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RF & Microwave Electronics

New Automotive Radars Take Tech from a Blip to a Boom

Since it first appeared in automobiles in the 1980s, radar has become a reliable and increasingly cost-efficient tool for detecting objects on the road and along the roadside. The...

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Power

2020 Subaru Legacy Moving to New Global Platform

For 2020, the Subaru Legacy moves to the automaker’s Global Platform, introduced in 2017 via the C-segment Impreza. Compared to the prior architecture, the new unitized body construction...

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Unmanned Systems

Needed - a Step Beyond STEM

For more than a decade, education advocates have made the case for a greater effort in teaching kids about science, technology, engineering and math. As an engineer, I’m all for STEM. More of our population needs to understand these topics. However, as I get older and continue to observe the impact of technology on...

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Communications

Industry Remains Unsettled on Vehicle Connectivity Standard

As autonomous vehicles inch closer to reality, a diverse range of companies and public entities are exploring ways to maximize their positive impact on traffic flows and...

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Unmanned Systems

Deere Touts Software, AI Tech at CES

John Deere highlighted the growing role of digital controls, becoming the first off-highway equipment maker to bring ag equipment to the CES consumer electronics conference early in January. Deere’s...

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Imaging

Computer-Generated Scenes Provide Virtual Testing for Autonomous Vehicles

The next million miles of autonomous-vehicle test roadways await in a start-up company’s virtual -orld toolbox that is targeting its next release for early 2019.

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Materials

Motor Matters

With the momentum to expand vehicle electrification increasing steadily, the industry is beginning to arrange the pieces for its multi-billion-dollar transformation of powertrain development.

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What We’re Driving
Power

2019 Genesis G70 RWD

The G70 is the fledgling Genesis brand’s entry into the age-old “BMW 3-Series-fighter” category.

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Energy

2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon

A testimony to how good the new-generation JL-series Wrangler is on the tarmac: it was really quite civil in an 800-mile, nearly all-highway week of travel to the Detroit auto show in January.

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Road Ready
Green Design & Manufacturing

New V8, Big Towing, Trick Features and Tech for 2020 Chevy Silverado HD

With pickup trucks seemingly taking over the personal-vehicle market, it’s no surprise the Detroit Three automakers are devoting more attention than ever to the...

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Manned Systems

Nvidia Partners with AdaCore to Secure Self-Driving Firmware

As mobility software becomes increasingly complex and connected, so does the risk of human error and system safety. To combat this, New York-based software company AdaCore will...

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Unmanned Systems

JLR Pavement Signals Throw New Light on AV Trust Levels

A necessity for all AVs is to ensure that other road users, including pedestrians, have trust in their actions. To help achieve this confidence, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has developed...

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Connectivity

New SAE Technical-Paper Competition Targets Submissions from Student and Young-Professional Members

SAE International is hosting a technical-paper competition for student and young-professional members with an enticing potential payoff:...

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Manned Systems

An OBE for the SAE

Perhaps it’s not surprising that someone who joined a professional engineering society at age 16 would eventually lead one. And so, Paul Mascarenas seems an ideal fit as SAE International’s 2019 president. It’s...

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Propulsion

2020 Supra: Toyota's Japanese Spin on German Engineering

In today’s world of rationalized product lines with optimized bills-of-material sharing for maximum scale, the corporate case for low-volume sports cars is tricky. A desire to...

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Materials

Citroën Frames a Motion-Sickness Solution

Following Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR’s) detailing of a new system to help alleviate motion sickness in vehicles, French company Citroën has announced its own undeniably unique solution:...

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Electronics & Computers

Mahle Shows Urban Mobility Concept

A 2-seat electric car concept recently unveiled by a major automotive supplier — best known for pistons and other power-cylinder components — is capable of making inner-city jaunts for up to seven...

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Nanotechnology

2020 Explorer Will Be First Product to Emerge – More Quietly – from Ford’s Newest NVH Lab.

The 2020 Explorer will be the first Ford product engineered via the automakers new driving dynamics laboratory, which provides multiple tools...

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Manned Systems

2020 Ford Super Duty Debuts All-New 7.3-Liter Pushrod V8, 10-Speed Automatic

The 2020 Ford F-Series Super Duty will arrive with the heavy-duty pickup truck’s best-ever conventional, gooseneck, and fifth-wheel trailer towing and payload...

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Power

2019 Chevrolet Blazer: Sharply Styled and Right-Sized for the Voracious SUV Market

Leaving its dirt roots in the past, the all-new 2019 Chevrolet Blazer is a stylish, on-road-focused 2-row SUV that slots between Chevy’s Equinox and...

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Electronics & Computers

GDCA Inc. Partners with Abaco Systems to Help Avoid Embedded End-Of-Life, Support Legacy Systems

Aerospace and defense, industrial automation and robotics, rail transportation, and other organizations which often struggle to support long-life...

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Technical Innovation
Test & Measurement

Tekscan Goes Fast-Track with Its High-Speed Tire Scanning

A new electronic testing method lets engineers analyze the impact of speed, motion, and inertial forces that high-speed tires experience, a vast departure from what was previously...

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Propulsion

2019 Chevrolet Silverado 2.7L

While it’s unlikely that Chevy’s turbo four will enjoy the same rapid uptake as Ford’s Ecoboost 2.7-L V6 in the F-150, the 2.7-L is right at home in the Silverado.

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Transportation

2019 BMW X4 30i and M40i

The focus of BMW’s designers and engineers was toward creating a next-gen X4 that looks and drives more like a coupe than an SUV. Did they succeed?

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Power

2019 Audi E-tron Quattro

Power from this electric car was never an issue, and the cleverly placed front parking assist camera, below the bumper, is especially useful when driving over rocks (or, more likely, parking-space dividers).

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Power

Electrifying ‘The Ultimate Driving Machine’

Automotive Engineering Editor Lindsay Brooke sat down recently with Stefan Jurascheck, BMW VP Development for Electric Powertrains, to discuss details of “the ultimate electrified driving machine.”

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Automotive

CES 2019: Blueprint for Future Auto Shows?

It’s a mind-boggling, often unwieldy and grueling grind in Las Vegas for reporters, but CES is undeniably a must-attend event both for media and for all organizations working in autonomous and connected mobility.

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