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New 90-Degree Turbo V6 Leads Audi's Hybridization Blitz
Audi’s all-new 3.0-L turbocharged gasoline V6, rated at 354 hp and 369 lb·ft (264 kW and 500 N·m, respectively) debuted recently in the 2018 SQ5 crossover. The V6 is the first...
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Positioning for Hybrid Growth
Five years ago, few predicted the high level of fragmentation in powertrains, drivelines and fuels that exists in 2017. Nearly everyone now agrees, however, that Hybridization of all types is essential to...
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Ford Pumps Powertrains for 2018 F-150
It’s tough at the moment to sell a car to a U.S. customer, so wily automakers—or those at a fortuitous place in their product cycles—are doubling down on trucks and crossovers. Regardless of that,...
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1200-V Discrete IGBT
Infineon Technologies AG (Munich, Germany) has expanded its 1200-V discrete IGBT product portfolio by offering up to 75 A. The devices are co-packed with a full-rated diode in a TO-247PLUS package. The new TO-247PLUS 3-pin...
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2018 Subaru Crosstrek Moves to New Stiffer Global Platform
To create the 2018 Crosstrek, FHI engineers increased the wheelbase.
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Lessons for PSA’s Opel-Vauxhall Takeover Team from Renault-Nissan
With Groupe PSA’s takeover of the previously GM-owned Opel Automobile GmbH, and its brands of Opel and Vauxhall now finalized (IP Battle Not Expected in PSA Takeover of...
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U of M-Dearborn Students Engineer New Autonomous Shuttle System
Evolving to stay relevant in the fast-changing Engineering world is a challenge faced by every institution of higher learning. In 2013, educators at the University of...
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Nickel-PTFE-Nanodiamond Coatings
Nanodiamond material specialist Carbodeon (Helsinki, Finland) has worked with metal finishing specialist CCT Plating (Stuttgart, Germany) to develop a new electroless nickel polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and...
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Pedestrian-Avoidance Using Smart Devices at Aug. 10 SAE SV Meetup
SAE’s informal “Innovations in Mobility” Silicon Valley meetup series continues on Aug. 10 with a presentation on advanced pedestrian avoidance using smart devices.
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IBM's AutoLAB Leverages Watson for Predictive, Personalized Vehicle Experience
As the automotive ecosystem becomes increasingly electronics-driven, software and technology companies are seeing the opportunity to leverage their own expertise...
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Dragonfly Study Yields Insight into Vehicle Autonomy
A predatory dragonfly’s ability to detect, track and anticipate the escape maneuvers of a juicy target may provide a link to making autonomous driving safer.
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Terabyte Data Storage by 2020 Will Drive Flash Usage
The amount of software and data used by more sophisticated digital systems is likely to surpass the capabilities of flash embedded on microcontrollers, forcing engineers to add discrete...
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Mahle Tests for 'Mega Knock' in Downsized Boosted Engines
Low Speed Pre Ignition (LSPI) is an abnormal combustion event with the potential to cause catastrophic damage to pistons and related components in downsized engines.
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Wave Spring Series
The Crest-to-Crest Wave Spring Series from Smalley (Lake Zurich, IL), which features the company’s C (imperial) and CM (metric) Series, has been expanded. Standard sizes are now available from stock down to 0.188 in and 5...
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Altair Enlighten Awards: 2017's Best Mass-Cutting Innovations
For the fifth consecutive summer in northern Michigan, the spotlight shone on vehicle mass-reduction innovations when Altair and the Center for Automotive Research (CAR)...
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SAE Granted Special Consultative Status with the United Nations
After a nearly 18-month process to gain Special Consultative Status with the United Nations (UN) as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), SAE International was formally...
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IP Battle Not Expected in PSA Takeover of GM Europe
The $2.3 billion purchase of General Motors Europe (GME: Opel and Vauxhall) by PSA Peugeot Citroën is moving rapidly to its completion. On 5 July 2017, EU antitrust authorities approved...
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Stoking the Creative, Innovative Engineer
A book for academia as well as practicing engineers who want to unlock their potential.
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Hacked!
In 2015 there was no such thing as a ransomware attack against a hospital. In 2016 there were 10 such attacks. The cyber criminals who penetrate and disable computer networks until users pay ransom, profit from vulnerable and easy...
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Next-Gen Driving Simulator Uses Formula One Motion Control
Williams Formula One experience is helping to close the gap between objective and subjective vehicle simulator testing, often a contentious area for vehicle development engineers.
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General Motors Cyber-Boss Cautiously Confident in GM’s, Industry Preparedness
In many business endeavors, a chief leadership function is cheerleading. And if your unit is doing particularly effective work, conventional corporate culture...
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Alfa Romeo Stelvio Gives Crossover Market a ‘Bravo’ Injection
One needn’t be a member of the racing Rosberg family to understand that crossovers typically aren’t all that wonderful to drive. Their bodies list disconcertingly if...
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Pedestrian Headforms
Used for pedestrian safety testing, Diversified Technical Systems’ (Seal Beach, CA) pedestrian headforms (which emulate a human head) embedded data acquisition solution are instrumented with a triaxial accelerometer and...
Articles Electronics & Computers
The Motorcycle's Balanced Future
Where do motorcycles and scooters—that now require the rider to take a totally active role in piloting the machine—fit into the looming autonomous-and-connected vehicle ecosystem? A recent visit to a...
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Printer Patent Ruling Could Impact Automated Vehicle Sales
Most of us (aside from some lawyers and activists) have become accustomed to simply clicking ‘OK’ or ‘Accept’ the first time we use a new device or piece of software. We...
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Non-Hybrid ICEs Begin Their Decline
Is the Electrification alarm being rung too early? Not if you’re truly looking over the horizon. While the still-evolving, highly robust and cost-effective internal combustion engine is not yet close to...
News Transportation
Mercedes-Benz Reveals Production Version of X-Class Pickup Truck
Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz luxury-vehicle unit this week unveiled the production version of its X-Class, the first pickup truck to wear the Mercedes-Benz star. The X-Class is a...
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Virtual Reality Is the New Reality for Automotive Engineering
The best way to understand how a new-developed vehicle and its parts will look, fit together and be built and serviced is through a full-scale prototype. Fashioning a prototype,...
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