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Readying Ferrari Car for Endurance Racing
In just two racing seasons, a Ferrari racecar logged more than 21,748 mi (35,000 km) competing at tracks in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship Pro-Am class.
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Ford Reveals Five-Row Side-Curtain Airbag, an Industry First
Ford Motor Co. debuted this week the only five-row side-curtain airbag in the automotive industry, according to a company release. The airbag, which is featured in the 2015...
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Partnership to Facilitate Flow of Innovation from Silicon Valley to Auto Industry
The Autotech Council announced Thursday in a release that it is joining the AutoHarvest Foundation as a strategic partner.
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IEEE Forms Study Group for Greater Ethernet Capability
IEEE has announced formation of the IEEE 802.3 Single Twisted Pair 100 Mb/s Ethernet Study Group to explore the market opportunities and needs for a 100 Mb/s speed for Ethernet in automotive networking. Many vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers desire IEEE 802.3 standards-based...
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Oak Ridge Unveils Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has launched its new Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials, which aims to accelerate discovery,...
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ATK to Provide UltraFlex Solar Arrays for Upcoming Mars Mission
Lockheed Martin Space Systems awarded a contract to ATK to provide UltraFlex solar arrays for NASA's InSight Lander mission, which will place a lander on Mars in 2016 to study...
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Saab Developing New Methods for Optimizing Flight Efficiency
The NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI) awarded Saab a cooperative agreement to prototype and test a new tool for the optimization of air traffic across multiple phases of...
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Tools Reduce Cycle Time
BENZ Inc. has four new tooling systems: the LinA and LinS broaching tools, C-axis Angle Head, and Mini Flex-Angle Head. Both the BENZ LinA and LinS broaching tools perform I.D. and O.D. broaching with one tool. I.D. and O.D. keyways, splines, torx, and hex shapes can be machined with the same tool. Use of the LinA and LinS...
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Chrysler Expands Stop-Start to 200, Jeep Cherokee
Chrysler is cascading its stop-start system in the NAFTA region to certain versions of the Jeep Cherokee and Chrysler 200 later this year, promising fuel-economy improvements of up to 3%...
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Clegg to Lead GM's North America Manufacturing
General Motors announced Tuesday several personnel changes in leadership. Cathy Clegg was appointed Vice President of North America Manufacturing, effective July 1. Clegg will lead more than...
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SAE Pursues Standard for Engine-Off Airbag Deactivation
SAE International is gauging interest in development of an SAE recommended practice addressing the relationship between engine status and airbag functionality. Keith Wilson, Technical...
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New Aramco Research Center in Detroit to Advance Fuels and Engine Development
The automobile and petroleum industries have a history or working toward common goals. Examples from history include gasoline with the additive tetra-ethyl-lead...
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Boeing Opens Research Center in Brazil to Develop Aerospace Technologies
Boeing opened a new research and technology center to work with Brazilian researchers and scientists to develop aerospace technologies. The new Boeing Research &...
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GE Aviation Breaks Ground on West Jefferson, NC, Facility
GE Aviation recently broke ground for its new machining factory in West Jefferson, NC. The new 80,000-ft² expansion will allow for increased capacity as the shop assumes additional...
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Alpina’s Tuning Magic Transforms BMW Gas, Diesel Engines
BMW is one of the world’s outstanding engine producers. So why would a small, independent company called Alpina believe it could take those engines and make them even better —...
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Boeing 737 MAX LEAP-1B Engine Begins Ground Testing
CFM International has initiated ground testing of the first all-new LEAP-1B engine that will exclusively power the Boeing 737 MAX. CFM ran the engine for the first time on June 13, three...
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A Look Inside Lithium-Ion Batteries
A group of researchers from MIT say they have observed the inner workings of a type of electrode widely used in lithium-ion batteries, and may be able to explain “the unexpectedly high power and long...
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Patton Named Executive Vice President of DIAM’s Engineering Division
Denso announced Thursday the promotion of Doug Patton to Executive Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technical Officer of Denso International America Inc. (DIAM)....
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Ford Debuts New Airbag Design in 2015 Mustang
The 2015 Mustang will feature a new design of an inflatable knee airbag, Ford announced June 20. Packaged inside the glove box, the new airbag provides protection comparable to its traditional...
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JCB Providing Additional High-Speed Backhoes to U.S. Army
JCB will be supplying high-speed backhoe loaders to the U.S. Army under a $50 million contract. The High Mobility Engineer Excavators (HMEEs) will be manufactured at JCB’s North...
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Thermoplastics Added to Modeling Database
Three high-performance thermoplastics from Victrex have been added to the Digimat-MX material and modeling database to accelerate the application development process while helping to minimize component...
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Airbus Group and Safran Join Forces in Launcher Activities
Airbus Group and Safran are further strengthening their relationship to propose a new family of competitive, versatile, and efficient space launchers, to serve both commercial and...
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Tesla Aerodynamicists Use CFD to Evaluate Yaw Performance
Automotive aerodynamics ultimately resolves into the six forces and moments that a vehicle moving through an environment experiences. In wind-tunnel testing, the typical frame of...
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Problems Persist for Vehicle Owners Using Technology, J.D. Power Study Finds
Lack of voice recognition and clumsy Bluetooth pairing were cited by owners of all-new vehicles as being among the most common type of problems they experience in the first 90 days of vehicle ownership.
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Envisaging and Delivering More Functional Concept Cars
Concept car creation is invariably a high-cost, labor-intensive, time-critical operation with an end result that can be delicate to the touch, may lack the perceived quality essential...
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SAE International to Partner with Consumer Electronics Association
SAE International and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) have signed a two-year memorandum of understanding to build a cooperative partnership in the standardization...
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Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies Names Acting President
Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies has appointed Dr. Theodore G. Duclos (SAE Member, 1985) Acting President of its North America organization, effective June 11, 2014. He...
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Dirac Claims 'New Approach' to Sound Optimization
Volvo is making Dirac's "active acoustic treatment of the listening space" technology (called Unison) available in the new XC90 with the Bowers & Wilkins audio system. According to...
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3-D Manufacturing of Titanium Components Takes Off
With such challenges as base closings, shrinking defense budgets, and sequestration, the worldwide maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) sector is projected to experience a significant...
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