Enthusiast-driving zealot and longtime auto-industry executive Bob Lutz said at WCX 2018 that automated driving will vastly enhance productivity and reduce traffic fatalities - but at the expense of driving pleasure and brand differentiation.
The key to engineering greatness is the willingness to take intelligent risks—both reputational and risks with the product, says one of the industry's greatest "product guys."
Boeing has successfully completed the first suite of synchronized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight tests using new onboard autonomous command and control technology developed by the company in Australia.
Over the years, the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Challenges in the U.S. have galvanized interest in autonomous cars, making them a real possibility in the mind of the public, but autonomous and unmanned vehicles have been increasingly employed in many roles on land, in the water, and in the air.
SAE International’s new book, Counterfeit Electronic Parts and Their Impact on Supply Chains, examines how counterfeit parts are negatively affecting the aviation, spacecraft, and defense sectors and what can be done about it.
SAE International offers a new book that provides an in-depth assessment of the most important technology, manufacturing, and supply chain aspects of the fast-paced world of electric motors.
Automotive Lightweighting Using Advanced High-Strength Steels from SAE International is intended to help design engineers make informed decisions on what basic materials to use and how to optimize them to achieve cost-effective weight reduction and, consequently, better fuel efficiency.
SAE International’s “Theory and Applications of Aerodynamics for Ground Vehicles” provides an introduction to ground vehicle aerodynamics and methodically guides the reader through the various aspects of the subject.
CAE Design and Failure Analysis of Automotive Composites, a new book from SAE International, offers 12 technical papers covering three main areas of expertise, including static loading, dynamic and impact loading, and blast loading of automotive composites.
The new book "Glass Engineering: Design Solutions for Automotive Applications" from SAE International uses a no-nonsense, step-by-step approach to examine the variables of automotive glass engineering.
SAE International’s 2015 Passenger Car and 2014 Concept Car Yearbook provides snapshots of the latest and greatest technologies introduced by the automotive industry in 2014 concept cars and 2015 new passenger cars.