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805-Hp Mercedes-AMG GT Concept Hybrid Heralds Production Model
The 600-kW (805-hp) hybrid 4-door Mercedes-AMG GT unveiled at the 2017 Geneva motor show may be a concept now, but its production line is being readied.
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Ricardo’s Prof. Neville Jackson Elected an SAE Fellow
Recently elected an SAE Fellow, Prof. Neville Jackson is Chief Technology and Innovation Officer of Ricardo plc. He is also a member of the Boards of Ricardo Innovations and Ricardo Inc....
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Road-Efficient Mud Machine
Replacing the decade-old Jeep Compass is the new-for-2017 Jeep Compass.
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Wide Collaborations Aim to Advance the Fuel-Cell Future
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Engineering a Quantum Leap in Drive Axle Efficiency
OEMs are increasing their focus on the vehicle driveline, working with Tier 1s to wring out greater efficiencies, mass and NVH reduction and cost. Making drive axles as efficient, light...
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Five-Piece Hot-Stamped Laser-Welded Door Ring and B-Pillar
ArcelorMittal (Chicago, IL) and ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks began co-engineering work with FCA US LLC in 2012 to identify applications that would meet all objectives.
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The New Supplier Invasion
Significant changes are underway within the North American light vehicle supply infrastructure.
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Alt Fuels Make Inroads Despite Obstacles
Commercial vehicles are beginning to adopt alternative energy sources, but the transition remains slow. Batteries and an array of renewable fuels are seeing more usage, but costs and infrastructure...
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Ford Sets Tech-Paper Record as SAE Boosts Quality Standard
SAE International and its industry partners are continually improving the quality and topicality of technical papers published annually. And as the paper review process has become more...
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Lightweighting Hinges on the Details
In the ongoing design and engineering crusade that is vehicle lightweighting, grams count. In some cases, tenths of a gram count. Regardless of how fuel price has moderated in the U.S. in recent years,...
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Targeting 40% BTE with Advanced VCR
Nissan’s announcement at the 2016 Paris Motor Show that it will bring a variable-compression-ratio engine to production in 2018 (see AE November, 2016, p. 6) energized those in the advanced-ICE...
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Sensor ICs, Semiconductors and Safety
What system-level risks and related safety implications are lurking within the vehicles you’re developing? Electrification, greater overall electronics content and the trend toward autonomous vehicle...
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Sales of Maruti Suzuki Smart Hybrid Vehicles Surpass One Lakh Units
Maruti Suzuki India Limited announced that its Smart Hybrid vehicles, the Ciaz SHVS and the Ertiga SHVS, have crossed cumulative sales of 100,000 units in February.
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Oil- and Abrasion-Resistant Cable
ÖLFLEX 409 P PUR control cable from Lapp Group USA (Florham Park, NJ) is an oil- and abrasion-resistant cable for industrial machine tools and appliances. According to the company, a special interstice...
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3D Printer
Methods 3D Inc. (Sudbury, MA) introduces the 3D Systems' ProX SLS 500 Selective Laser Sintering production 3D printer featuring fast speeds, high print resolution and a range of engineered composite materials. According to the...
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Honda and GM Pioneer New Fuel-Cell Manufacturing Venture
The first time General Motors’ global product development chief Mark Reuss got an up-close look at Honda technology was as a kid when he tore apart his QA-50 minibike in the family...
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Smaller Suppliers Facing Global Challenges
Are you willing and prepared to follow your customers around the world to support their global product initiatives?
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Hard, Slick and Ready to Roll
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new breed of nanocomposite coating.
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Plasma Polymerization Deposition Systems
The PD Series Plasma Deposition Systems family from Nordson MARCH (Concord, CA) uses plasma polymerization to deposit thin films uniformly during precision manufacturing and assembly processes to change...
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Design Tip: 3D Printing
A basic tenet of traditional manufacturing says that as part complexity increases, so do machining and assembly costs. But what if there were a different way to produce metal parts, one with fewer limitations than...
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Nissan's New King Cab Full of Patent Potential
For OEMs, promoting a competitive advantage is just as vital as protecting innovative technologies on vehicles—especially on high-profit trucks.
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Can Product Planning Keep Pace with Technology?
Product planners: How accurate is your technology ‘radar?’
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Linear Potentiometers
H.G. Schaevitz LLC Alliance Sensors Group (Moorestown, NJ) expanded its sensor product offering by adding resistive technology to its portfolio of linear position products. Environmentally sealed to IEC IP-64, the LP-22...
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All-New 2018 Ford Expedition Gets Aluminum Body, 10-Speed
When Ford Motor Co. leadership made the bold decision to invest in aluminum body structures for its F-Series pickups, they made sure the Expedition was integrated into the product...
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Advancing 3D-Printed NdFeB Magnets
Magnet Applications, Inc. (DuBois, PA), a Bunting Magnetics Co., has made a technology advancement in 3D-printed neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) magnets. According to Magnet Applications, engineers from the...
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Patton’s New Campaign
From his elevated position with the American arm of automotive megasupplier Denso, Doug Patton has a commanding view of the engineering landscape — and some power to help shape it.
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Inside the Bolt EV
Cutaway propulsion systems displayed at motor shows attract engineers faster than free beer and pizza. So perhaps it wasn’t surprising when Matthias Mueller, the newly-promoted chairman of Volkswagen Group, and his...
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Achates Powers toward Production
Nothing short of a game-changing technology has any chance of disrupting the world’s combustion-engine mainstream, it is generally believed. Felix Wankel’s rotary came the closest, carving out a...
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Volvo CE Adds A45G Articulated Hauler to Product Lineup, Increases Tonnage Across G-Series
With the addition of the new A45G articulated hauler to its product lineup, Volvo Construction Equipment offers increased payload capacities,...
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