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SAE Eye on Engineering Quick Take: Sensors on the Ford GT
2015-05-26
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Additive manufacturing startup added to Ford’s research roster
2015-07-14
Ford is jumping on the additive manufacturing bandwagon, teaming up with a startup that claims its 3D manufacturing system makes parts 25 to 100 times faster than conventional 3D printing systems. The automaker is using additive processes to make tooling and may eventually use them to make production parts.
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Controlling engines with virtual sensors
2015-06-09
To reduce cost and improve performance in engines, Honeywell is offering a software tool to embed virtual sensors in engines, using first-principles models that resides in the engine control unit.
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Ford focuses on cameras
2015-07-31
The company is beefing up its use of cameras and expanding their roles. Imagers can help drivers peer around corners and help back up trailers in addition to basic functions like lane keeping.
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Road-surface modeling aims to support autonomous driving
2015-06-09
New surface scanning technology is being utilized by rFpro to produce digital road models with unprecedented accuracy and speed to help make autonomous driving safer.
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The ‘Coming STEM Crisis’ is already here
2015-05-29
Professional engineers must do more to connect with youngsters if the problem of too few qualified technical workers in the United States is to be solved, SAE 2015 World Congress panelists agree.
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Your car is talking to the refrigerator
2017-01-08
Vehicles are becoming more closely linked to consumer electronics. Robert Bosch is hoping to leverage its leadership in vehicle and home electronics as mobility and the Internet of Things collide.
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Mitsubishi's U.S. teams more involved with vehicle development
2015-06-10
Mitsubishi's top North American product planner talks about the 2016 Outlander and why his team is getting more design and engineering responsibility going forward.
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Dual-core lockstep processors
2017-03-17
Synopsys, Inc.’s DesignWare ARC EM Safety Island IP dual-core lockstep processors simplify development of safety-critical applications and accelerate ISO 26262 certification of automotive system-on-chips (SoCs).
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Chicago auto show: Dodge puts 375-hp Hemi V8 in Durango SRT
2017-02-13
Leave it to FCA's SRT unit to say it's about time a three-row, soccer-shuttle SUV gets a 475-hp V8.
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Renault reveals Zoe EV racecar concept with 340-kW output.
2017-03-29
The Zoe EV e-sport uses a twin-motor propulsion system to reach 200 km/h in 10 s.
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Multidisciplinary design exploration
2014-03-10
CD-adpaco fills the design testing void with multidisciplinary design exploration (MDX), a methodology for automatically testing designs from early in the concept stage.
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Multi-layer fuel hose
2014-03-21
AGC Chemicals Americas Inc.’s new Sunbesta-ZV multi-layer fuel hose features a three-layer tubing system, making them highly resistant to temperature, chemicals, and fuels, and are free of oligomers, claims the company.
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Active seatbelt retractor
2014-03-27
TRW Automotive's second-generation active control retractor system (ACR2) has started production on the 2014 Cadillac CTS.
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GM’s diesel-emissions strategy for 95 g/km and beyond
2014-04-02
Engineering boss Pierpaolo Antonini noted several technology developments that will help maintain the diesel's viability in the face of increasingly stringent global emission regulations.
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Wide collaborations aim to advance the fuel-cell future
2017-03-21
Steady technology development and committed infrastructure investment combine to bring fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs) to the brink of mainstream applicability.
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The New Supplier Invasion
2017-03-17
The geographic and system expansion of the supply base includes an influx of China and India-based suppliers quietly setting up shop in North America – mainly in Mexico and the U.S.
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Ford sets tech-paper record as SAE boosts quality standard
2017-03-15
As SAE's tech paper review process has become more rigorous, the industry has responded with an increased number of manuscripts submitted over the last five years. For 2017 Ford engineers will have over 200 technical papers published—a record number from a single OEM.
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Stationary laboratory data acquisition system
2017-02-11
Diversified Technical Systems' (Seal Beach, CA) SLICE PRO LAB system offers the same electronics and flexibility as its crash-hardened SLICE PRO data acquisition modules, but in laboratory enclosures, making it suitable for a variety of static testing such as crash test dummy calibration.
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Visteon tests augmented reality HUD for Level 4 autonomy
2017-02-10
Engineers believe that an AR HUD is the fastest and most effective interface for informing drivers of what the vehicle's ADAS sensor array has detected as well as the optimum path to follow.
