Navistar’s take on ComVEC, next-gen diesels13-Aug-2012 17:47 GMT
Navistar is providing the executive leadership for this year’s SAE Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress, taking place in Rosemont, IL, on Oct. 2-3. Ramin Younessi, Group Vice President, Product Development, Navistar Inc., discusses how the Congress is shaping up and the company’s future product plans incorporating the next-gen ICT+ (in-cylinder technology plus) system, which adds urea-based aftertreatment to its EGR technology.
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A new drive toward wireless EV charging
27-Jun-2012 16:19 GMT
Inductive power-transfer coils—in the roadbed and on board—could help unleash EV use in the U.S., so the government is spurring wireless charging development.
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Vehicles and engineers are attention-magnets at SAE Supermileage
20-Jun-2012 18:50 GMT
A slew of single-occupant vehicles designed and built by collegiate engineering students recorded three- and four-digit fuel economy at the 33rd annual SAE Supermileage event hosted in June at Eaton Corp.'s Marshall, MI, proving ground.
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Prognostics to predict remaining useful life poses privacy concerns
08-Jun-2012 20:20 GMT
The increased number of onboard sensors provides opportunity for prognostics that predict future vehicle health. Wireless connectivity increases opportunity to use cloud servers to mine data and provide the computing power. However, privacy issue caused the cancellation of the program for Nissan's Leaf.
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Delphi stays ahead of megatrends with ‘technology for the real world’
31-May-2012 13:10 GMT
Among the technologies company engineers are working on are wireless charging of electronic devices and electric vehicle batteries.
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Volvo Trucks to diversify alt-fuel offerings in U.S. with new LNG engine
29-May-2012 20:15 GMT
The Volvo Group announced plans to launch a 13-L liquefied natural gas (LNG) engine within the Volvo brand for the North American market in 2014. The new engine will complement the group’s previously announced compressed natural gas (CNG)-equipped Volvo VNM and VNL daycab models, which employ Cummins Westport engines.
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BASF's new U.S. headquarters features sustainable construction
16-May-2012 14:11 GMT
Intended to achieve Platinum status in U.S. Green Building Council program, the new building incorporates 30 BASF technologies and is projected to use 20% less energy than would a building made with conventional construction technologies.
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Rough road ahead for EV battery costs
16-May-2012 14:02 GMT
Increasing manufacturing scale is critical in getting lithium-ion battery costs down; it will not be nearly enough to reach the U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium target of $150/kW·h by 2020.
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Patent revocation, counterfeiting fears cloud A/C changeover to R-1234yf
15-May-2012 18:03 GMT
Honeywell patent for R-1234yf revoked by European Patent Office, but company appeals and files additional patents. R-1234yf supply situation unlikely to improve until October. Cost issue creates possible opportunity for blend refrigerants. Refrigerant counterfeiting problems hit military.
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Thermal storage evaporators offer idle-stop cost saving for A/C operation
15-May-2012 17:32 GMT
Idle-stop may add to city fuel economy and is eligible for 2.9 g/mi carbon credits, so it is starting to appear as a U.S. option. Need for A/C operation leads to evaluation of evaporators with thermal storage in waxes. Delphi promises U.S. OE installation for 2015, following low-volume Behr system in European BMW 7 Series.
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