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Bridging the automotive/consumer electronics product cycle gap

2016-09-29

As vehicle owners begin to move seamlessly between homes, offices, and vehicles, the auto supply chain must focus on how to adopt rapidly changing consumer technologies.

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SAE Eye on Engineering Quick Take: The Ethics of Robot Cars

2016-09-29

As self-driving "robot" vehicles begin to enter the roadways in a few years, the technology's ethical issues are being discussed.

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Aero-slick Land Rover Discovery sheds 1,058 lb, gains features

2016-09-29

Land Rover shifts to an aluminum-intensive body-in-white for its all-new Disco, which also benefits from an aggressive aerodynamic program to trim Cd to .33.

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KBB Survey: Most consumers would accept SAE Level 4 autonomy, but think safety diminishes

2016-09-28

A nationwide survey about vehicle autonomy indicates younger people better understand and trust the technology, while given the choice among the six SAE levels of autonomous driving, SAE Level 4 is the "sweet spot."

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Rapid overmolding process

2016-09-28

Proto Labs has expanded its rapid injection molding offerings with the launch of its new overmolding process.

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Eaton demonstrates waste heat recovery, variable valve actuation for HD diesels

2016-09-27

The supplier revealed a range of waste heat recovery technologies for heavy-duty diesel engines at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover, Germany, as well as variable valve timing systems, highlighting their potential to reduce fuel consumption and help reduce emissions.

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PPG primes second location for new aerospace e-coat pilot system

2016-09-27

The SAE AMS3144-qualified Aerocron primer is chrome-free and water-based, and it reduces emissions as well as waste-treatment requirement, according to PPG.

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SAE and TARDEC create new military-tech consortium

2016-09-26

The new organization, DATC, is aimed at reducing the time and cost of vehicle-technology transfer while minimizing the bureaucracy and risks typically associated with government contract awards.

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Tech-heavy Iveco Z Truck concept spawns 29 patents

2016-09-22

Iveco debuted its world premiere Z Truck concept at IAA Commercial Vehicles in Hanover, Germany, revealing an array of technologies including a next-gen LNG engine, waste heat recovery, automated driving and enhanced aerodynamics.

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New Valeo clutch disc a 'downspeeding enabler'

2016-09-22

Engineers at Valeo have developed a high torque, low stiffness (HTLS) clutch disc for heavy trucks and buses that increases damping performance by 40% and allows a reduction of engine speed by up to 200 rpm.

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SAE Eye on Engineering Quick Take: GM Super Cruise eye scanning

2016-09-22

GM has taken a lesson from Tesla's Autopilot driver engagement problems and its new Super Cruise driving system will be different.

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A how-to for car hackers

2016-09-22

The automotive cyber wars are just getting started. Regardless of what side of the battle you’re on, there are valuable insights into the other guy’s strategies and tactics in an excellent new book, The Car Hacker's Handbook .

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Connected car, autonomy disruptions to ripple through supply chain

2016-09-21

An expert panel at SAE Convergence noted that many factors are making the next few years one of most disruptive eras the automotive industry has ever seen--with dynamics that will reverberate throughout the supply chain.

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SAE 2016 Convergence: Touch screens, speech, HUD the likely future of in-car interface

2016-09-21

Expect vehicle interiors to get advanced touch screens and more HUDs, as IHS Automotive says customers seek a user interface that not only simplifies but just plain works.

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U.S. DoT chooses SAE J3016 for vehicle-autonomy policy guidance

2016-09-20

The DoT's policy guidance released Sept. 20 on the testing and deployment of automated vehicles validates SAE International's J3016 standard as the global industry reference for defining the six levels of automated/autonomous driving

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SAE Eye on Engineering Quick Take: Case's Driverless Farm Tractor

2016-09-20

Highways aren't the only place for automated driving.

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Debating government's role in V2X

2016-09-20

While OEMs wait for NHTSA's V2X mandate they are discussing whether broad usage can be achieved without regulations.

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SAE Convergence 2016: Automakers, suppliers firm that autonomous driving not decades away

2016-09-19

The debate seems settled about when self-driving vehicles are coming: bet on sooner. But the industry is also debating whether to skip SAE Level 3 entirely and move directly to Level 4 autonomy.

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SAE Battery Standards committees prepare for next-gen chemistries

2016-09-19

SAE has teams of engineers working on standards specific to next-gen battery chemistries to be ready when the technologies hit the market.

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In search of higher-energy-content batteries

2016-09-18

As the auto industry develops higher-performance battery components aimed at increasing the range of electric vehicles, current advanced batteries are edging closer to the end of their electrified vehicle lifespan.