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Toyota Motorsport Pursues Le Mans Prize with 1000-PS All-Wheel-Drive Hybrid

Toyota is continuing its effort to be the first Japanese manufacturer to score an overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans since Mazda won the race in 1991 with...

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Predicting cavitation in fuel pumps Liquid ring pumps are used in aircraft fuel systems in conjunction with main impeller pumps and serve the function of removing fuel vapor and air from the fuel. Thus, their reliable...

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Pressure Switches

Honeywell’s HP Series, HE Series, and LE Series of pressure switches provide high burst pressure ranges, a long life-cycle rating, and IP67 sealing, enhancing durability and reliability. High burst pressure and up to 2...

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BorgWarner to Add 200 Jobs in Tech Center Expansion

BorgWarner is expanding its powertrain technical center in Auburn Hills, MI, a move that the company expects will add up to 200 jobs in engineering, program management, and sales.

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Mercedes Board Member Demonstrates Upgrades for New C-Class

The names Ola Källenius and Mercedes-Benz go together like a horse and carriage, or, in modern parlance, like a highly efficient, low emissions engine powering a weight-saving,...

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Energy

SAE International Battery Committee Chair Defines the Value Proposition of Batteries (Video)

Sometimes we techies need to step out of our labs and offices and take our ideas to the average consumer. I want to tackle something the public...

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Transportation

Chinese Company's U.S. Arm Completes Acquisition of Fisker

Wanxiang America Corp. (the U.S. arm of a Chinese auto parts manufacturer) has completed the acquisition of the assets of failed U.S. auto startup Fisker Automotive, the companies...

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Audi TT Quattro Sport

Audi spiced up the TT coupe’s world debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show with a little taste of what the car’s platform and powertrain could potentially achieve. The TT Sport concept car is propelled by 309-kW...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Continental Advances Driver Assistance Towards Future Autonomy

The focus of Continental’s presentation to a press gathering at its test facility in Brimley, MI, last week was a series of new ADAS (advanced driver assistance system)...

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Test & Measurement

Government-Sanctioned Test Site Opens up Airspace for MIT Researchers

Massachusetts will be the home, and MIT the beneficiary, of a new FAA-designated unmanned aircraft test site just an hour and a half from campus. MIT classes and...

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Transportation

Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4

Lamborghini’s new Huracan mid-engine V10 model has enormous tire tracks to fill. It replaces the Gallardo, which, with 14,022 units produced over a decade, was far and away the most successful Lamborghini...

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Design

College Students Design Lightweight Steel Wheels

A college sophomore nabbed the top spot in a steel wheels competition focused on eye-appealing, lightweight-structure concept renderings from Lawrence Technological University (LTU) design...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Toyota Tilting Three-Wheeler Enters the 'Real World'

Confined to private road courses to date, Toyota's tilting three-wheeler takes to regular roads beginning today (March 24). Ten units of the single-seat i-Road are undergoing a roughly...

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Automotive

Inside Zytek’s New EV Propulsion System

Battery technology and vehicle range are invariably two salient areas of focus when an EV's capability is discussed. The traction motor, though, is usually something of an automotive...

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Automotive

Wraith Offers Rolls-Royce’s Most Dynamic Driving Experience

Rolls-Royce has always been about ultra-luxury, customization, and a “magic carpet” ride. Its newest model, the Wraith, doesn’t disappoint, and adds a dose of sportiness.

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Materials

Prodrive Process 'Clips' Carbon-Composite Costs by up to 40%

The use of carbon-composite components continues to be an extremely effective solution to weight saving in very high-end premium cars, but its cost continues to limit its...

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Aerospace

System Enables Unmanned Aircraft to Detect Another in Flight

Queensland University of Technology Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) researchers have made what's believed to be a world-first breakthrough for small unmanned aircraft (UA), developing...

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Flying Robot Would Monitor Environmental Health

With a contract from the U.S. Army, the University of Nevada, Reno is partnering with NevadaNano to develop a robotic flying vehicle that can be used for environmental health and safety monitoring...

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Shape-Changing Wing Flap Reduces Drag and Noise

A milestone for the Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) project at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center occurred with the delivery of two revolutionary experimental flaps designed and built...

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Power

New Peugeot 3-Cylinder Gasoline Engine Family Optimizes Combustion

A new family of 3-cylinder gasoline engines from Peugeot, called PureTech, employs optimized combustion to offer what the automaker calls a breakthrough in terms of fuel...

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Software

Denso Senior VP Offers Career Advice to Young Engineers

With nearly 40 years of engineering experience, Doug Patton (SAE member, 1987) recounts career learnings nearly as fast as the minicomputer he used during his college days.

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Design

GM Creates New Executive Position to Oversee Safety Globally

Amid its recall of 1.62 million vehicles for faulty ignition switches, linked to 12 fatalities, General Motors Co. on March 18 announced the creation of a new position, Vice...

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Lighting

Jewel-Like Lens Highlights Ford F-150 LED Headlamp

Ford is using a highly engineered lens with 16 precision optical surfaces and 80 facets in the upcoming 2015 F-150's headlamp to re-create as much as possible a daytime quality of light...

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Automotive

Chrysler Names New Head of Transmission Powertrain

Jeffrey Lux has been named by Chrysler Group LLC as Head of Transmission Powertrain, effective immediately. As part of Chrysler Group's Leadership Team, he is responsible for the design,...

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Power

SAE Adopts Two Hydrogen-Fueling Standards to Advance Commercialization of Fuel-Cell Vehicles

To support the impending rollout of the hydrogen fueling infrastructure and fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), SAE International’s Fuel Cell...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Lund University Runs Truck Diesel Engines on Gasoline to Boost Efficiency, Reduce Emissions

Using gasoline in modified truck diesel engines can result in more than 50% efficiency if the combustion process is done correctly, according to...

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Materials

Carbon and Stainless Steel Solutions

Out of the nearly 1500 technical papers being presented this year at the SAE 2014 World Congress & Exhibition, about 200 of them will focus on materials, and from a wide range of angles. In all,...

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Software

Simulating Lightweight Vehicles Operating on Discrete Terrain

Engineers increasingly rely on simulation to augment, and, in some cases, replace, costly and time consuming experimental work. However, current simulation capabilities are...

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Materials

Book Examines Use of Lightweight Plastics in Automobiles

SAE International has published a new book titled Plastics Application Technology for Safe and Lightweight Automobiles. The 350-page book provides application technology development for...