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Audi 'springs' material surprises on A6 model

2014-10-29

Making the most of new materials is the aim of every automaker: Audi is among those demonstrating how it can be done—for example, by employing glass-fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) springs on its A6 Avant.

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Novelis opens aluminum sheet plant in China

2014-10-21

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Perkins tames complexity

2014-10-20

Meeting the cleanest emissions regulations ever with the phase-in of the Tier 4 Final and Stage IV imposed a new way to design and calibrate off-highway engines.

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No 'shaky start' for Opel/Vauxhall’s new Corsa triple

2014-12-03

Thorsten Kniesa likes a quiet life, and as a senior member of the team that created Opel Group’s (Opel and Vauxhall) three-cylinder Ecotec gasoline engine, he has helped ensure that buyers of the just launched Corsa hatchback can also have one.

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Automotive technology handbook

2014-10-01

Published by SAE International, The Evolution of Automotive Technology: A Handbook covers 125 years of the automobile—conceived as a cultural history of its technology.

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Rotary transformer coupled torque sensors

2014-09-30

The Model T261 series rotary transformer coupled torque sensors from SensorData Technologies meet the demanding in-line testing requirements of small motors, pumps, compressors, turbines, fans, and other fractional horsepower rated devices.

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2015 Mustang's glovebox-integrated knee airbag, other plastics innovations recognized by SPE

2014-11-13

A Ford safety application took the grand prize at the 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive Innovation Awards gala on November 12 in Livonia, MI.

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Continental looks to eHorizon for fully automated vehicles

2014-09-26

With its Connected eHorizon, Continental presented at IAA Commercial Vehicles in Hannover what it believes is one of the key elements on the way to fully automated vehicles. This “networked electronic horizon” uses navigation data more effectively by deploying crowdsourcing technology to extend the underlying topographic maps with information from the sensors of other road users.

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GM unveils more efficient 2016 Volt powertrain

2014-10-29

Major changes to the car’s battery, Voltec electric drive system, and gasoline-engine generator—all are essentially new—are expected to increase its overall driving range and energy use by up to 12% compared with the current Volt.

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Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide power, propulsion for 2020 Mars rover mission

2014-10-25

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WABCO introduces new compressors

2014-10-08

Among the new products WABCO displayed at the IAA Hanover CV Show was an electrically driven compressor for heavy duty air-braking systems and a new energy saving engine driven compressor.

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Lexus tops Consumer Reports' reliability survey

2014-10-28

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Chrysler makes personnel moves

2014-10-08

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Divine concept hints at DS brand future

2014-10-10

The evolution of the DS into a brand separate from Citroën was marked at the 2014 Paris Motor Show by the Divine DS concept, a four-door compact sedan of about the same length as the DS4 at 4.21 m (13.8 ft) long. The Divine DS is designed to show what customers can expect of DS from now on.

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Volvo "triple boost" engine uses twin turbos plus e-compressor

2014-10-23

Volvo's new 2.0-L development engine has a bi-turbo configuration, supported by the inclusion of an electric compressor in the loop. Power output is 331 kW.

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Security issues are quickly becoming a central aspect of vehicle design

2014-10-24

Connectivity brings many benefits for vehicle owners, but it creates many challenges for engineers. Security is perhaps the most difficult since stopping hackers is an ongoing task.

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U.S., India to collaborate on Mars exploration, Earth-observing mission

2014-10-23

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SAE comes out with "green racing" protocols

2014-10-29

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Elbit Systems takes to the skies to demonstrate SkyVis

2014-09-30

SkyVis provides helicopter pilots with a conformal “head out” view, displaying flight, vehicle, and navigation symbology for day and night operation, in limited weather conditions.

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Airbus has its eye on the future of cleaner flight

2014-10-02

With its European base and global presence, it would only make sense that Airbus would take a leading role in the EU’s CleanSky 2, a joint technology initiative that is the follow-up to the CleanSky aerospace research program.