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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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SAE Eye on Engineering Quick Take: CES

2017-01-04

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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SBIR to paint it black, secures exclusive Vantablack rights

2017-01-27

Exclusive rights to the use of ultra-black Vantablack S-VIS surface coating in blackbody calibration sources has been agreed between Surrey NanoSystems and Santa Barbara Infrared (SBIR).

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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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CES 2017: Automotive suppliers eclipsing OEMs in advanced tech

2017-01-03

Development of advanced automotive technologies is increasingly being driven by suppliers, rather than OEMs. And megadeals worth at least $500 million that are behind a growing number of next-gen technologies may reach the highest level since before the Great Recession. That’s the view from Las Vegas, as the 2017 CES (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show) opens to over 160,000 attendees.

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Graphene advances may lead to improved data transmission, storage

2017-01-03

NRL scientists have demonstrated metallic spin filtering at room temperature using ferromagnet-graphene-ferromagnet thin film junction devices.

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Your car is talking to the refrigerator

2017-01-07

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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Electric drive module

2017-01-09

GKN Driveline’s complete electric-drive system for plug-in hybrid vehicles will help automakers more easily incorporate eDrive systems into their vehicle lines and eliminates the integration of individual components from multiple suppliers.

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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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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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2018 Ford F-150 diesel aims to beat 30 mpg

2017-01-07

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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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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Polymeric lead-free bearings

2017-01-03

The new lead-free bearing system from Mahle Engine Components combines highly engineered polymeric coatings with robust lead-free bearing linings for heavy-duty truck engines.

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

2017-01-05

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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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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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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NHTSA’s V2V rollout plan gets support, questions

2016-12-23

After years of promoting V2V communications, the NHTSA appears poised to mandate the safety technology. But there's industry concern about security issues and competition from 5G cellular links.

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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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NAIAS 2017: Stinger gives Kia a fast, nimble sedan

2017-01-08

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

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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.