In a continuing effort to create efficiencies for its customers, FEV Inc., announced that it will show a portable hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) unit for system-level powertrain component testing at the SAE World Congress, April 16 – 18 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, MI. The FEV-developed MicroHiL system is believed to be the first portable HIL […]
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The French organization ADEME introduces three major projects, winners of the Call for Expressions of Interest (AMI) “Weight reduction, Aerodynamics, Vehicle Architecture”, which it launched and managed on behalf of the State under the Investment Program for the Future (PIA). These projects focus on reducing the weight of road vehicles and thereby contribute to reducing
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Engineers worked to identify the vehicle attributes needed to maximize ATS’s driving character by making the most of sight lines. New visibility metrics developed from customer clinics in the United States and Germany consider exterior mirror and A-pillar area size, seat height, forward vision distance, side vision distance, and intrusive objects in windows such as
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Professor of the Tyumen State Oil and Gas University and corresponding member of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ivan Nesterov have created a new type of fuel, according to the website of the university.[image_frame style=”framed_shadow” align=”right” alt=”Ivan Nesterov” title=”Ivan Nesterov” height=”250″ width=”200″]https://www.car-engineer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ivan-nesterov.jpg[/image_frame] As a result of laboratory tests, Tyumen scientists have found that a solid fuel
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As Volkswagen did with its MQB or Volvo with the SPA, the French group PSA presented its own vehicle modular platform called EMP2. It stands for Efficient Modular Platform 2. It is presented in the video below: [youtube url=”http://youtu.be/h4Xqa1_wIu0″ fs=”1″ rel=”0″ showinfo=”0″] Source: PSA
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