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WCX17: 3M Enabling Machine Vision for Self-Driving Vehicles
3M is leveraging its 78-year history in lane markings and retroreflective traffic sign material to develop products for the automated driving environment.
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Overcoming the ‘CO2 Penalty’ of Autonomous Vehicles
What type of propulsion system will power the highly automated (SAE Level 4) and fully autonomous (SAE Level 5) vehicles of the future? Such systems will need to be more efficient than...
News Propulsion
EPA: Engine, Transmission Advances Make 2025 CAFE Regs Attainable, Affordable
Although the Trump Administration has indicated intent to roll back the ambitious light-vehicle fuel-economy standards initiated by President Obama in 2012—and...
Articles Transportation
Past as Prelude to the Future
Engineers who have done patent searches know there’s truth in the old saying: Few things are truly new under the sun. First hybrid-electric car? 1899. First autonomous car tests? 1920s. First car with a...
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Light-Curable Black Adhesive
DELO-DUALBOND GE4949 from DELO Adhesives (Sudbury, MA) is a black adhesive that is light-curable. The black-dyed, multi-purpose, modified acrylate can be used for bonding most metals, plastics and glass. Designed...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Refining Ride Quality at Lower Cost
Achieving product differentiation without adding significant cost is on the wish list of all automakers.
Road Ready Electronics & Computers
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....
Road Ready Propulsion
New Lexus LC Brings New Platform, Hybrid System
For Chief Engineer Koji Sato, the greatest engineering achievement on the 2018 Lexus LC is the coupe’s sharp and refined driving dynamics.
Technology Report Propulsion
The Upside of Downsizing: Senior Auto Executives Give Their Views
To downsize or not to downsize? That’s the engine-development question facing all OEMs. In an initial move to be seen to be more environmentally responsible, for many,...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Renault Reveals Zoe EV Racecar Concept with 340-KW Output.
“Everybody is investing in electric cars,” said Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn during the Geneva Motor Show. His company has more than 2000 engineers working on EV-related...
Articles Automotive
Road-Efficient Mud Machine
Replacing the decade-old Jeep Compass is the new-for-2017 Jeep Compass.
News Energy
Wide Collaborations Aim to Advance the Fuel-Cell Future
For a related perspective on this topic, see this accompanying story: Clarity of Purpose
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Magna Safety Systems Give Parents "Eyes in the Back of Their Heads"
If you ask most parents, they'll tell you an extra set of eyes would generally come in very handy—especially when driving. Magna International Inc. now provides parents...
News Propulsion
Clarity of Purpose
We expected some pop and sizzle–at least something vaguely adventurous—to mark the occasion of refueling Honda’s all-new 2017 Clarity Fuel Cell sedan with compressed hydrogen pumped in at a heady 10,153 psi (700...
Q&A Green Design & Manufacturing
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...
News Propulsion
Volvo Trucks Tests Hybrid Powertrain for Long-Haul Transport in Concept Truck
With improvements in aerodynamics, rolling resistance and reduced weight, Volvo Trucks has developed and enhanced the Volvo Concept Truck. First unveiled in 2016,...
News Aerospace
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.
News Propulsion
Proliferating Electrification and Performance
Ford's Vice President of Powertrain Engineering Bob Fascetti oversees one of the industry's most diverse propulsion-technology portfolios. He shared some thoughts with AE ahead of his April 6 WCX...
Supplier Eye Manufacturing & Prototyping
The New Supplier Invasion
Significant changes are underway within the North American light vehicle supply infrastructure.
News Connectivity
Experts Confront Cyber-Security Realities
Connected cars could be hacked by an intentional cyber swipe or compromised by an unintentional intrusion.
News Energy
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...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Connected Cars Unleash Supply Chain Change
The data-driven vehicle is re-shaping the supplier landscape.
News Connectivity
SAE J3061 Guidebook Helping to Frame Cybersecurity Policy
The U.S. EPA’s March 14 decision to reopen the Midterm Review of greenhouse-gas emissions standards is the latest policy issue with major technology implications facing the...
Product Briefs Software
Dual-Core Lockstep Processors
Synopsys, Inc.’s (Mountain View, CA) DesignWare ARC EM Safety Island IP dual-core lockstep processors simplify development of safety-critical applications and accelerate ISO 26262 certification of automotive...
Product Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Insert Molding
Proto Labs Inc. (Maple Plain, MN) now offers insert molding service, expanding on the company’s rapid injection molding offerings. The company claims this new capability can produce 25 to 10,000-plus insert-molded parts in 15...
Technology Report Manufacturing & Prototyping
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...
Articles Automotive
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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