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3D Inks Can Be Erased Selectively

3D printing allows for the efficient manufacture of complex geometries. A very promising method is direct laser writing in which a computer-controlled focused laser beam acts as a pen and produces the desired...

New on the Market: January 2019

Laptop Computers Eurocom, Nepean, ON, Canada offers Sky “C” Series laptop computers based on the Z370 Intel chipset and using CPU-upgrade-able, LGA1151 socket-based processors. They support up to 128 GB of...

Extending EV Range with AV Programming

Increasing the range of electric vehicles (EV) in a practical cost-effective way has become a primary challenge for the industry. However, current efforts to increase EVs’ market acceptance, via...

BorgWarner Demos Next-Step Electrification Components

Anyone questioning whether a substantial portion of the light-vehicle market will imminently feature some form of powertrain electrification need look no further than the product...

Porsche Practices the Art of Updating with the Eighth-Generation 911

Regularly updating and evolving the Porsche 911’s aesthetic signature might seem an impossible task. But more than half a century after its birth, the unveiling of the...

2018 Los Angeles Auto Show: Hyundai Unveils the 2020 Palisade Midsize SUV as Its Flagship

The three-row 2020 Hyundai Palisade is the brand’s biggest SUV yet, providing more passenger room and more thermal-management performance to handle...

Ford Investing $45 Million in New Advanced Manufacturing Center to Speed Production Innovations

Ford Motor Company is investing $45 million in its new Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) in Redford Township, Michigan, to help quickly...

2018 LA Auto Show, Nissan Futures Showcase Mobility’s Next Phases

The next decade will likely see an explosion of ‘what-if’ scenarios for personal mobility. It’s also likely that many of today’s visions will materialize in a...

2018 Lexus LS500

The Lexus flagship’s design may not appeal universally, but it’s hard to argue the addition of the F SPORT package’s extra bodywork tweaks impart a more assertive presence that also seems to bring better flow to this...

Predicting the Road to Efficiency

Delphi Technologies isn’t coming right out to say most of us aren’t very good at driving efficiently, but there’s no getting around that’s what’s implied by the company’s new Intelligent Driving...

Ford and Its Suppliers Take Top Honors at the 48th SPE Automotive Innovation Awards Competition

Ford Motor Co. took home top honors at this year's 48th SPE Automotive Innovation Awards Competition, winning the Grand Award for its...

Ford Engineers a Tech Barrage with 2020 Lincoln Aviator

Ford Motor Co. officially launched its 2020 Lincoln Aviator at the 2018 Los Angeles auto show, with the all-new three-row midsized luxury SUV featuring a barrage of equally new and...

What We’re Driving: Mercedes-AMG E 53 4Matic+

Select “Sport+”, floor the gas pedal, listen to the engine and exhaust notes, and the essence of Mercedes-AMG’s latest E 53 sedan is sensationally clear. But shouldn’t this combo be...

Jeep’s Gladiator Takes up Arms in Midsize-Pickup Battle

Maybe the only thing more surprising than the fact it’s been more than a quarter-century since FiatChrysler’s Jeep brand sold a pickup truck is that it’s taken so long to pull...

J3016 Automated-Driving Graphic Update

SAE International recently unveiled a new visual chart (below, and in gallery) that is designed to clarify and simplify its J3016 “Levels of Driving Automation” standard for consumers. The J3016...

Shifting Focus to Rising Costs

Welcome to 2019, a new year that’s already brimming with challenges for mobility-industry suppliers. As they deal with escalating technology investments, unpredictable product-launch cadences, an influx of...

The Navigator: The Not-So-Hidden Cost of “Free”

There is no such thing as a free lunch, as the old truism goes. For more than a century, the auto industry business model has been to sell it and forget it. Once you drove off the lot in...

For Auto Industry, Blockchain Still in Formative Phases

The automotive industry continues to ride the blockchain bandwagon, evaluating potential uses and helping develop the infrastructure for using distributed-ledger technology (DLT) in...

Airbus Helicopters VSR700 Makes First Fully Autonomous Flight

The Airbus Helicopters VSR700 demonstrator – a light military tactical unmanned aerial system (UAV) developed by Airbus Helicopters SAS (formerly Eurocopter) of Marignane,...

Sikorsky, Boeing Debut Future Vertical Lift Dual-Rotor Design with SB>1 DEFIANT Helicopter

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE:LMT), in Stratford, Connecticut, and Boeing Defense, Space & Security (NYSE:BA) in Berkeley, Missouri,...

Additive Manufacturing Is Transforming Mobility Engineering, Driving the Factory of the Future

Additive manufacturing continues to advance and transform mobility engineering, as aerospace and automotive firms increasingly adopt and invest in...

New Horizons Spacecraft to Reach Ultima Thule

NASA’s New Horizons interplanetary space probe – part of the agency’s New Frontiers program – was launched in 2006 to perform a flyby of Pluto and capture images of our solar system’s...

PAE ISR Engineers Boost Resolute Eagle UAS Networking, Endurance, Payload Capacity with Persistent Systems MPU5

PAE ISR engineers in Sterling, Virginia, have selected MPU5 Wave Relay mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) technology from Persistent...

The UK’s First Digital Air Traffic Control Tower

Cranfield Airport just became the first airport in the United Kingdom (UK) to have an operational digital air traffic control (ATC) center. Over the next few months, the airport –...

First Airbus Helicopters H160 Takes Flight

The first serial Airbus Helicopters H160 medium utility helicopter rolled off the brand-new assembly line in Marignane, France and performed its first flight in a unique “signature” livery. The...