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Extending the ICE Age: GM’s Ken Morris Lives the Real Pace of the Powertrain Revolution
As part of the cover story on the future of vehicle propulsion in the July/August 2019 edition of Automotive Engineering magazine, this article is...
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Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of World War II, 2nd Edition Has Been Expanded to Include New Images and Information
Originally published in 1995 and held in high regard, Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of World War II is Graham White’s...
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Pratt & Whitney Develops Digitally Curated Maintenance Solutions for General Aviation
Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corporation based in East Hartford, Connecticut, has launched a new data-rich mobile application...
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Heavy Capability for Chevy’s 2020 Silverado Heavy-Duty Pickups
That there are a staggering eight different trim levels for the new 2020 Chevrolet Silverado HD lineup says much about the importance the commercial-pickup segment holds for...
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2020 Ford Explorer: Knockout Styling Caches All-New Engineering
Already America’s all-time best-selling SUV, the all-new 2020 Ford Explorer is cast on an entirely new global rear-wheel-drive (RWD) architecture and boasts the first Ford...
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Updating an SAE Standard—one Committee’s Contribution to the Clean Air Act
SAE standards automatically come up for review every five years, which forces the sponsors to review the documents to see if they require updating. In the...
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Nexcel Project Turns Christmas Trees, Chewing Gum and Flashlight Batteries into Engine Oil
What is the connection between a Christmas tree, chewing gum, used frying oil and 14 flashlight batteries? Answer: together with some other commonly...
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Other Expert Voices
Noted industry experts in Powertrain technologies shared their views on future propulsion trends during SAE’s 2019 WCX panel, “Still Not Dead: The ICE’s Continued Evolution,” moderated by Editor-in-Chief Lindsay Brooke. Read on to see the insights doled out.
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Engineering Harley’s Electric 2020 LiveWire
Sean Stanley is one of a new generation of motorcycle engineers who are as fluent in battery cooling and electronics integration as their predecessors were in optimizing cam profiles and...
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Gordon Murray Reveals Lightweight T.50 Supercar: V12, Ground-Effects Fan, $2.5-Million Pricetag
It will be the aural signature of Prof. Gordon Murray, Formula 1 racecar and environmental-efficiency vehicle creator: the sound of a bespoke...
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As Automotive Climates Shift, GKN Ramps up Its Winter Testing
As the influx of electrification continues to roil the industry, seamlessly integrating the hardware and wealth of software it brings with it creates a far broader engineering...
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New Design for 2020 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport as Brand Awaits Alliance’s New Platforms and Products
The 2020 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport carries over with no mechanical changes compared to the 2019 model. But its new face – part of a...
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Ford Unveils All-New 2020 Escape, First SUV Application on New Global FWD Architecture
Ford has unveiled the all-new 2020 Escape, its first SUV based on the new FWD global architecture, leveraging the new unibody toolkit to create a...
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Mazda Skyactiv-D Arrival Delivers on Diesel Promise, Homogeneous-Charge Skyactiv-X Next
Mazda announced the long-awaited arrival of its Skyactiv-D diesel engine to the U.S. at the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) last week. The...
Articles Transportation
Reducing NVH Through Refined Powertrain Measurement
Accurate measurements of vehicle centers-of-gravity and inertia are vital for helping NVH engineers further improve their dynamic vehicle models — and thus improve performance and safety.
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A Brief History of Chevrolet Corvette Concepts
In the Spring of 1957, while pondering the demise of Chevrolet’s Corvette Super Sports racer at Sebring’s 12-hour endurance race, legendary Corvette godfather Zora Arkus-Duntov concluded,...
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2020 GMC Sierra to Debut New Diesel Along with Expanded 10-Speed, Towing Tech and Carbon-Fiber-Bed Applications
The 2020 GMC Sierra will be the first model year to provide the light-duty truck the option for GM’s new 3.0L Duramax...
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Ford Amped for New Phase of Hybrid-Electric Offensive
With the persistent auto-industry question of how soon battery electric vehicles will become mainstream options, Ford is preparing to widely deploy its fourth-generation hybrid-electric...
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Automated Vehicles Not an 'If' but a 'When'
The automotive industry once questioned whether electric motors would replace the internal combustion engine (ICE) as the primary powertrain option for consumers. Today, the industry is facing a...
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NASA Highlights Material and Coating Technology Ready for Commercial Applications
Innovations in materials and coatings have enabled countless NASA missions since the agency’s inception. The research that goes into developing these...
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Engine Researchers: 50% Gasoline-Engine Efficiency in Sight
Speaking at the SAE High-Efficiency IC Engine Symposium preceding this week’s WCX19 conference in Detroit, the lead researcher for a long-running, Delphi Technologies-directed...
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Ford Demos Latest Digital Tools at Flagship Transmission Plant
Ford recently provided media with a look at some of its latest digital manufacturing tools, opening up the floor at one of the world’s largest transmission plants to showcase...
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Why JLR Is Giving Its Newest Range Rover Straight-6 Power
The market may have been surprised by Jaguar Land Rover’s decision to offer the latest Range Rover with an I-6 gasoline engine, but it’s been on the company’s development list...
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F1 Streamlines for Closer Racing
Ongoing aerodynamic development of Formula 1 racecars has the most obvious goals of increasing the cars’ downforce and reducing their drag to produce the fastest speeds and quickest lap times.
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Honda Brings ‘Totalled’ SUV to Auto Show Floor to Highlight Latest Advances in Crash-Safety Engineering
Most of the gleaming product gracing auto shows has been meticulously prepared for public display. In an unusual move, Honda...
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Lincoln Corsair Leverages Global Architecture to Differentiate Latest C-Segment Luxury SUV
The all-new 2020 Lincoln Corsair that debuted at the New York Auto Show last week brings distinct styling that dovetails nicely with its Nautilus...
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2019 New York Auto Show Wrap Up
The New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) rolled into the Javits Convention Center on Manhattan’s west side right after April’s tax day, and the 2019 version saw the industry well represented, with...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
2020 Range Rover Evoque
It was an unusual beginning to a test drive: navigating a narrow, winding gravel path in the grounds of an English castle with the windshield blacked out and only an image of two front wheels and a couple of colored...
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2018 Toyota Camry
I was a little late in trying this new, eighth generation of the Camry and it represents an intriguing turn for a car that often is cast, somewhat unjustly, as the symbol for automotive blandness.
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Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
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Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design Cycle
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Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
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Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance