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A Rebel’s Guide to Chassis Engineering
Herb Adams didn’t invent modern American car handling, though he was present at the creation. Read on to learn more about his trials and tribulations.
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Workhorse Multiphysics Tool Gets Upgrades
Engineers are now able to design with far higher precision, making materials thinner and lighter without sacrificing quality and durability. But as they press the limits of technology, engineers...
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OA-X Contender Moonlights as AFRL Testbed
Months have passed since the United States Air Force (USAF) finished the first phase of its light attack aircraft experiment. The OA-X assessment, which took place at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB) in...
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Lights Communicate Hella's Autonomous Vehicle Messages
Imagine autonomously driven vehicles communicating with the human drivers of other vehicles by non-verbal, easy-to-understand messages. It’s a scenario that has lighting supplier...
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Nissan's ProPILOT Assist Is More Than Lane-Keeping
An SAE Level 2 partial automation system helps a driver keep a Nissan car centered between lane markers at highway speeds and during stop and go traffic jams.
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Infiniti Concept Conjures a New-Tech Q45
The design signature for autonomous technologies and connected vehicles could be a car’s front-end, and that message--delivered in edgy design language--is a centerpiece of the Infiniti Q...
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Nissan Xmotion Blends Interior Artistry and Technology
The influence of Japan’s landscape and traditional wood crafting techniques are dovetailed in Nissan’s Xmotion (pronounced cross-motion) concept CUV, a design exploration that...
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Lexus Unveils Concept Flagship Crossover
A key product missing from the portfolio of Toyota's luxury division is a flagship crossover utility vehicle. That’s likely to change, given the world debut of the Lexus LF-1 Limitless concept at...
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2019 XC40 Spearheads Volvo's New CMA Platform
While some larger OEMs have lagged behind the bulging crossover curve, Volvo is launching its third in two years. The 2019 XC40, Volvo’s first premium compact CUV and its first global...
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Dana Opens New Chapter on CVTs
VariGlide’s 2020 market entrance underscores not only Dana’s faith in the fundamental Fallbrook technology, but also the fact that the next decade will see many exciting new driveline solutions emerge beyond the battery-electric “revolution” that is taking longer to arrive than some expected.
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Thermal Management Plucks CAFE's Low-Hanging Fruit
Thermal management systems may offer the most 'bang for the buck' in the quest to improve vehicle efficiency and thus meet stringent U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards. Although...
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Integration, Communication Hurdles to Truck Automation
Combining sensors, inter-vehicle communications and controllers poses major challenges in the effort to bring autonomy to commercial trucking. Read on to learn why and he we can combat the issue.
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The Building Blocks of Autonomous Tech
Read on to learn about sensors, processors, architecture and communications trends for the self-driving future.
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Autonomy: the New Age of Automobility
The self-driving future brings profound implications for the auto industry — and unprecedented mobility to a lot more people. Read on to learn Lawrence D. Burns', Ph.D, opinion on what this means.
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ADAS: Functional Safety and Freedom from Unacceptable Risk
“When it comes to safety in cars, there are two main considerations: firstly, reducing dependency on driver skill and awareness and secondly, functional safety,” said Tim Mace,...
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Suppliers Take the Tech Lead
Glen DeVos, Chief Technology Officer, Delphi: On being a data broker Are we more comfortable if the financial community starts to call us a ‘tech company’ and not an ‘automotive supplier’? Yes, in part....
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Does Autonomy Have Room for the ‘Engineer Enthusiast?’
It’s no secret that car companies cultivate the “engineer enthusiasts” in their ranks to work on niche models and other special projects intended to demonstrate that...
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Modular Drive Wall-Mounting Kits
Siemens’ (Elk Grove Village, IL) low-cost wall-mounting kits for its Sinamics G120C and G120 PM240-2 modular drives allow easy, fast installation of the drives and conform to NEMA 1 and UL Type 1 standards...
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3D PDF Add-On
A 3D PDF add-on is available to complement and enhance Theorem’s (Staffordshire, England) CATIA V5 to Creo View visualization product, part of the company’s Visualize 3D range. According to Theorem, Visualize 3D enables...
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Testing mmWave Radars in the Loop
Millimeter-wave radars are a key component of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). Engineers know, however, that setting up real-time radar experiments with multiple vehicles is challenging in an...
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Thermal Modeling Key to Optimizing EV Range
For potential EV buyers, it's all about the driving range. And for EV engineers tasked with increasing that range, it's all about improving power efficiency through thermal management and...
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Time for Standard Naming of Safety Features
Smart cruise control. Intelligent cruise control. Adaptive cruise control. Radar speed control. As The Bard wrote so long ago, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Sadly that tale...
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Pedestrian-Avoidance Using Smart Devices at Aug. 10 SAE SV Meetup
SAE’s informal “Innovations in Mobility” Silicon Valley meetup series continues on Aug. 10 with a presentation on advanced pedestrian avoidance using smart devices.
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Dragonfly Study Yields Insight into Vehicle Autonomy
A predatory dragonfly’s ability to detect, track and anticipate the escape maneuvers of a juicy target may provide a link to making autonomous driving safer.
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Stoking the Creative, Innovative Engineer
A book for academia as well as practicing engineers who want to unlock their potential.
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Hacked!
In 2015 there was no such thing as a ransomware attack against a hospital. In 2016 there were 10 such attacks. The cyber criminals who penetrate and disable computer networks until users pay ransom, profit from vulnerable and easy...
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Next-Gen Driving Simulator Uses Formula One Motion Control
Williams Formula One experience is helping to close the gap between objective and subjective vehicle simulator testing, often a contentious area for vehicle development engineers.
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Virtual Reality Is the New Reality for Automotive Engineering
The best way to understand how a new-developed vehicle and its parts will look, fit together and be built and serviced is through a full-scale prototype. Fashioning a prototype,...
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CAE Mastery Helped Achates Power Create Its New Engine
The Achates Power opposed-piston, two-stroke compression-ignition engine is making its way to market, boasting significantly improved fuel efficiency versus today’s standard...
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