January 2013

TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS CORP. EURO NCAP

Electronics evolution from TRW standpoint

With continued pressure from legislators and consumer bodies to increase the fitment of active safety systems, TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. expects several notable trends to develop in the electronics field including: Crash avoidance technologies to become mainstream Focus on affordable radar and camera systems Increased demand for open architecture systems Peter Lake, executive vice president, […]

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Automotive mechatronics chair

An “Automotive Mechatronics” chair created by Faurecia, Supélec and ESIGELEC

Faurecia, the world’s sixth-largest automotive equipment supplier, recently signed a five-year partnership agreement with leading French engineering schools Supélec and ESIGELEC to create a new chair in Automotive Mechatronics. The new chair, which will promote research, teaching and knowledge-sharing, is set up with the objective of creating a center of expertise for training engineers and

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Suspension PickUp Points

How suspension kinematics can improve performance

To make a car go faster around a track, there are a couple of things we can do that generally will improve lap times. We can, lower weight, increase engine power, increase downforce, reduce drag, increase tire grip. Unfortunately all these changes typically come with downsides, for example: Lower weight – decreased durability, more expensive

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Permanently Engaged Starter

Stop and Start system for Automatic transmissions

Drawing on energy only when needed is one of the obvious approaches to optimizing drive trains equipped with internal combustion engines. Accordingly, engine start-stop (ESS) systems are on the brink of implementation across a range of modern vehicles being produced for all of the world’s key markets. The increasingly stringent Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)

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OpelCorsaOPC

Introduction to car suspensions

The suspension of a car is a device for guiding the wheel kinematically relative to the chassis. It also contributes to other functions such as steering or braking. The main objectives of the suspension are: to support vehicle weight in all driving conditions, to optimize the tire contact with the ground, to maintain the wheel

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