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Plug-In Hybrid Brings Honda into Sharper Clarity
Honda’s recently introduced Clarity plug-in hybrid sedan is the third variant of this revitalized and electrified nameplate. It joins the Clarity Fuel Cell, which debuted in December 2016...
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Keeping Carbon-Composites Cool in Hot Applications
Cost is not the only inhibitor to wider use of automotive carbon composites. Their inability to cope with high temperatures is also of serious concern. Locating carbon-composite parts...
Articles Transportation
Plastics Key to Mobility Innovations
The 2017 SPE Innovation Awards highlight the design, engineering and materials-science collaborations between vehicle OEMs and their tier suppliers.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
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.
Articles Energy
Who Wants Afreecar?
One billion people globally survive on less than $2/day but desperately need personal mobility and electric power. One of the auto industry’s most creative minds offers what could be a unique and sustainable solution.
Articles Transportation
Fusing Sensors for the Automated-Driving Future
The ability to scale is always critical, but will be especially important as technology marches forward. Sensors improve, processors get more powerful, and engineers figure out ways to do more every year. Advances in one area typically beget progress in other fields.
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Kiekert Unveils Automatic-Door Tech for Autonomous Vehicles
A new electronic side door latch is the prelude to vehicle side doors that automatically open and close on command.
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2018 Porsche Cayenne Rides High on Air Suspension and a Lighter Unibody.
Porsche’s pioneering Cayenne crossover SUV enters its third generation in 2018 following six-year runs of both the first- and second-generation models. In its latest...
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Moving Swiftly to Define the Shared-Mobility Future
Public and private partnerships to standardize data, share data, and protect sensitive data are being formed to help understand—and at the same time define—shared-mobility’s...
Technology Report Manufacturing & Prototyping
PSA’s Plan of Action for Opel/Vauxhall: Electrification, Shared Platforms, Global R&D Center in Germany
One hundred days after France's PSA group bought GM’s Opel/Vauxhall European operations, the first and crucial detailed plan of...
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Acura Teases RDX Replacement for Detroit Auto Show
Acura confirmed it will join what’s certain to be a number of other automakers revealing new or revised SUVs at January’s Detroit auto show, releasing before the holidays a teaser image...
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Ford Plans to Move Self-Driving and Electric Vehicle Teams to Detroit
Ford is returning to its roots as the company looks to its future with the move of its key autonomous vehicle and electric vehicle business and strategy teams to Detroit...
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What We’re Driving: 2018 Lexus LC500
I don’t think anybody’s going to argue that Lexus designers walked the walk when transitioning the LC500 from the sharkish LF-LC concept car to the production LC coupe. I found it tough to take my...
Articles Transportation
Level Zero Hero
Okay, maybe the 2018 Jeep Wrangler could be considered SAE autonomy Level 0.5—after all, the all-new version of Jeep’s icon does offer a couple of automated driver-assist features. If you must. But apart from that...
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2018 Ram ProMaster 2500
Pickup or van? When it’s critical that cargo and tools stay dry and secure, only a van will do. My dad was a residential carpenter who owned various Dodge and Chevy panel trucks and B-vans during his career, but...
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2018 Stinger: Kia's Track-Capable Family Hauler
Hyundai's Kia brand has done an excellent job of expanding its product portfolio in recent years, especially in styling and quality. But has anyone looked to Kia for world-class performance?...
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Prodrive Helps Fast-Track Ford’s New PHEV Van Program
Motorsport engineering and design consultancy Prodrive Advanced Technology has three decades of experience helping OEM customers get the most out of their high-performance vehicles,...
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Lincoln’s Tech-Rich 2019 Nautilus Replaces MKX Crossover
The 2019 Nautilus crossover is something of a watershed for Ford’s upscale Lincoln brand, ushering a return to model names rather than alphanumeric designations, introducing of a...
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HTT to Launch India’s First Hyperloop
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board (APEDB) to facilitate the development of HTT’s Hyperloop...
Articles Transportation
Automated Driving: Who Should Regulate What?
The message from Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao was bold and sweeping:
Articles Transportation
Why America Needs a National Autonomous-Vehicle Development Policy
A set of standardized autonomous-vehicle regulations, applicable nationwide, is the best policy structure to encourage AV-specific innovation. Read on to learn more.
Articles Transportation
Embracing the Challenge of Smart Cities
The embryonic signs of the Smart City of the future exist right now. We really are at the beginning of the mobility revolution, however — and for as much promise as this future presents, it will not come without significant challenges. Read on to learn more.
Articles Software
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.
Articles Test & Measurement
TA Revolution for Testing
What’s the solution for significantly reducing highway fatalities and injuries? The consensus is to ‘unscrew the nut behind the wheel.’ But to achieve that goal, as well as to expand mobility options for...
Articles AR/AI
The Building Blocks of Autonomous Tech
Read on to learn about sensors, processors, architecture and communications trends for the self-driving future.
Articles Government
Standards Play a Vital Role
As autonomous vehicle development expands throughout the mobility industry, the competitors are agreeing on one thing: there is a vital need for standards related to the new technologies. Read on to learn the experts' opinions on the matter.
Articles Design
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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Camless Engine Evaluation Nearly Complete in China
Later this year, concept evaluation of Freevalve AB’s radical camless engine technology is expected to be completed by Qoros Auto. The technology, known as Qamfree, could lead to volume...
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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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