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Former FCA ‘Viper’ Plant in Detroit to Become Multi-Use Facility
FiatChrysler announced in mid-March that its “sundowned” Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit will be converted to a new multi-use display and meeting space. The...
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GM Turns to Carbon Fiber for 2019 GMC Sierra Pickup Bed
Steel truck beds. Aluminum truck beds. The battle to create the lightest, strongest pickup cargo bed intensifies yet again, as carbon fiber debuts as the bed material for the 2019 GMC...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
BAAM Gets Bigger
At the end of 2017, Additive Engineering Solutions (AES) took delivery of a second “big area additive manufacturing” (BAAM) machine and two CNC machining centers: a large-format, Thermwood 5-axis router and a...
Supplier Eye AR/AI
Déjà Vu: Vertical Integration Returns
The relentless flurry of technology linkups and acquisitions borne by OEMs and suppliers in sensors, software, artificial intelligence, mobility capabilities, and those offering innovative business...
News Software
Engineers Are Re-Engineering Ford
When your market share has plummeted more than two percentage points since 2013, your product range is growing cobwebs, your dealers are screaming for new models and you’ve recently lost one of your top...
The Navigator Transportation
Shifting Sands in the AV Landscape
Over the past 130 years, the auto industry playing field has become scattered with the ashes of countless defunct companies. Where there once were thousands of OEMs, a mere 10 vehicle makers took 73% of...
News Test & Measurement
Soft Tests for Autonomous Vehicles
There is enormous pressure on the entire automotive industry to achieve and demonstrate unprecedented levels of validation to gain and maintain public confidence in the safety of autonomous vehicles.
Road Ready Electronics & Computers
Jaguar Unveils Twin-Motor I-Pace Battery-Electric Crossover
Ahead of the 2018 Geneva motor show, Jaguar unveiled the production version of its first-ever electric vehicle: the twin-motor I-Pace crossover. In perhaps any EV’s most crucial...
News Unmanned Systems
Seats and Instrument Panel in Faurecia's Autonomous Vehicle Sights
A power swivel seat and a shape-shifting instrument panel are transformative technologies being developed for autonomous vehicle interior environments.
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2018 Geneva Auto Show: Porsche Unveils 600-Hp Electric Crossover
Although a production version of its battery-electric Mission E concept sedan remains nearly two years away, Porsche unveiled a stunning companion at the 2018 Geneva motor...
Articles Unmanned Systems
Senso-Rama!
Toyota’s formidable Platform 3.0 is all about putting autonomous sensors in their place — further from your view. Read on to learn more.
Articles Unmanned Systems
ADAS Computing on a Greater Scale
Samsung engineers are developing next-gen domain controllers to meet specific performance needs of automated/autonomous driving. Read on to learn more.
Articles Unmanned Systems
GM’s Self-Driving Car Strategy: Vertical Integration
Using maximum control to mitigate risk, GM can generate trillions in revenue by creating an autonomous ride-hailing ecosystem. Read on to learn more.
Articles Transportation
Who’s Ahead in the Automated-Driving Race?
The 2018 Navigant Research Leaderboard study brings new insights into the industry’s progress. Read on to learn more.
Articles Transportation
Autonomy and Electrification: A Perfect Match?
The electric powertrain and autonomous vehicle marriage may well be ‘made in heaven’ — but like any strong partnership it also needs care and attention. Read on to learn more.
Articles Transportation
When Steering Isn’t Steering Anymore
High-level autonomy requires new thinking for even basic vehicle controls. Steer-by-wire technology eases some of the complexities automated driving presents—and offers desirable new possibilities.
Articles Transportation
Reinventing the Automobile’s Design
The 2030 view inside the Mobility Industry, towards fully autonomous electric vehicles and robotaxi business models, has swiftly evolved from skepticism towards conventional wisdom. If the current view...
Articles Data Acquisition
Big Data, Big Challenges
Connectivity lets automakers and service providers collect tons of valuable data from vehicles and their operators, but it also brings the challenge of finding ways to glean useful information from huge databases....
What We’re Driving Transportation
2018 Cadillac CT6 Platinum AWD
I’m on the fence about the CT6’s merits as a flagship sedan. Its plutocrat-grade back-seat has heat, massage and deep recline on the outboard positions, although the generally over-the-top accomodations seem...
What We’re Driving Transportation
2018 Volkswagen Arteon
It is called the Volkswagen Arteon Elegance, only it isn’t—elegant, that is.
What We’re Driving Transportation
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Ti
It had to happen: Alfa Romeo doing an SUV. And I suppose it’s about time, com- ing 16 years after the Porsche Cayenne debuted and even following Bentley and Maserati’s prestige utility vehicles. Named for a...
Articles Transportation
Taking Aim at the Drowsy-driver Threat
Semi-autonomous technology designed to significantly reduce the 7000 annual fatalities in the U.S. attributed to driver drowsiness has been developed by Hyundai Mobis North America. A “low-cost”...
Articles Propulsion
Spark of Genius
In 2016, after six frustrating years of R&D invested in an ultra-lean-burn, high-compression gasoline engine, Mazda’s managing executive officer, Mitsuo Hitomi, 63, had this brainstorm: Adding spark ignition might...
Articles Transportation
Mercedes Adopts Harman UX for A-Class
Mercedes-Benz’s ‘User Experience’ digital cockpit, previewed at the 2018 CES, is entering production in the new 2018 A-Class (W177). The cockpit is the first in a new generation of...
Supplier Eye Automotive
Variability, Risk and the Value Stream
Near-term profitability vs. long-term viability — suppliers must have both. And for many, bearing the cost of developing new technologies — for autonomous/connected driving, greater safety and...
Editorial Transportation
Fear and Loathing on the Path to Level 4 Driving
One of the perks of my job is access to the latest vehicles. Such hands-on product exposure is essential, I believe, for understanding the rapid advances of automated-driving technology and...
Technology Report Automotive
Magna’s New Active Airdam Boosts 2019 Ram Fuel Efficiency
For the all-new 2019 Ram 1500 pickup, FCA engineers again surprised their industry competitors with an impressive array of integrated technologies aimed at improving the pickup’s...
Articles Unmanned Systems
Bioprivacy: Designing for a Moving Target
Automotive design standards and specifications can be moving targets. In the autonomous realm, the present lack of formal rulemaking and applicable new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards,...
News Power
Truck Tech War!
Rarely do vehicle categories enjoy a century of evolution in becoming a customer favorite. Such is the luck for today’s full-size pickups.
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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