9 and 10 speed automatic transmissions to be developed by Ford and GM

Automatic transmissions, News transmission, News_Technologie, Technology, Transmissions

Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation have signed an agreement under which both companies will jointly develop an all-new generation of advanced-technology 9- and 10-speed automatic transmissions for cars, crossovers, SUVs and trucks. The new transmissions, to be built in both front- and rear-wheel-drive variants, will improve vehicle performance and increase fuel economy. [image_frame […]

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Audi and Skoda active lane assist system

Active safety, Featured articles, Safety, Safety features, Technology, Technology features

Audi’s Active Lane Assist is a system intended to help the driver stay within the intended lane of travel. At speeds above 65km/h, a camera mounted by the rear view mirror at the top of the windscreen detects lane marking ahead of the vehicle. Information from the camera is combined with data about the car’s

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Magnetic valve actuator

Another camless system presented by LaunchPoint Technologies

Air and fuel supply, Engine, News_engine, News_Technologie, Technology

LaunchPoint Technologies is completing Phase II of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design and test an electromechanical valve actuator. The technology (which is similar to the one presented by Cargine recently) enables reliable and cost-effective variable valve timing in camless internal combustion engines. According to Brian Paden,

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SKF-Insight ball bearing

SKF innovates with intelligent wireless bearing technology

Engine, Engine materials, News_engine, News_Technologie, Technology

SKF launches SKF Insight™, an innovation in intelligent wireless technologies that are integrated into SKF bearings. SKF developments in various smart technologies now enable bearings to communicate their operating conditions continuously, with internally powered sensors and data acquisition electronics. “These innovations are set to revolutionize condition monitoring for bearings, especially in critical machinery and technically

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i-ART injection technology for diesel engines

I-ART Volvo injection technology in the new VEA engine platform

Air and fuel supply, Engine, News_engine, News_Technologie, Technology

Volvo Car Group’s new engine family VEA (Volvo Engine Architecture) will be launched this autumn with world-first i-ART technology that helps to cut fuel consumption in the new diesel engines. By featuring pressure feedback from each fuel injector instead of using a traditional single pressure sensor in the common rail, i-ART makes it possible to continuously

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