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SAE Eye on Engineering Quick Take: Electrification is inescapable

2016-04-18

Of all the technology trends discussed at last week's SAE World Congress, one trend is clear: The automotive industry cannot meet global CO2 regulations without vehicle electrification

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2016 SAE Congress: Computers will amplify human creativity, says DARPA expert

2016-04-18

New manufacturing methods are at odds with the human mind's ability to envision innovative component shapes, but the computers could help fill the creative void.

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Mustang loses scoops, little else in transition to RHD

2016-04-17

“One Ford," the technological and commercial philosophy the company is energetically pursuing to minimize the need for market-specific vehicle modifications. The Mustang, now on sale in the U.K. and Europe, proves the system works.

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2016 SAE Congress: Engineering education gets industry boost

2016-04-14

Clemson University's Deep Orange program may be the new benchmark in industry-mentored collaborative engineering education.

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2016-04-14

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Caterpillar unveils new Stage V, Tier 4 Final industrial engine

2016-04-14

The 6-cylinder turbocharged Cat C9.3B engine delivers 18% more power and torque, and has a simplified and 30% smaller aftertreatment system. It will meet Stage V, Tier 4 Final, and below emissions standards.

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Wiring harnesses are opportunity for Augmented Reality

2016-04-14

Manufacturing and service teams are discovering ways to use AR technology to handle complex systems like wire harnesses.

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2016 SAE Congress: Is biomimicry in your design future?

2016-04-14

Animals, birds, and mammals are natural-born innovators that inspire vehicle engineers to create novel technologies.

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New open source software simplifies remote-access communications

2016-04-13

Genevi Alliance's new Remote Vehicle Interaction (RVI) software supports a range of communication protocols.

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Farthest-reaching articulating boom lift among new JLG products showcased at Bauma

2016-04-13

JLG Industries introduced several new products and services at Bauma 2016 in Munich, including the 1500AJP with a working envelope of more than 74,000 m³ (2.6 million ft³) of reachable space.

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2016 SAE Congress: Clemson University and Toyota unveil uBox concept

2016-04-13

A concept vehicle engineered by Clemson University graduate students features a curved glass roof with a multi-material support structure produced by a novel manufacturing technique.

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Cybersecurity experts confess their greatest worries

2016-04-13

What keeps you up at night? Cybersecurity experts at the SAE World Congress tell all.

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Nautilus claims radical advance in HCCI engine development

2016-04-13

Nautilus Engineering: novel new engine design solves longstanding HCCI engine-development hurdles.

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Perkins Syncro 2.8- and 3.6-L engines launched at Bauma 2016

2016-04-13

Perkins launched a new family of 4-cylinder, 2.8- and 3.6-L diesel engines that deliver 60 to 134 hp (45 to 100 kW). Citing modularity as a key element of this new engine platform, Ramin Younessi, President of Perkins, unveiled the Syncro 3.6-L engine in the company’s booth at Bauma 2016 in Munich.

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Data processing system for acoustics and vibration

2016-04-13

The nCode brand of durability, test, and analysis software by HBM introduces nCode VibeSys, a new data processing system designed to help acoustics and vibration engineers.

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Electric propulsion is now “inescapable”

2016-04-13

Though battery-powered vehicles haven’t yet met predicted sales levels, leading automakers are bullish about the future, saying that newer generation vehicles now provide features and prices that will attract buyers.

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V-CR, water injection, new EGR methods top SAE engines symposium

2016-04-11

Powertrain experts detailed the technologies they see as most promising to enable light-vehicle engines to meet global CO2 regulations through 2025, at the 2016 SAE High-Efficiency IC Engines Symposiumt. The list includes growing use of the Miller and Atkinson thermodynamic cycles, cooled EGR, and water injection, as well as variable compression ratio systems, dedicated EGR, and divided exhaust boosting.

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SAE Eye on Engineering Quick Take: SAE World Congress

2016-04-11

This week over 10 thousand automotive engineers and scientists from around the world descend upon Detroit's Cobo Center for the annual SAE World Congress.

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Digital dummies in virtual collisions augment traditional crash tests

2016-04-11

Automakers are increasingly employing digital crash test dummies made of zeroes and ones to take the big hits in virtual vehicles.

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DSD, Solvay 'sink their teeth' into plastic transmission advances

2016-04-10

The two European companies are collaborating in a study to achieve solutions that could herald a much wider role for plastic composites across transmission applications, including housings and gear teeth.