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Motor Driver ICs

Toshiba America Electronic Components (San Jose, CA) offers four motor driver ICs, ranging from precision stepper motor drivers to sensorless brushless DC motor drivers. The TB67S269FTG bipolar stepping motor driver has a...

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Transportation

2015 Mondeo Launch Shows Flexibility, Challenges of One Ford Strategy

As Ford's Engineering Launch Manager for the 2015 Mondeo, Mike Rogers played a key role in guiding its arrival into Europe. The complex task for Rogers and his team...

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Electronics & Computers

Ford's Sync 3 Is on the Way

Connected-car technology is moving so fast and in so many places, that it's not surprising to see features appearing almost out of phase with overall improvements in architecture. Sync, the Ford system that...

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Propulsion

KSPG Automotive Is on the Fast Track Globally

KSPG Automotive is tallying up impressive sales around the globe, but keeping pace with the galloping growth requires both product and people.

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Transportation

2015 Chrysler 300 Gets Upgrades

A mid-cycle refreshening for the Chrysler 300 that debuted in the 2011MY adds driver-assist technologies, more tuning options for the sport model, and the nameplate’s first pairing of a V8 engine with an...

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Electronics & Computers

Cybersecurity for Robot Cars

Users of the first Microsoft Windows personal computers feared the somber glow of the “Blue Screen of Death,” the infamous stop screen that signaled a fatal system crash. But what if your computer is driving...

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Design

Taking Hydraulics and Weight out of Active Aerodynamics

Hydraulics out, electric in, is the philosophy of automotive design and development specialist MarchantCain. The company, which developed the underbody diffuser for the hybrid...

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Electronics & Computers

Tech Mahindra Launches Aftermarket Platform for Predictive Maintenance

Tech Mahindra Ltd. recently launched its Automotive Aftermarket Suite, which enables the company to offer solutions in telematics and sensor-based predictive maintenance for thousands of cars on the road worldwide. Tech Mahindra plans to provide this scalable solution as a...

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Software

Infiniti Q60 Concept Previews Next Coupe

Infiniti revealed its styling targets for its next-generation sports coupe when it pulled the cover off the Q60 Concept in Detroit at the 2015 North American International Auto Show, revealing a...

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Power

High-Performance Otto-To-Atkinson V8 Edition of Lexus GS Introduced at NAIAS

Lexus continued on its path to a high-tech performance car image from its long-held soft-luxury reputation, with the introduction at the North American...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Shelby Cobra Puts Sporty Face on 3-D Printing Technology

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) put a very pretty and sporty face on its 3-D printing technology at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, showing off a...

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Transportation

Maruti Suzuki Refines Swift Engine for 10% FE Gain

Maruti Suzuki’s recent refresh of the Swift resulted in a 10% improvement in the car’s fuel efficiency, owing largely to powertrain refinements. With a certified fuel efficiency of 25.2...

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Automotive

SAE Eye on Engineering Quick Take: NAIAS Begins

Monday, January 12th marked the beginning of the 2015 North American International Auto Show, and media from all over the world were at Detroit's Cobo Hall. In this episode of SAE Eye on...

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Aerospace

2016 Toyota Tacoma Debuts at 2015 NAIAS

It’s been 10 years since an all-new Toyota Tacoma launched in the North American market.

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Energy

Johnson Controls Unveils New Start-Stop Battery System

An advanced start-stop system using two different battery chemistries is now in the prototype phase, Johnson Controls officials announced during media days at the 2015 North American International Auto Show.

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Automotive

Nissan Arms Its 2016 Titan with Diesel V8, HD Capability

Nissan officials admit it took a grueling 10-year development program to launch their second-generation Titan, but those waiting for the new truck simply groan and call it “late.”...

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Automotive

Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron Swells VW’s Plug-In Hybrid Choices

“For Audi, the A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid marks another important step towards sustainable individual mobility,” said Audi Head of Sales, Wayne Griffiths. But it is...

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Power

Most Powerful Production Mini Shows in Detroit

When the first BMC Mini was introduced in 1959, its power output was 25 kW () from a very modest 848 cm³ engine that could eventually take it to 100 km/h (62 mph) in about 26 s and on to a top...

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Transportation

Book Offers Engineering Trends of 2014 Concept Cars, 2015 New Passenger Cars

SAE International’s "2015 Passenger Car and 2014 Concept Car Yearbook" provides snapshots of the latest and greatest technologies introduced by the automotive...

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Automotive

Mercedes-Benz Debuts 'Car of the Future' at CES

Designed around the future luxuries of space, time, and privacy, the Mercedes-Benz F 015 “Luxury in Motion” concept car had its world premiere Monday night at the 2015 International CES.

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Toyota Announces Access to Fuel-Cell Patents at CES

Physicist and futurist Dr. Michio Kaku opened the Toyota press conference at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) proclaiming the dawn of a new age of hydrogen.

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Materials

3M, GM Collaborate on Aftermarket Adhesive for Multi-Material Structures

According to Dan Wittek, Technical Service Supervisor at 3M, aluminum vehicle bodies are not all that complicated to repair, reminding that “trucks have been made...

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Connectivity

SAE Committee Busy Developing Standards to Confront the Cybersecurity Threat

Several cybersecurity-related standards are being developed under SAE International's Global Ground Vehicle Standards group’s Vehicle Electrical System Security...

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Materials

Hard to Answer

Human-machine interfaces (HMIs) are quickly evolving as smartphones and apps enter vehicles. Developers are allowing multiple ways for drivers to interact with apps and phones, knowing that a well-designed HMI can be a...

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Unmanned Systems

Ford Aims for New 'Halo' Products and More Female Engineers, Says COO Barb Samardzich

Ford has a lot riding on the new Mustang. It isn’t just another Ford model; it is a statement of capability and international intent, and no one...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Chinese Automakers Focus on 'Internet Mind-Set'

China’s automakers are gearing up to take advantage of smartphones and Internet services as they attempt to match the connectivity capabilities of their international competitors. Expanding...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

New OGeco Hybrid Transmission Is a Space-Saver

Space fiction has become part of some auto companies’ description of hybrids. Finding space for an electric motor, battery and all the controls that go with them while still providing...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

No 'Shaky Start' for Opel/Vauxhall’s New Corsa Triple

Thorsten Kniesa likes a quiet life, and as a senior member of the team that created Opel Group’s (Opel and Vauxhall) three-cylinder Ecotec gasoline engine, he has helped ensure that...

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