensive upgrading of engine reciprocating components to...

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Aerospace

New power steering concept uses variable displacement pump

A new electrohydraulic power steering system uses pump displacement control, eliminating throttling losses associated with hydraulic control valves by controlling the displacement of a variable displacement pump. Read more at http://articles.sae.org/13281.

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Automotive

Infusing Lightweight Composite Structures

Liquid resin infusion (LRI) is a proven manufacturing technology for both small- and large-scale structures for which, in most cases, experience and limited prototype experimentation is sufficient...

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Electronics & Computers

Elbit Systems Takes to the Skies to Demonstrate SkyVis

Elbit Systems recently completed a series of successful helicopter flight tests in Zurich, using the SkyVis head-mounted display (HMD) onboard an AW-109SP helicopter of the Swiss air...

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Manned Systems

Mechatronic System Production on the Uptick at Brose's Michigan Plant

A supplier of mechatronic vehicle systems has invested more than $60 million for the purchase and renovation of a 381,700-ft² (35,500-m²) plant in New Boston, MI.

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Automotive

OEMs Planning Major Platform Consolidations by 2021, Says IHS

The industry outlook for 2021 underscores increasing engineering efficiency, with OEMs relying on fewer vehicle architectures in global markets, according to an IHS Automotive...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

2015 VW Golf GTE Plug-In Hybrid Is a Smooth Operator

Seamless is a much used, and abused, word in the automotive industry—whether it refers to the gearshift quality of an automatic transmission, the deactivation and reactivation of...

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