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The concept has a EA888 2.0-L four-cylinder pumped up to an astounding 420 hp.

The new mid-engine V10 model has enormous tire tracks to fill. It replaces the Gallardo, which, with 14,022 units produced over a decade, was far and away the most successful Lamborghini model in the company’s history.

Product Manager and former Formula One engineer Phil Harnett talks about the Wraith development program and vehicle highlights in conjunction with a test drive by Automotive Engineering magazine.

The technology organization has developed an innovative process to help reduce the cost of composite component use. Features normally added in a separate operation, such as clips and inserts for threaded fasteners, can now be molded directly onto the back of high-quality composite panels, producing a more cost-effective part than a conventional bonded assembly.

The modular, torque-dense motor revs to 15,000 rpm, weighs only 13 kg, features new-generation power control and offers ample systems-engineering and vehicle packaging opportunities.

A sophomore nabbed the top spot in a steel wheels competition focused on eye-appealing, lightweight-structure concept renderings from Lawrence Technological University design students. The 2014 competition required student designers to use the engineering results from the Steel Market Development Institute’s Lightweight Steel Wheel Project.

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.

Marilyn Vala, HMI Lead, LC/LA/LD/LX Program, Chrysler, and organizer of the “Mobility Issues for an Aging Population” technical session at SAE 2014 World Congress, has been researching the issue of an increasing aging population for the past 15 years and has a comprehensive understanding of the landscape and its challenges.

GM has revealed technical and development details of its all-new Modular Ecotec family of long-stroke 1.0- to 1.5-L three- and four-cylinder gasoline engines that the company expects will eventually power about 25% of the automaker’s global vehicle production in the A through C/D segments.

Ford is using a highly engineered lens with 16 precision optical surfaces and 80 facets in the upcoming 2015 F-150's headlamp to re-create as much as possible a daytime quality of light after the sun goes down. The automaker says no other light-duty pickup truck on the road today uses LED headlamps.

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. offers a new series of power MiniLEDs in ultra-compact surface-mount device packages.

J2601 and J2799 spell out pressure levels and other parameters for hydrogen fueling, helping pave the way for commercialization of fuel-cell vehicles.

With nearly 40 years of engineering experience, Doug Patton (SAE member, 1987) recounts career learnings nearly as fast as the minicomputer he used during his college days. "F = ma and Newton's other laws of motion haven't changed, but the things around engineering formulas have changed a lot," said Patton. "Just look at software and computers. When I was in college, we worked on a PDP-11. Now my cell phone probably has more processing power," said Doug Patton, Denso International America's Senior Vice President, Engineering Division. Engineers need to be ready to change the world and be changed by the world. And for a veteran engineer such as Patton, his career observations, work successes, and job challenges provide an insider's guide for young engineers ready to jump-start their careers. One of his top suggestions is to get involved with a team-orientated project.

SAE International has published a new book titled "Plastics Application Technology for Safe and Lightweight Automobiles."

Out of the nearly 1500 technical papers being presented this year at the SAE 2014 World Congress & Exhibition, about 200 of them will focus on materials, and from a wide range of angles. In all, there will be 38 technical sessions with an emphasis on materials.