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Combating Motion Sickness in Autonomous-Driving Simulators

Motion sickness has become a very real issue for engineers developing and testing autonomous vehicle technologies. Automotive simulators can reach such high levels of realism that...

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Fully Embedded CFD

Mentor Graphics Corp. (Wilsonville, OR) offers the only fully embedded computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solution for Solid Edge software, a mainstream computer-aided design (CAD) solution developed by Siemens’ product...

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CAD Viewer Module

CoreTechnologie (Moembris, Germany) offers a new module that enables easy creation of animated explosion views for assemblies of all major CAD formats for its conversion software and the CAD viewer 3D_Analyzer. Illustrated as...

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Automotive

New EEAs for the Connected, Autonomous Future

The connected, electrified and eventually driverless vehicle revolution has a less publicized but equally important back story — the development of next-generation electrical and electronic...

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Software

HMI Development: More Features, less System Complexity

Human machine interfaces are changing rapidly as radio head units handle more functions and connect to diverse systems inside and outside the vehicle. HMI systems are being...

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Automotive

Lucid Motors Unveils Air Electric Luxury Car

Lucid Motors, the latest electric-vehicle startup to tilt at Tesla, unveiled the production version of its first model, the Air luxury sedan that boasts a twin-motor driveline and high-density...

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Application Lifecycle Management Module

As part of Arena Solutions’ (Foster City, CA) 2016 Fall Release, Arena Verify adds requirements and defect management to the company’s product offering. These capabilities result in what the company...

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System Simulation Software

SimulationX (3.8) from ESI Group (Farmington Hills, MI) is the latest version of the software platform for dynamic multiphysics system simulation, customizable to the specific needs of diverse industries. The...

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Alfa Romeo's First SUV Shares New RWD Sedan Platform, Engines

Alfa Romeo's first SUV made its global debut at the 2016 L.A. Auto Show. The Stelvio is based on the Giulia, launched last year, and shares the same architecture and engine...

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Electronics & Computers

Fan Selection Application

The OPTIMISER 10 Fan Specification App, from supplier of high-performance axial-flow fans Multi-Wing America (Burton, OH), is a resource for original equipment engineers to specify the most-efficient, tailor-made...

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Test and CAE Simulation Software Application

Aqira from HBM Prenscia (Tucson, AZ) is a brand-new software application that leverages existing nCode products and enables streamlined processes for durability, for both test and CAE simulation....

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Interactive 3D PDF Technology

Tech Soft 3D (Bend, OR) offers enhancements to its Tetra 4D Converter, a powerful solution for converting 3D CAD to 3D PDFs, and Tetra4D Enrich, a new application that enables anyone to create rich, interactive 3D...

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Making Multiphysics Fast and Convenient

Mimicking real life interactions in complex products like automobiles or aircraft often requires a Multiphysics approach. It requires combining, for example, simulations of combustion, heat transfer,...

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Transportation

Delphi’s Multi-domain Mindset

Mary Gustanski lives in a James Bond movie. It hasn’t yet been released but she’s certain it will be at some future date. In her film-nightmare, the evil-genius villain on the remote island has hacked...

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Transportation

Steering Mazda’s Unique Course

In 1999 Mazda Motor Corp.’s current Chairman, Seita Kanai, had just taken over as program manager for the first-generation Atenza/ Mazda6. The new car was a top priority and its success was deemed vital...

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Design

Volvo, Uber Share the Ride to Safety with Autonomy

The news that Volvo Cars, renowned for its safety focus, and ride-sharing company Uber, are working together to develop next generation autonomous driving (AD) cars eventually reaching...

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Automotive

SAE 2016 Convergence: Touch Screens, Speech, HUD the Likely Future of In-Car Interface

Touch screens are far from perfect and the state of speech-recognition remains marginal, but those are the two driver-interface technologies consumers...

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Connectivity

Debating Government's Role in V2X

While U.S. regulators were preparing the first policy guidance on autonomous-vehicle testing and development, released Sept. 20, OEMs were discussing whether they can achieve broad usage of...

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Software

The Evolving Tire-Development Paradigm

Engineers working in today’s vehicle-development environment are faced with a unique challenge in relation to prototype vehicles: the cost of constructing prototypes and assemblies limits their...

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Foam-Fill Simulation of Polyurethane Systems

BASF (Florham Park, NJ) offers an additional service for polyurethane (PU) systems in automotive interiors. The Ultrasim simulation tool has been expanded so that the behavior of PU systems during...

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Digital Factory Solution for Smart Manufacturing

With FASTSUITE Edition 2, CENIT (Auburn Hills, MI) provides an efficient Digital Factory solution for smart manufacturing. The latest generation of CENITs’ universal software platform, which...

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Global Vehicles
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Racing Toward Autonomous Future, Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz Reveal Sultry, Drive-It-Yourself Concept Cars

In the autonomous-vehicle future, will the ultimate luxury become driving for yourself?

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Simulation Apps for Virtual Prototyping

Engineers at BE CAE & Test (Catania, Italy), a COMSOL- (Stockholm, Sweden) certified consultant, have taken the simulation process beyond the typical approach of “run a test/deliver a report.”...

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Savant and EMIT Simulation Software

The latest release of ANSYS' Savant and EMIT software gives engineers the power to design and predict the performance of installed antenna and radio frequency (RF) environments quickly and more accurately...

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Materials

Lightweighting: WHAT’S NEXT?

Are there any automakers who haven’t yet put at least one new model through the weight-reduction wringer? Vehicle mass efficiency has joined the vanguard of product development where every gram lost is...

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Energy

Mahindra Launches E2o ElectriCity Car in the UK

Mahindra recently made its entry into the UK automotive market with the launch of the e2o electric city car. Designed specifically for easy urban commuting, the Mahindra e2o features several...

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Rolls-Royce Reveals a Vision of Its Future

“When it doesn’t exist, design it,” was Sir Henry Royce’s maxim aired some 100 years ago. Now it is being followed to the letter with the revealing in London of the Rolls-Royce Vision Next...

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Software

CAE's Next Leap Forward

The enormous complexity of today’s vehicles is well recognized. Not only are automakers turning to simulation as a cost-effective means to enhance physical test, it is becoming a fundamental tool in the design...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Integration Can Simplify Motor Development Process

Texas Instruments aims to simplify the design process for the growing number of electric motors used in hybrids and in applications like electric power steering. TI recently unveiled a...

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