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New Ford S-Max to Get Class-Leading Driver Assistance Features

Ford launched revised and new products at the 2014 Paris Motor Show highlighted by the new S-Max. The model will replace the original launched in 2007, when Ford introduced the...

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Automotive

GKN Spins a New Compact AWD Disconnect System for Small SUVs

GKN Driveline is claiming a “world first” for its new compact disconnect system for all-wheel drives (AWD) that can be incorporated into the powertrains of A, B and C-segment...

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Propulsion

Renault Reboots Espace with Crossover Leanings

It is 30 years since Renault invented the large European MPV with the original five or seven-seat Espace. The latest Espace, launched at the 2014 Paris Motor Show, revealed a departure from...

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Automotive

Alfa Romeo Finally Returns to U.S. with 4C

After twenty years of absence and many delays, Alfa Romeo is finally coming back to the U.S., and the company is packing for the long haul. After the very-low-volume and very-high-end 8C, the...

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Automotive

New-Gen Torque Converter Aims at 2017 Vehicle Intro

A new torque converter that is smaller and lighter in weight than its predecessor adds crucial functionality for vehicles powered by downsized engines paired with an automatic...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

MIT Provides Yeast a Different Environment for Ethanol Tolerance

According to Gregory Stephanopoulos, the Willard Henry Dow Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT, “Toxicity is probably the single most important problem in...

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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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Power

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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Transportation

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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Manufacturing & Prototyping

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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Propulsion

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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Power

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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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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Automotive

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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Electronics & Computers

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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Electronics & Computers

New DARPA Technologies Could Make Cyber Warfare a Reality

Three years after the Defense Department named cyberspace a new domain of warfare, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is unveiling technologies that could soon make it...

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Imaging

Army Researchers Enable Night Lethality

In science fiction, technology problems are solved with the stroke of a writer's pen. In reality, science and technology research takes time, and a lot of effort.

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Electronics & Computers

Tiny Wireless Sensing Device Alerts Users to Telltale Vapors Remotely

A research team at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has developed a small electronic sensing device that can alert users wirelessly to the presence of chemical...

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Transportation

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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Defense

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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Defense

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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Automotive

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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Power

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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Transportation

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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