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Suppliers Struggling to Keep Pace with Faster Product Cycles, Says IHS
More vehicle launches and faster product cycles are re-shaping the global vehicle landscape, and many suppliers are struggling to keep pace.
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Aircraft Advances in Landing Gear, Brakes, and Tires
Two books from SAE International detail advancements in aircraft landing gear, as well as aircraft brakes and tires. Advances in Aircraft Landing Gear is a collection of 11 hand-picked...
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Quick Connector for Fuel and Urea Systems
Norma Group has developed a new plastic quick connector for use on fuel and NOx-reducing diesel urea systems in passenger, commercial, and off-highway vehicles. Produced at a Norma Americas plant in...
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Clean-Sheet Design for Proterra's All-Electric City Bus
The Proterra Catalyst all-electric transit bus nabs double-digit miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe), vastly outperforming its diesel, compressed natural gas, and diesel hybrid-electric...
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Seeing the Safe Way Ahead
Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADASs) can use forward-looking radars, lidars, cameras, and smart control software to anticipate and avoid potential collisions with other vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists,...
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BMW, Honda and Yamaha Form Connected Motorcycle Consortium
The motorcycle industry recently took a major step toward the “connected bike” when three major OEMs announced the launch of a Connected Motorcycle Consortium to further the...
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Visteon's New CEO Targets Connected-Car Leadership
Sachin Lawande became Visteon Corp.'s President and Chief Executive Officer on June 29, 2015. An electrical engineer, he was previously President of Harman International's Infotainment...
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TRB Turns Composites Focus to Aerospace Sector
TRB Lightweight Structures Ltd. recently released an aerospace-grade lightweight honeycomb composite panel designed for interior applications, expanding the application areas for its range of...
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Magna Recognized by Mahindra for Modular Frame
Magna International Inc. has received the Best Product Development Performance Award from its customer Mahindra for a new ladder frame used across multiple vehicle platforms. The award was...
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Webasto Engine-Off Cooling Keeps Off-Highway Cabins Comfortable
The new Webasto Polar Cab TS engine-off cabin cooling system provides on-demand cooling during downtime, resulting in fuel savings, reduced idle time, increased productivity,...
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New Anechoic Chamber Makes Room for Larger Vehicle Tests
The Army recently increased its ability to test radio frequencies used by soldier technologies when it opened one of the largest anechoic chambers on the East Coast. The Radio-frequency...
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Disappearing Carbon Circuits on Graphene Could Have Security Uses
Using carbon atoms deposited on graphene with a focused electron beam process, Georgia Institute of Technology professor Andrei Fedorov and collaborators have demonstrated a...
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Remote-Controlled Weapons Augment Soldiers on Perimeter Security
Remotely-controlled weapons systems have drastically reduced the number of soldiers needed for perimeter security at an expeditionary base camp. "Every Soldier I have assigned to...
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LyondellBasell Expands Capabilities in India's Automotive Plastics Market
LyondellBasell recently acquired SJS Plastiblends Pvt. Ltd., advancing its position in India’s expanding automotive market. LyondellBasell announced in August a...
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Hot Swap Functionality for Lithium Ion Solution
Intelligent Power Vault (IPV) is a high energy density lithium-ion battery system developed by Accutronics that is particularly suitable for applications where energy reliability, flexibility,...
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VW Emissions Scandal Will Impact Future Engine Controls, Testing
A change in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s testing programs won’t be the only consequence for automakers in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions-cheating...
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WABCO Expands Software Engineering Capabilities in India for CVs
WABCO has opened a new 65,000-ft² (2790-m²) facility in Chennai, India, that will enable the company to significantly expand its software engineering and shared services...
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Lockheed Martin System Improves Situational Awareness of the Final Frontier
Lockheed Martin recently announced that its Space Fence System, including the large-scale digital radar and turn-key facility, had met all the requirements of the...
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NASA Team Completes Third Phase of UAS Flight Testing
Technologies considered necessary for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to safely avoid other aircraft while moving through airspace recently were put to the test using NASA's remotely...
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India to Operate Advanced Apache and Chinook Helicopters from Boeing
The India Ministry of Defence has finalized its order with Boeing for production, training, and support of Apache and Chinook helicopters that will enhance India’s...
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KC-46A Tanker Completes Its First Flight
The Boeing and the U.S. Air Force team behind the development of the KC-46A Pegasus tanker completed its first flight near the end of September, a four-hour flight that began at Paine Field and...
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Airbus Begins Assembly of A350-1000 in Europe, Other Aircraft in U.S.
Less than one year after delivering its first A350 XWB (-900), Airbus has started assembling the first major fuselage components at its plants in Hamburg and...
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Delphi Says 48-Volt Mild-Hybrid Systems Could Offer 15% CO2 Reductions
Delphi believes that 48-volt mild hybrids could offer significant CO2 reductions and driver benefits for cars in the future. Speaking at the IAA 2015 (Frankfurt Motor...
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Stanadyne Introduces Diesel Products to Improve Off-Highway Emissions in India
Stanadyne, a U.S.-based global fuel injection systems designer and manufacturer, recently introduced its new EcoForce line of fuel-system components designed to...
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Understanding the Importance of Electrostatic Discharge Standards
Within the past decade, the safety and reliability standards for automotive electronics have changed significantly as new technologies have evolved. Technologies that used to...
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Valeo Launches Remote Control Defrosting
Valeo estimates that the company’s new Remote Clean4U windshield defrosting and cleaning system, shown at 2015 IAA (Frankfurt Motor Show) for the first time, consumes 28 times less energy than an...
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NASA Pursues Coatings That Reduce Bug Debris to Improve Aerodynamics
NASA recently tested non-stick coatings on Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator 757 that could eventually help aircraft become more fuel efficient by reducing insect residue that...
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Tenneco Unveils Emission-Control Solutions for Euro 6c
Euro 6c emissions limits will present a number of challenges for light duty engine emissions, both gasoline and diesel when the regulations come into force in September 2017. One...
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Jaguar’s Making of a Sports Sedan
“Sport” is a much abused word in the automotive industry. Like “coupe” and “GT” together with other attempts at glorification through categorization, it is open to abuse.
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