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2014 MDX re-engineered to pass IIHS test, reduce NVH |
07/06/2013
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| Its new platform has a redesigned bumper beam that ties in to frame rail and body side stiffener ring for front doors to enable the heaviest Acura to pass IIHS small overlap barrier crash test. Major improvements in body sealing, structural changes, and new suspension and subframes are incorporated
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Composites simulation can accelerate acceptance |
21/02/2013
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| David Mason, Vice President of Global Automotive for Altair Engineering, discusses how modeling and FE analysis tools can help engineers optimize their structural composite designs—and ultimately "catalyze composites growth" in the automotive sector. |
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Designing for bigger profitability from small cars |
11/02/2013
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| The biggest challenge for the designer of small vehicles concerns profits. “Those vehicles have to make money and that is so difficult,” said Stefan Lamm, Director of Exterior Design, Ford of Europe. |
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Police making transition to new Ford Interceptors |
25/01/2013
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| The Taurus/Explorer front-drive platform with all-wheel drive and V6 engines has replaced the iconic police car: the rear-drive Crown Victoria with 4.6-L V8. Sedan and utility vehicle versions are offered, with many police-specific changes, although powertrains are virtually the same as civilian
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Oak Ridge collaborates for cheaper carbon fiber |
27/08/2012
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| Lightweight vehicles of the future will require strong carbon-fiber composite structures, but low-cost fibers are needed for market viability. Overcoming the challenges to cheaper carbon fiber is exactly what a research team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is aiming to do at its new Carbon Fiber
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Video: AHSS structures save lives, pose challenges to first responders |
20/08/2012
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| Ron Moore, retired Division Chief of the McKinney (TX) Fire Department, has literally written the book on extrication involving vehicles with advanced high-strength steel structures, and he shared some of the challenges of this practice at the Great Designs in Steel seminar in Livonia, MI. |
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Scion IQ has a lot to say about packaging |
09/01/2012
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| IQ has seating for 3-4 people. HVAC case has blower integrated into center section case with evaporator and heater core, and glove box is removed, two design features that permit forward curvature of dashboard on passenger's side. This permits asymmetrical front seating so right side passengers
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Packaging changes may make LEDs more attractive |
21/11/2011
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| Light-emitting diode manufacturers are improving packaging, brightness, and other parameters as they push to displace conventional internal and exterior bulbs. As engineers make improvements so that LEDs can be used in the industry’s high-volume manufacturing environments, their role is expected to
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Safety first |
01/03/2011
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| Integrating a 300Kgs battery pack into a family saloon presents body engineers with a unique set of challenges, as Ian Adcock discovers |
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How Jaguar lightens up the XJ |
30/11/2010
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| Fitting sunroofs to cars may be a long-established area of manufacturing capability, but for the Jaguar XJ sedan’s Webasto opening panoramic roof it is almost a balletic performance. |
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How Jaguar lightens up the XJ |
30/11/2010
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| Fitting sunroofs to cars may be a long-established area of manufacturing capability, but for the Jaguar XJ sedan’s Webasto opening panoramic roof it is almost a balletic performance. |
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Chip boosts antenna’s output, blocks EMC |
01/11/2010
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| Antennas are bringing in more inputs, letting users pull in more information for navigation, GPS, phones, radio, and even television. Atmel Corp. has responded with a chip that gives designers more capability to put antennas in space-limited areas far from the radio. |
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Chip boosts antenna’s output, blocks EMC |
01/11/2010
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| Antennas are bringing in more inputs, letting users pull in more information for navigation, GPS, phones, radio, and even television. Atmel Corp. has responded with a chip that gives designers more capability to put antennas in space-limited areas far from the radio. |
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Electronic supplier and automaker collaboration grows |
07/09/2010
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| Freescale Semiconductor and the BMW Group teamed up to jointly develop a dual-core microcontroller that is being used in BMW’s 2010 luxury sports activity vehicles, highlighting a growing trend for automakers and suppliers to collaborate. A growing number of automakers and suppliers are
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BMW’s 2013 EV is pioneering carbon-fiber design, process technologies |
19/07/2010
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| By committing to a carbon-fiber body for its 2013 MegaCity electric vehicle, BMW is driving design, process, and materials technologies that will help push the strong, lightweight composite closer to the automotive mainstream, according to an expert in lightweight material applications. |
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Motorised tailgates use combined materials |
01/11/2007
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| In pursuing its modular strategy, Plastic Omnium Auto Exterior has developed new solutions in three fields – motorised rear access doors, vehicle front ends and bumpers. |
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