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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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RF & Microwave Electronics

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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Electronics & Computers

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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RF & Microwave Electronics

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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Aerospace

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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Green Design & Manufacturing

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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Imaging

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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Electronics & Computers

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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Manufacturing & Prototyping

The 3D Printing Landscape: Then and Now

Frequently used as a design validation and prototyping tool in its early days, the 3D printer now supports a much wider range of applications, from shape-conforming electronics to the creation of printed...

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Aerospace

Morphing Wings Make Jets More Efficient

University of Michigan engineers have developed improved wing designs capable of burning less fuel, as well as tools that help the aerospace industry build more efficient aircraft. In areas where new...

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Aerospace

NASA Tests Engines That Reduce Drag and Fuel Burn

Boundary Layer Ingestion (BLI) is a promising idea NASA researchers are studying to reduce fuel burn in jet engines, thus reducing emissions and the cost of operating the aircraft. Thrust makes...

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Electronics & Computers

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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RF & Microwave Electronics

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...

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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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Automotive

Wide Collaborations Aim to Advance the Fuel-Cell Future

For a related perspective on this topic, see this accompanying story: Clarity of Purpose

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RF & Microwave Electronics

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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Electronics & Computers

Connected Cars Unleash Supply Chain Change

The data-driven vehicle is re-shaping the supplier landscape.

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RF & Microwave Electronics

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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Defense

Technique Enables 3D Printing of Aerospace-Grade Carbon Fiber Composites

Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have become the first to 3D print aerospace-grade carbon fiber composites, representing a significant advance in...

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Aerospace

NASA Test Flights Will Study Improved Efficiency of Supersonic Aircraft

NASA is set to begin a series of supersonic flights that will examine efforts to improve the efficiency of future supersonic aircraft. Future supersonic aircraft seeking to...

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Electronics & Computers

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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Software

Language Learning Robot Could Advance Autonomous Vehicles

A Purdue University researcher and his team are developing technology to give robots the ability to learn language. A team led by Jeffrey Mark Siskind, associate professor in Purdue’s...

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Defense

Researchers Study Ceramic Material as Possible Lightweight Vehicle Armor

The U.S. Army Research Lab (ARL) and Australian Defence Science and Technology Group are collaborating to study ceramic materials for potential use in the design of...

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Aerospace

US, Japan Conduct First SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test

Engineers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, in cooperation with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the Japan Ministry of Defense,...

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Design

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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Power

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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Transportation

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’...