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Automotive

Kia Soul EV Unveiled in Chicago

As a latecomer to the all-electric vehicle segment in the U.S., the 2015 Kia Soul EV’s auto show introduction follows the market launch of the Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Spark EV, Ford Focus Electric, Toyota...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Forming a Strong Bond Between Materials

Lightweighting in automotive design is currently a major trend. This initiative is driven by the need to improve the fuel efficiency of vehicles to meet stricter upcoming regulations. Even so, the...

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Electronics & Computers

Automakers Expanding 48-V Production Plans, Says AVL Electrification Chief

Automotive battery suppliers are adding 48-V volumes to their prototype and production schedules at a steady rate, as a number of automakers prepare to launch new...

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Defense

ETS Researchers Develop New Methodology for Wind Tunnel Calibration

In recent years, the École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) Research Laboratory in Active Controls, Avionics, and Aeroservoelasticity (LARCASE) has acquired several...

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Automotive

CARB: 54.5 Mpg CAFE Not Enough to Spur EV Technologies

U.S. vehicle fuel economy rules that mandate a 54.5-mpg fleet average by 2025 are insufficient to stimulate major investments in zero-emission electrified vehicles, including battery...

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Automotive

Methodology Developed for Safer Hood Design

Global regulations intended to enhance pedestrian protection in a vehicle collision are presenting significant challenges to vehicle engineers. For example, they are being pushed to use...

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Electronics & Computers

Tools, Partnerships Provide Security for Software

Security is becoming a major factor for automakers, driven by several of the dominant industry trends. Connectivity and increasing volumes of software are among the factors prompting many...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Audi Pushes Next-Generation Auto Electronics

Audi arrived at the recent 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas ready to showcase a wide array of new electronics technology for its next-generation car models. Among the...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Bose, NXP Team up to Hush Powertrains

Bose has teamed up with NXP Semiconductors to offer its noise-management capabilities to automakers so they can implement Bose Active Sound Management technology on vehicles that don’t have Bose...

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Defense

CROWS Second Screen Boosts Situational Awareness For Vehicle Crews

When Spc. Zachary Cline found himself in a Taliban ambush this summer, he was operating the .50 Cal M2 mounted on a Common Remotely Operated Weapons Station from the back of his...

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Defense

Researchers Develop World’s Highest Quantum Efficiency UV Photodetectors

Researchers from Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed the world’s highest quantum efficiency ultraviolet (UV)...

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Defense

Army Envisions Smarter Robots In Its Future

Unmanned robots have already proven their worth on the battlefield, neutralizing improvised explosive devices, and more capable ones are coming in the future, according to the commander of U.S. Army...

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Electronics & Computers

Denso Joins Driver Distraction Consortium

Research into driver distraction has largely been done on a cut-and-try basis to date. A group of researchers comes up with a list of ideas, thinks of ways to put them into hardware, then develops a...

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Defense

Boeing Advances Automation with Smart and Portable Orbital Drilling Tools for 787

Since robotic work cells have proven to be highly effective in certain applications, and the technology is always improving, some might dream of a day when...

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Aerospace

Hybrid copter is first of its kind

Regulatory authorities in Germany decided to develop a new aircraft category called volocopter to accommodate the new 18-motor VC200. Read more at http://articles.sae.org/12585.

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Defense

Canadian researchers employ recycled carbon-fiber mats to produce thermoset composites

Carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoset composites continue to be difficult to recycle, as they are a complex mixture of different materials such as thermosetting polymers, carbon fibers, and fillers. Researchers from the Universite Du Quebec at Montreal, Bell...

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Defense

Overcoming design challenges of next-generation UASs

Next-generation unmanned air systems will require more performance and must integrate increasing capabilities for guidance control, weaponry, and surveillance—all in a very limited space. Read more at http://articles.sae.org/12546.

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Defense

Heated air technology helps optimize CFRP assembly

Assembly of large and complex carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) components requires the use of liquid resin-based materials for applications such as shimming and aerodynamic sealing. These materials generally require curing times up to 12 h; heated air technology can reduce that time to 2 h....

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Defense

A holistic approach to aircraft assembly

It is the "automation and tooling partner" who offers a performance-based and advanced manufacturing systems integration approach that offers the next step-change, say Bombardier Aerospace and AIP Aerospace Odyssey. Read more at http://articles.sae.org/12568.

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Energy

Johnson Controls and Lawrence Tech Team on Batteries

Battery behemoth Johnson Controls and Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, MI, announced Jan. 29 that they will team to identify and validate new energy-storage technologies...

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Automotive

Dana Inaugurates Tech Center in India

Dana Holding Corp. on Jan. 28 dedicated an 8000-m² (86,000-ft²) technology center in Pune, India. Its 240-plus engineers there do work for OEMs in the light-vehicle, commercial-vehicle, and...

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Automotive

Study Says EV Charging Equipment Sales to Surge

Global sales of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) rose by more than 55% in 2013, and the market is expected to continue to grow at a steady pace over the next nine years, according to a recent report by...

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Automotive

Oiling the Way to Greater EV Efficiency

Lubricant performance may not appear to be a salient challenge for EV operation even when it comes to the achievement of world electric speed records and on-track e-racecars. Not only is there no...

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Software

India Will Be First to See Datsun Future Design Vision

Nissan’s Datsun unit on Jan. 22 released a sketch of a concept car, saying it “represents a possible direction for the future expansion of Datsun’s model lineup for up-and-coming...

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Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Williams F1 Names New Managing Director: Craig Wilson

In his new role as Managing Director of Williams Advanced Engineering, Craig Wilson will have overall operational and delivery responsibility for existing projects within the company...

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Automotive

BorgWarner Launches Low-Friction Engine Timing Chain

BorgWarner's latest-generation 6.35-mm (0.25-in) inverted-tooth silent engine timing chains are launching on engines from Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Hyundai, General Motors, and one Chinese...

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Automotive

Xtrac Reveals 2014 Formula One Gearbox Technology

Formula One rules for the 2014 season have changed in many areas, most notably the use of smaller-displacement turbocharged engines and a stronger hybrid-electric drive motor.

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Propulsion

GM’s New 8-Speed Automatic May Enable 30-Mpg Corvette in 2015

General Motors engineers are quietly optimistic that their all-new 8L90, the automaker’s first 8-speed planetary automatic transmission developed in house, will be the kicker...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Voltage Controlled Oscillator

Crystek’s CVCO25CL-0902-0928 VCO operates from 902 to 928 MHz, with a control voltage range of 0.5 to ~3.5 V. It features a typical phase noise of -108 dBc/Hz @ 10 kHz offset and has excellent linearity. Output...