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NAIAS 2017: Stinger gives Kia a fast, nimble sedan

2017-01-09

Kia's racy 2018 Stinger is the brand's first rear-drive and AWD sedan.

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Waymo’s end game: beat Conti, Delphi and Valeo in self-driving tech?

2017-01-09

CEO John Krafcik told the Automobili-D audience in Detroit that Waymo is building its own hardware suite with a fully top-to-bottom, full-stack approach. The classic auto industry vertical integration includes all vision sensors, radars and LiDAR, along with related “AI compute” artificial-intelligence platform.

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2018 Ford F-150 diesel aims to beat 30 mpg

2017-01-08

Combined with standard stop-start, the first-ever diesel powered F-150 will be shooting for an EPA fuel economy rating that exceeds 30 mpg—the Holy Grail for full-size trucks—when it enters production later this year as a 2018 model.

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Combating motion sickness in autonomous-driving simulators

2017-01-08

Motion sickness in autonomous vehicles is the new "elephant in the room," with engineers suffering during autonomous-driving simulator runs. Researchers are working to solve this nasty issue.

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Schaeffler surprises CES with 'bio-hybrid' minicar for urban use

2017-01-08

Schaffler Group engineers stepped 'out of the box' to develop a new type of e-vehicle aimed at transporting people and goods within the crowded cities of the future

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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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F-150 and Mustang hybrids part of Ford's global electrified vehicles plan

2017-01-06

Ford Motor Company plans to introduce hybrid versions of its iconic F-150 and Mustang in the U.S. by 2020, the company announced at a press conference at its Flat Rock, MI, Assembly Plant on January 3.

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Operator chair system

2017-01-06

The Merritt Synergy system from J.R. Merritt Controls is engineered for continuous use in a variety of machine and industrial cabin applications from cab-operated cranes and mining dredges to drills and maintenance-of-way equipment.

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CES 2017: Honda partners with VocalZoom to advance speech-recognition technology

2017-01-06

Using a startup company's "optical microphone" to augment conventional speech recognition, Honda intends to improve the efficacy of speech-recognition technology.

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Fully embedded CFD

2017-01-06

Mentor Graphics Corp. offers the only fully embedded computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solution for Solid Edge software, a mainstream computer-aided design (CAD) solution developed by Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business.

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Glowing aerodynamic add-ons could boost big-rig fuel economy by 7-10%

2017-01-06

Active flow control devices based on electric plasmas can smooth the turbulent wakes that sweep off the rear edges of truck trailers travelling at highway speeds.

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SAE Eye on Engineering Quick Take: CES

2017-01-05

One of the fastest growing and most important car-industry shows starts this week in Las Vegas and it doesn't even have the word 'automotive' in its title.

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Elastomers and thermoplastics portfolio

2017-01-05

Qultimax proprietary elastomers and thermoplastics portfolio developed by Minnesota Rubber and Plastics is suitable for application in custom-molded parts greater than 3 in (7.62 cm) in diameter that require durability, chemical resistance, or low coefficient of friction properties while maintaining quality and high precision.

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Faraday Future shows its first vehicle—the FF 91

2017-01-04

After teasing the media and consumers with a racecar concept at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, for the 2017 CES Faraday Future has launched the real thing.

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Follow the chemistry to better CFD combustion simulations

2017-01-04

For internal-combustion CFD to accurately predict real-world engine behavior, it must precisely account for real chemical kinetics, according to ANSYS' Bill Kulp.

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Hardware-in-the-loop simulator

2017-01-03

With the new SCALEXIO LabBox, dSPACE offers a compact high-performance system for hardware-in-the-loop tests.

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U.S. Air Force concludes redesigned TF33 component testing

2017-01-03

Engineers successfully completed verification and validation of new Pratt & Whitney TF33 engine components at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tennessee.

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1000-V SiC MOSFET

2017-01-03

The 1000-V silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET from Wolfspeed enables a reduction in overall system cost, while improving system efficiency and decreasing system size.

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Data acquisition and control system

2017-01-03

DynPro₂ from Taylor Dynamometer is a data acquisition and control system that provides one common platform for engine, vehicle and industrial component testing.

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CAD viewer module

2017-01-03

CoreTechnologie offers a new module that enables easy creation of animated explosion views for assemblies of all major CAD formats for its conversion software and the CAD viewer 3D_Analyzer.