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BorgWarner Integrated Drive Module in Testing Phase
BorgWarner’s new integrated Drive Module (iDM - left), currently in development, takes key propulsion-system elements for electrified vehicles and bundles those into a self-contained...
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2020 Toyota Corolla Sedan Gets a New Platform and Adds Premium Content, Hybrid Version on the Way
Toyota has revealed the 12th-generation Toyota Corolla sedan, bringing with it similar updates announced with the arrival of the hatchback...
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Packaging Honda’s all-new Insight
Honda’s Noriyuki Sato spoke through a translator with Editor-in-Chief Lindsay Brooke about what he calls “the Smart, Green Sedan” development. Read on to learn his, well, insight.
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Beyond the EV Technology Horizon: Now It’s All About Speed
Speed is absolutely essential for electric vehicles (EVs). Not speed in terms of acceleration and maximum velocity, but the time it takes to conceive, develop and produce...
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The 2019 Nissan Altima Is a Competent Player in a Shrinking Sedan Segment
The Altima sedan is an important product for Nissan, what it calls its “brand ambassador.” Long a solid choice in the mid-size sedan segment, its typically...
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New Four-Chamber Rotary Engine Could Supplant Wankel and Piston Engines for UAV Applications
The Wankel rotary engine has been an ideal choice for many owners and operators of small, propeller-driven aircraft. Compared to conventional...
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Air- or Water-Cooling Resistors for EVs: The Case for H2O
The choice between water cooling and air cooling for internal-combustion engines was for decades a very real debate in the auto industry, with Volkswagen and Porsche for years...
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Harley-Davidson Electrics Up
In July, American motorcycle brand Harley-Davidson (H-D) made a nearly unprecedented announcement about its future products. Part of a global investment strategy to help create a new generation of...
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Lexus Soups-Up Seventh-Generation ES Sedan
Sedans and any configuration of a “car” might be a tough sell at the moment, but Toyota’s upscale Lexus division certainly wasn’t going to let that stop it from launching a new, seventh...
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Detecting Battery Leaks at Production Speeds
Inficon has launched what it said is an industry-first, robotic-compatible leak-detection system that can use either helium or hydrogen-forming gas to ferret out minuscule cracks in the batteries...
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Volvo XC40 3-Cylinder
Can any vehicle with a three-cylinder engine really regard itself as “premium?”
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2018 Toyota Prius Four Touring
Toyota’s seminal Prius and its twin-motor hybrid-electric drivetrain are largely unchanged this year except for the addition of an 11.6-in (295-mm) touchscreen display for the top Prius Four and Four...
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2018 Hyundai Kona Ultimate AWD
I’ve been generally ambivalent about subcompact crossovers such as the Honda HR-V, Ford EcoSport and Mazda CX-3. They’re typically cramped and underpowered, leaving you feeling outgunned on the open road...
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Mazda Details Electrification Strategy, Confirms Rotary Engine’s Return
In an announcement from Japan this week, Mazda—one of the few established automakers to articulate a comprehensive longterm commitment to hybridization or...
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2019 Honda Pilot Gets Refined 9-Speed, Tougher Styling and Standard Safety Suite
The 2019 Honda Pilot arrives with few but important changes for the 3-row, 8-seat SUV, most notably revisions to its 9-speed automatic. More rugged new exterior...
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With 2019 Sierra, GMC Puts Brand Differentiation Behind It—literally
That the all-new 2019 GMC Sierra 1500 pickup uses GM’s same T1 fullsize-truck architecture as the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado was of course preordained. The new...
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2019 Toyota Corolla Injects Sport, Adds Hatchback
There are three good reasons why Toyota’s compact Corolla overtook the original VW Beetle, the VW Golf and even the Ford F-Series to become the top-selling vehicle nameplate ever built:...
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What We’re Driving: 2018 BMW M5
I’d read the early reviews of the new sixth-generation (F90) M5’s towering accelerative abilities, but still was in no way prepared for the reality: the viciousness of this car’s performance assaults...
Road Ready Propulsion
Subaru 'Ascends' New Three-Row SUV on Global Platform
Fuji Heavy Industries has needed a competitive three-row utility for its Subaru brand since its first attempt, the slow-selling Tribeca, bowed out after 2014.
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Audi Unveils Production Version of First-Ever EV: E-Tron
It seems safe to say the global shift to battery-electric vehicles now is in full swing, with the Volkswagen Group’s Audi brand unveiling on September 17 its first electric vehicle...
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Schaeffler Debuts New Mover Concept at Detroit Symposium
As part of its 11th Schaeffler Symposium, the Tier 1 supplier debuted a new urban, e-mobility vehicle concept called the “Schaeffler Mover.” The symposium, held once every four...
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VinFast: Vietnam’s First Car Company Has Big Ambitions
Our helicopter dives through the heavy rain clouds, banking sharply as it races towards the waterfront in Haiphong Harbor, rotor blades whop-whop-whopping as we come in just above...
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BorgWarner’s Dual-Volute Turbocharger Enables First-Ever 4-Cylinder Power for GM Fullsize Pickups
The first four-cylinder gasoline engine ever offered in a full-sized pickup truck brings V6-beating power and torque, with fuel efficiency...
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2018 Mercedes-Benz A200 AMG Line
Mercedes-Benz is fond of saying it cascades at least some of the S-Class’ posh luxury and technology throughout its range. That’s just what it has done for the fourth-generation A-Class, the nameplate...
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Tackling the Lubrication Challenges of Electric Vehicles
Although electric vehicles (EVs) often are extolled as “low-maintenance” alternatives to conventional internal-combustion (IC) propulsion and its brew of critical fluids that...
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2019 Genesis G70 a Genuine C-Segment Sports-Sedan Option
The 2019 Genesis G70 is a new C-class luxury sports sedan from a new luxury marque. Parent company Hyundai is pouring significant resources into its new premium Genesis brand, including...
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Second-Generation Hyundai Veloster Gets Sportier in Looks, Power
With new sheetmetal, a more-powerful base engine, new rear suspension and an updated engine sound-enhancement system, the new-generation Hyundai Veloster has a sportier...
Q&A Green Design & Manufacturing
In Support of Diesel’s Future
Dr. Ing. Stefan Pischinger serves as Professor and Director of the Institute of Combustion Engines RWTH Aachen, Germany. He is also a member of the supervisory board at Mahle GmbH. Dr. Pischinger spoke with Editor-in-Chief Lindsay Brooke in Detroit.
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Demand up for Composite-Grade, High-Performance Plastics Across Aerospace, Automotive
Demand for high-performance plastics (HPPs) is up across the aerospace industry, driven by such key trends as growing performance requirements, increased...
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Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
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Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
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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