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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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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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Power sliding doors need no tracks |
01/02/2007
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| A power sliding door mechanism that requires no sliding guide rails has been developed for both front and rear applications, writes Roger Bishop. |
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Aluminium nanofoams set to transform impact absorbers |
01/02/2007
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| An Austrian company is leveraging nanotechnology control processes in the development of closed-cell aluminium foam, writes Roger Bishop. They can be formed into any shape and have huge potential for the automotive industry within a few years. |
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Front-end modules go all-plastic |
01/10/2006
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| A combination of advanced polymers, 3D modelling and the pressure of new legislation are bringing about a revolution in the design of automotive front ends, writes Lou Reade. |
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Crash control |
01/02/2006
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| Roger Bishop reports on some pioneering work being undertaken to incorporate novel energy absorbing elements into armatures for front and rear bumper |
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Hybrid IP depends on bonding |
01/10/2004
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| Dow Automotive has developed a bonded plastic-metal instrument panel cross-car beam structure, integrating the air delivery system, column support structure and a range of other functions. The design has been validated by a European vehicle OEM. |
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Integrated belt-and-pulley cuts crash deformation |
01/06/2004
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| A novel means of distributing front-end crash energy through the body in white is being proposed by a team from the mechanical engineering department at Spain’s University of Zaragoza, writes Roger Bishop. |
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