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Complex challenges alter electronic-system design strategies Diverse factors such as safety, infotainment, and connectivity are altering the design landscape, prompting a growing use of contract design services. Read full story

Golf closes the gasoline/diesel gap, loses mass, and gains 'premiumness' Although longer and wider than its predecessor, the all-new car uses VW Group’s MQB modular transverse matrix platform to be lighter by up to 100 kg (220 lb) and is up to 23% more fuel-efficient. Read full story

EV charging infrastructure gets close look at NextEnergy Unknowns such as future sales volumes of pure and partial electric vehicles make it difficult to predict how the EV charging infrastructure will be built out. Read full story

Evora 414E proves Lotus' range-extender hybrid technology AEI spent a day recently at Lotus' Hethel test track driving the 133-mph Evora 414E range-extended hybrid demonstrator. Lotus engineers said much of its technology "will end up on other people’s cars." Read full story

End-to-end solution for mass-producing composite vehicles To leverage composites as a key strategy in the automotive industry, a complete solution is needed that addresses the challenges of designing, analyzing, and manufacturing composite vehicles in a way that brings them to market faster and at lower cost, says a Dassault Systèmes expert. Read full story

Specialty lubricants tailored for current and future brake system components Selection of the right lubricant is one of the most challenging tasks for automotive brake system designers and engineers, says a Dow Corning expert. Read full story

Microorganisms, genetic engineering, and alternative fuels Audi has espoused an idea that may see the effects of the combination of microorganisms, waste CO2, sun-seared deserts, and genetic modification creating commercially viable synthetic e-fuels. Read full story

Democracy and CAE at GKN Driveline CAE is no longer the sole domain of simulation specialists at GKN Driveline. A foundation architecture for handling digital test and simulation data enables wide use of complex CAE by non-specialist product engineers. Read full story

Design tools tackle big-data challenge Design and validation processes that include modeling, simulation, and hardware-in-the-loop testing are creating larger and larger volumes of data, making it more challenging for engineers to analyze and understand the nuances of their designs. Tool providers are ramping up their efforts to help these designers manage data. Read full story