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Next-generation LED drivers for front, rear lights

2014-08-01

Texas Instruments offers the automotive industry’s first two-channel switching LED driver for front lights and the only linear LED driver with single short LED detection for rear lights, according to the company.

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Simulating to track soot formations in diesel engines

2014-06-11

Reaction Design worked with a German premium automotive company to build cylinder-combustion simulations for a high-performance diesel engine with the goal of accurately and quickly predicting combustion performance and the effects of varied operating conditions on soot emissions.

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Ford's new 2.7-L EcoBoost V6 designed for lighter aluminum F-150

2014-07-25

Ford pickup customers have already embraced turbo V6 power in the current steel F-150. The all-new, smaller 2.7-L V6, packing 325 hp and 375 lb-ft, in a truck that is more than 700-lb lighter than the incumbent model, should find an equally willing audience.

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Honda's new 8-speed DCT uses a torque converter

2014-08-06

Torque multiplication in the smooth operating, torque converter-equipped DCT makes the 2015 Acura TLX quicker off the line than the previous TSX.

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First drive: Continental’s 2017 Augmented Reality-Head Up Display prototype

2014-07-14

Company engineers see their AR-HUD technology as the beginning of a new generation of more capable head-up display systems that will eventually help enable automated and autonomous vehicles.

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New effort launched for better vehicle-to-grid integration

2014-07-30

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Volkswagen Group of America names new EVP of Group Quality

2014-07-01

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SAE releases Mobility Engineering Professional Salary Study

2014-08-18

SAE International released its annual mobility engineering professional salary study, which is available online.

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Global EDI system designed for ERP

2014-07-11

Infor Automotive Exchange from Infor is an electronic data interchange (EDI) and release accounting system designed specifically for automotive tier suppliers.

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Cetim, Momentive develop composite crashbox concept

2014-08-01

Researchers aim to develop a composite crashbox suitable for 1000 parts/day production at low cost and adapted to current mass-market vehicle design. Various matrixes, preform types, and manufacturing processes have been evaluated by axial and 15° off-axis crash tests. Solutions for short-term development are proposed, with 66% weight reduction compared to current steel parts, and an estimated price of less than €5 per saved kg.

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Volkswagen's new Euro Passat switches to MQB matrix

2014-07-30

The eighth-generation model demonstrates further melding of computer and car technologies in a high volume product.

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EcoCAR 3 teams work to improve fuel economy, reduce emissions of Chevy Camaro

2014-07-09

Sixteen university teams from the U.S. and Canada will revamp a Chevrolet Camaro into an energy-efficient, eco-smart muscle car without compromise to the vehicle's performance, utility, and safety.

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Porsche expands Weissach R&D campus, consolidates electronics engineering

2014-07-20

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Testing Audi’s new e-booster reveals turbocharging's future

2014-08-04

VW/Audi is spinning rapidly into a new engine-boosting era with its electric compressor technology witht he help of a 48-V network.

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Competition winners react to attaining coveted F1 engineering roles

2014-07-23

Eric LaRoche, a recent graduate of the University of Maryland from Hamilton Square, NJ; and Jason Zide, a senior at USC from Laguna Beach, CA, along with William Priest from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, U.K., were selected as winners of the Infiniti Performance Engineering Academy, earning a year work placement with four-time Formula One World Champions Infiniti Red Bull Racing.

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Air Catcher headlamp feeds 2015 Challenger SRT's Hellcat V8

2014-08-04

One of the four headlamps on the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT has a hidden role as a cool air intake pathway for the supercharged 707 hp "Hellcat" Hemi V8.

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Nissan develops high-volume, fully recyclable composite liftgate

2014-07-14

Engineers from Nissan Technical Center NA detail the automaker's efforts to advance composite structural closures by developing and producing a high-volume, fully recyclable composite liftgate with low metal content, which debuted on the 2014 Rogue.

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ZF Friedrichshafen AG expands China, Asia-Pacific headquarters

2014-07-29

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Nvidia chipset to enable greater autonomy

2014-07-15

Powerful visual computing processors for dashboard displays are now taking on safety-critical driver-assistance functions.

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Cybersecurity gets input from students, others

2014-07-31

Finding ways to prevent cyber attacks on vehicles has the attention of the global automotive industry as well as a few high school and college students.