Top Peugeot designer talks aerodynamics, design trends17-Dec-2012 20:57 GMT
Aerodynamic considerations plainly play an important part in car design, but are they a challenge or an opportunity for a designer? “A bit of both,” says Peugeot's Gilles Vidal. “You know that you won’t achieve the best possible aerodynamic score because if we do so it will most likely be an ugly car.”
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DAF to launch first Euro-VI model in spring 2013
11-Dec-2012 20:17 GMT
DAF Trucks unveiled its first Euro-VI compliant vehicle, the DAF XF heavy truck, at the recent IAA Hanover Show and has now revealed further details.
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Mercedes designer answers call for daring A-Class
19-Nov-2012 18:06 GMT
When Mark Fetherston, as Team Leader External Design Compact Cars, was given the chance to take on a key role in the creation of the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class range, he was delighted. But the task had an added frisson: the Management Board did not want evolution, it wanted revolution.
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End-to-end solution for mass-producing composite vehicles
06-Nov-2012 21:58 GMT
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.
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Heavy on the lightweighting
19-Oct-2012 17:05 GMT
Weight reduction is already a significant consideration in companies’ product development efforts, and the emphasis is only going to increase in the years ahead, according to SAE-member survey respondents.
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Hydroformed pillars are world’s first in 2013 Ford Fusion
24-Sep-2012 20:59 GMT
Ford is using hydroformed steel tubes, in DP1000 alloy, for the B-pillar and A-pillar roof rail in the new Fusion sedan. Engineers say the benefits are numerous vs. using hot-stamped, welded sheet.
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GM tools up for high-volume aluminum structures with new welding technology
24-Sep-2012 14:46 GMT
The process centers on a new electrode-tip design. It will enable GM’s global body shops to spot-weld virtually any combination of aluminum sheet, extrusions, and castings at higher production rates than are currently used in automotive aluminum-structures manufacturing.
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Higher-volume vehicle gets carbon-fiber body panels produced in less time
11-Sep-2012 21:07 GMT
A new processing technology for carbon-fiber body panels at Plasan Carbon Composites will mark its production debut on a future vehicle with a yearly volume of as much as 50,000 units.
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Audi examines link between body flexibility and handling
11-Sep-2012 21:02 GMT
Body flexibility's influence on comfort and vibrations has been part of the development process for quite some time, but its influence on handling was apparent but had never been clearly analyzed precisely.
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Lightweight sandwich structures for EV chassis
04-Sep-2012 18:13 GMT
Plastic foam-core/aluminum-skin sandwich components developed by Inrekor in collaboration with JSP cut the weight of a prototype EV chassis by 30%.
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