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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will acquire Bombardier’s regional jet program

2019-06-26

Under the definitive agreement – signed at Le Bourget during the 53rd International Paris Air Show – MHI will acquire maintenance, support, refurbishment, marketing, and sales activities for all Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) family of aircraft.

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WWD - 2019 Hyundai Kona Ultimate AWD

2019-07-05

WWD - 2019 Hyundai Kona Ultimate AWD

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Department of Transportation asks for public input regarding relaxing AV regulations

2019-06-03

To better engage with developers of autonomous vehicles (AVs), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is looking to remove unnecessary regulation that could slow the testing and deployment of automated driving system (ADS) technology.

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SAE International’s next Meetup rounds up Altran Automotive and Motus Ventures to discuss validation of autonomous systems

2019-06-17

SAE International’s next Innovations in Mobility Meetup will be on June 18 at Prospect Silicon Valley (ProspectSV) in San Jose, California. It will cover automated vehicle test and validation – a particularly hot topic and unsettled domain.

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SAE International, Ford, General Motors, and Toyota form Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium

2019-04-04

SAE International is partnering with Ford, General Motors (GM), and Toyota to form the Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC), which will work to help safely advance the testing, precompetitive development, and deployment of SAE Level 4 and 5 automated vehicles. The AVSC will provide a safety framework around which autonomous technology can responsibly evolve in advance of broad deployment, ultimately helping to inform and accelerate the development of industry standards for autonomous vehicles (AVs) and harmonize with efforts of other consortia and standards bodies. 

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“The Grid” promises to be the most advanced electric propulsion laboratory in the aerospace industry

2019-04-08

Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (UTC), has laid out its plans for what is calling “The Grid” – an 25,000-square-foot advanced electric power systems laboratory for designing and testing next-generation, more-electric aircraft technologies for commercial, military, and business aviation.

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Goodfellow Corporation offers graphene variant produced through a new “metal-free” methane process

2019-04-11

Goodfellow’s process involves breaking methane gas – a very potent greenhouse gas – into hydrogen and elemental carbon atoms in a plasma reactor. The carbon atoms recombine into graphene sheets in the hydrogen atmosphere.

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Boeing flies a 737 Max 7 with MCAS software update

2019-04-04

Chicago-based Boeing recently completed a “demo flight” of a 737 MAX 7 narrow-body airliner equipped with updated Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) software.

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WCX 2019: IAMTS association will establish standardization and testing for connected vehicles

2019-04-10

The China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co., Ltd. (CATARC), TÜV SÜD Group, and Shanghai SH Intelligent Automotive and International Transportation Innovation Center (ITIC) have joined with SAE International to establish the International Alliance for Mobility Testing and Standardization (IAMTS).

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whitehat cybersecurity hackers vet vehicle systems

2019-04-09

whitehat cybersecurity hackers vehicle security

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MELD exploits plastic deformation of metals with non-melt additive manufacturing

2019-03-15

Winner of the 2018 “Create the Future” design contest, MELD Manufacturing believes its patented non-melt process can grow the use of additive manufacturing in the heavy-duty vehicle industry. MELD already has worked with large truck and defense armored-vehicle applications.

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Going DIGITAL & ELECTRIC @ bauma 2019

2019-04-08

Digitalization and electrification are dominant themes in the equipment and technology revealed at this year’s largest trade show for construction and mining.

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Bye Aerospace’s Sun Flyer is now the “eFlyer”

2019-04-11

“We originally thought solar cells would be standard on the airplane’s wings,” says George E. Bye, founder and CEO of Bye Aerospace Bye. “However, with eFlyer’s primary markets being flight training and air taxi services, it makes more sense to make the price of the airplane as reasonable as possible.”

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Validation can’t replace roadway tests

2019-04-10

Validation is necessary for certifying safety, but real-world tests are still necessary

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European Union approves mandatory vehicle speed-limiting feature

2019-04-02

European Union approves mandatory vehicle speed-limiting feature

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AV safety testing

2019-03-21

AV safety testing NCAP

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Automated Vehicle Safety series addresses design, testing, verification, and validation

2019-04-22

To better inform and equip mobility engineers dealing with these challenges, SAE International has released a new book series from Juan R. Pimentel that explores automated vehicle safety concepts and technologies.

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Bigger barrier to CBEVs: Batteries or infrastructure?

2019-04-02

Batteries have long been considered the main barrier to deployment of commercial battery-electric vehicles (CBEVs), but many industry insiders now believe charging infrastructure is a bigger impediment as battery costs continue to decline.

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New SAE International Meetup will Discuss Using Simulation, Datasets and Cloud Solutions to Validate Autonomous Vehicles

2019-03-19

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The AV “Money Race” is on

2019-04-10

Profits to come in Automated vehicles