June 2013

Aucotec wiring harness developpment

Mechatronic Integration for Wiring Harness Development and Manufacturing

After acquiring the Harness Integration Manager (HIM) from the Engineering Center Steyr (Magna group), Aucotec AG goes yet one step further for more consistency in the harness design process of the automotive, aerospace, and the transportation industry. In cooperation with Intec Industrie-Technik GmbH & Co. KG, Aucotec developed a link of its harness design system […]

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Camcon’s Valve Actuation system

A “valve-by-wire” technology for a full valve actuation control

Novel system combines proven mechanical hardware with high-speed electronics to provide independent control of valve lift, timing and period for all engine speed and load conditions. Camcon Automotive, a British developer of precision actuation systems, believes it is about to bring engine valve control into the digital age with a technology step as dramatic as

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A Renault Trucks serial hybrid truck under testing with Norbert Dentressangle

Renault Trucks is experimenting with Norbert Dentressangle an electric truck with range extender. This 16-tons vehicle, developed on a Midlum chassis ensures 60-kilometer missions in 100% electric mode while having a total range of more than 400 kilometers. The vehicle will be tested from June 2013 to January 2014 in the Paris region on behalf of ThyssenKrupp Materials

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Toyota smart center big data

Toyota presents new global telematics solutions based on Big Data

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces the development and upcoming launch in Japan of the “Big Data Traffic Information Service”, a new kind of traffic-information service utilizing big data including vehicle locations and speeds, road conditions, and other parameters collected and stored via telematics services. Based on such data, traffic information, statistics and other related information

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MTA numerical dashboard in LaFerrari

An innovative numerical dashboard in the LaFerrari

For the new limited special series LaFerrari, which was presented at the Geneva Motor Show, Ferrari has chosen MTA as a provider of innovative and reconfigurable digital instrument panel. The dashboard has a wide TFT screen of 12.3″, which required the use of two powerful microprocessors. The first for compiling information from the car itself,

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