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Made in Space to Increase Material Portfolio After Two Years of Printing in Space
Made In Space, Inc. (MIS) is celebrating the two-year anniversary of the Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF) printing onboard the International Space Station...
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Peer-Reviewed Study: Steel-Intensive Vehicles Emit Lower GHG Emissions over the Lifecycle
A vehicle lifecycle assessment study shows that cars extensively using advanced high strength steels (AHSS) emit lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
News Unmanned Systems
Jaguar, Waymo to Partner for Automated Driving with New I-Pace EV
Alphabet’s Waymo automated-driving unit aLand Rover announced prior to the 2018 New York auto show the two companies will partner with Jaguar Land Rover to develop...
News Imaging
Lincoln Aviator: New Rear-Drive Platform, Plug-In Option
Just prior to a 2018 New York auto show that promised to headline virtually no new models that weren’t crossover SUVs of some sort, Ford’s Lincoln premium-vehicle brand unveiled...
News Motion Control
UAV Turbines to Tackle 200-Hp Class UAV Engines for U.S. Army
With successes in the 50-shp class gas turbine engine class for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), UAV Turbines has reached an agreement with the U.S. Army’s Reliable Advanced...
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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...
Road Ready Propulsion
All-New 2019 Ram 1500 Launches with a Bed-Load of Innovations
FiatChrysler’s Ram 1500 pickup doesn’t top the fullsize-pickup sales charts (never mind the Detroit Three automakers still insist on obfuscating what to everyone else should...
Technology Report Propulsion
Cadillac Unveils All-New V8
In the latest signal that automakers aren’t shutting off investment in internal-combustion just yet, General Motors’ Cadillac premium-vehicle brand unwrapped an all-new V8 roughly four years in the making....
News Aerospace
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 Automotive
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 Connectivity
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 Power
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...
Articles Test & Measurement
Steering Toward Lower NVH
As regulations on automotive noise have become more stringent over the years, engine noise has been reduced significantly. This trend has increased with the rise of EVs and hybrid vehicles, modern quiet ICEs and...
Technology Report Automotive
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.
Articles Unmanned Systems
Technology Time-Warp
While auto engineers like to quip that vehicle electrification “is a century old and still in search of a battery,” it’s no joke that many of today’s “advanced” technologies are rooted in concepts first...
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 Manned 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.
News Propulsion
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 Automotive
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 Robotics, Automation & Control
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 Robotics, Automation & Control
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 Manufacturing & Prototyping
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 Transportation
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.
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