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Transportation

EcoCAR 3 Teams Work to Improve Fuel Economy, Reduce Emissions of Chevy Camaro

Sixteen university teams from the U.S. and Canada will transform a Chevrolet Camaro into an energy-efficient, eco-smart muscle car without compromise to the...

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Energy

Lead-Acid Rules as Forklift Battery, but Alternatives Pursued

When it comes to electrification, forklifts are both ahead of the car market and behind it, and they are likely to stay that way for the near future.

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Defense

Saab Developing New Methods for Optimizing Flight Efficiency

The NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI) awarded Saab a cooperative agreement to prototype and test a new tool for the optimization of air traffic across multiple phases of...

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Automotive

EPA-OTAQ Chief on GHG Mandate: ‘Things Look Really Good’

The most encouraging aspect of the U.S. federal government’s mandates on fuel economy and greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions is that “customers are buying more fuel efficiency...

Technical Innovation

Energy

Improving Lignocellulosic Biofuel Biorefining

When making cellulosic ethanol from plants, one problem is what to do with a woody agricultural waste product called lignin. New research from scientists at Georgia Institute of Technology,...

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Energy

New Power Steering Concept Uses Variable Displacement Pump

Modern on-highway vehicles have been making steady strides when it comes to employing technological advances featuring active safety systems. However, off-highway machines are...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Vehicles Nab Ultra-High Mpg at 35th Annual SAE Supermileage

U.S. consumers were still reeling from the 1970s oil embargo that caused gasoline prices to soar when the top SAE Supermileage team fielded a car that snared 558 mpg at the...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

GMZ Energy Demos Device for Waste-Heat Recapture

GMZ Energy has announced the successful demonstration of a high-temperature thermoelectric generation (TEG) unit designed for automotive (civilian and military) waste-heat recapture. In the...

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Propulsion

Making the Most of a Clutch Situation at Formula SAE

Rookie Formula SAE Michigan participant Matt Kramer designed a mechanically automated clutch that won Altair Engineering’s first place award for most innovative design at the 2014...

Technology Report

Automotive

Novel Nanocatalysts for Fuel Cells

One of the biggest obstacles to widespread adoption of clean hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars and trucks is the high price and rarity of the platinum and platinum-family catalysts that the stacks need to...

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Energy

Mazda Reaches out to High Schoolers for STEM

The engineering and race professionals from Mazda presented the nuances of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to a group of high school-age students May 27 at Martin Luther King...

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Energy

NASA Tests Alternative Jet Engine Fuels

For the second time in as many years, NASA researchers are using a DC-8 and other aircraft to study the effects on emissions and contrail formation of burning alternative fuels in jet engines. The...

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Energy

Dual-Use Heater Core Contributes to Better Vehicle Fuel Economy

Imagine a vehicle towing a 3000-lb (1360-kg) trailer up a 6% grade on a 110°F (43°C) day. This scenario describes less than 1% of driving time, but 100% of vehicles have...

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Energy

Advanced Engineered Material Technologies for a Challenging Environment

This is a time of both great challenge and great opportunity in the transportation industry. In February, President Obama directed the U.S. Environmental Protection...

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Design

Driving Good Dynamics

Dave Rollett, Vehicle Dynamics Team Leader at motorsport and engineering consultancy Prodrive, is forthright in his views about car buyers: “Most do not know what good dynamics feel like, yet they form strong...

Product Briefs

Transportation

Delphi and Westport Team on Next-Gen Injectors for Natural Gas Engines

Previously having been strictly a contract manufacturer for Westport Innovations, Delphi Automotive under a new agreement will co-develop with Westport new high-pressure...

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Automotive

MY2012 Was Record-Breaking for Fuel Economy and CO2 Emissions

Average MY2012 vehicle CO2 emissions fell by 22 g/mi from MY2011, with a corresponding improvement in fuel economy, according to a new report by the U.S. EPA. The figures of 376...

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Materials

Aircraft Engine Coating Could Triple Service Life and Save Fuel

Researchers at University West in Sweden are using nanoparticles in the heat-insulating surface layer that protects aircraft engines from heat. In tests, this increased the service...

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Propulsion

Engine Start Module

Maxwell Technologies expands the ultracapacitor-based Engine Start Module (ESM) product line from class 7 and 8 heavy-duty diesel to class 3 through 6 medium-duty trucks. The ESM ULTRA 31/900 offers 900-A cold cranking or a...

Product Briefs

Propulsion

Mobile Generators

Kohler Power Systems’ line of mobile generators offer increased power output and customization options. The line includes 11 diesel gensets ranging from 35 to 680 kVA and four liquid-propane gensets from 30 to 125 kVA. The...

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Power

Rammer Engine

The GXR120 general-purpose engine from Honda was designed as a source of power for rammers, or for equipment used to compact soil or other granular material. Offered as a second power option to the GX100 engine, the GXR120...

Product Briefs

Energy

Inverted Driveshaft

GKN Land Systems offers the Synergy 5C-10C inverted slip design driveshaft range for construction and mining. The range was developed by linking GKN off-highway technologies from the Mechanics Series U-Joints range with...

Product Briefs

Energy

Curve Gasket

The Curve Gasket elastomeric static seal from Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies supports the powertrain design trend for lightweight components. With greater stability, lower reaction forces, and wider compression ranges, the...

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Propulsion

Hose Assemblies

ContiTech Fluid Technology develops and manufactures high-performance hose assemblies and selective catalytic reduction lines for construction industry applications from fuel supply to exhaust gas management and...

Product Briefs

Power

HEV Drivetrain System

Oerlikon Fairfield offers a complete hybrid-electric drivetrain technology system with energy recovery from engine to wheel. Components of the system include an engine-driven generator to produce electrical power; an...

Product Briefs

Power

Tier 4 Industrial Engines

Caterpillar's U.S. Tier 4 Final, E.U. Stage IIIB, and Stage IV engines range from 4.1 kW (5.5 hp) to more than 895 kW (1200 hp), and meet industry expectations for reliability, performance, fuel and fluid efficiency,...

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Energy

Engine Cooling Package

Horton's Modulator LCV40 fully variable fan drive and WindMaster plastic LS11 fan that were previewed at ConExpo consist of an engine cooling solution that delivers optimized efficiency and cooling in a wide variety of...

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Software

The Complexity of Vehicle Connectivity

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Regulations/Standards

Fuel Economy and More Sway Vehicle Buyers

A change in fuel requirements could help automakers achieve another efficiency gain.