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Cadillac unveils all-new V8
2018-03-21
General Motors' Cadillac premium-vehicle unit reveals an all-new V8 earmarked for initial use in the redesigned 2019 CT6 flagship.
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Designing composite engine cowling for improved heat resistance
2018-02-05
Thermal imaging data obtained from a FLIR high-performance camera shows that the expected turbine output temperature is approximately 285°C when the helicopter is in forward flight. However, during hover operations a steady state temperature of about 343°C will be reached.
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X marks the spot
2018-03-22
LiquidPiston Inc. has developed a new engine that can run on multiple fuels, including diesel, jet fuel, and gasoline. This platform uses an optimized thermodynamic cycle and a new rotary engine architecture and could increases flight endurance over conventional UAV engines by greater than 50%.
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ZF introduces complete e-drive system for passenger, commercial vehicles
2022-12-01
ZF uses innovative motor cooling, winding technology and its transmission heritage to produce a more efficient and powerful drivetrain for electric vehicles.
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Lucid Motors Airs on the side of innovation
2022-05-06
Lucid Motors’ home-grown technologies are setting the pace in electrification. Top engineers tell how and why they’re building a benchmark.
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The lumpy transition to vehicle electrification
2022-05-10
As the industry plows ahead toward vehicle electrification, the short-to-mid-term future is uncharted territory at virtually every level.
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Toyota reinvesting in collaborative safety research
2022-05-02
Working with a host of research partners, Toyota is continuing its investment in generating safety data, which it shares widely.
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Electronic controls slash engine fuel needs
2020-01-03
Electronic controls slash engine fuel needs
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Engine technology a decade later
2022-04-20
The missions of 2012 and 2020 overlap in technology.
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Private sector coalition to amplify federal EV charging initiatives
2022-01-21
With federal funding on tap, a coalition of private sector players will help amplify federal ambitions to install America’s new EV-friendly infrastructure.
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Boeing’s 777X finally gets its engines
2019-01-18
Less than a year after the GE9X turbofan first flew on its Boeing 747 testbed, GE Aviation and Boeing have installed the record-breaking engine on the aircraft it was designed for: the Boeing 777X. Two massive GE9X engines are now hang under the wings of the Boeing 777-9X flight test aircraft.
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Rolls-Royce’s race to develop the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft
2019-01-08
The goal is a zero-emission, all-electric aircraft that must reach or exceed a target speed of 300 miles per hour (480 kilometers per hour) by 2020. The team plans to build, test, and commercialize the aircraft in a market that does not yet exist all within a 24-month span.
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Late Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch company cancels launch vehicle projects
2019-01-21
Months after founder Paul G. Allen’s death, Seattle-based Stratolaunch Systems Corporation will abandon several launch vehicle projects. The news comes days after a brief social media update on the massive Stratolaunch composite aircraft’s latest high-speed taxi test at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California.
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Safran and MTU Aero Engines will co-develop the engine for the sixth-generation FCAS fighter
2019-02-11
Paris-based Safran SA and Munich-based MTU Aero Engines AG will partner to develop, produce, and support a new turbofan engine for “New Generation Fighter” (NGF) aircraft being developed by Airbus SE and Dassault Aviation SA. The NGF is a manned, sixth-generation fighter and a component of the future Franco-German Future Combat Air System (FCAS) architecture.
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AVIO engineers evolve Vega rocket design, enhance avionics and propulsion
2019-01-16
Hardware and software engineers at AVIO, a global aerospace company engaged in the construction and development of space launchers and solid and liquid propulsion systems for space travel, with facilities in Italy, France, and French Guyana are actively enhancing the design of the Vega space launcher, with a focus on evolving the design with enhanced avionics and propulsion technologies while also maximizing subsystem reuse and reorganizing production processes for a more efficient production chain.
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Collins Aerospace will provide avionics and synthetic vision for the supersonic X-59 QueSST
2019-01-31
The X-59 utilizes a long and slender airframe to achieve supersonic speeds without causing a high decibel sonic boom. The unconventional design precludes the use of a forward-looking window or viewport. Collins Aerospace is providing a dual multi-spectral enhanced vision system to give pilots a forward view of the airspace.
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SAE International 2019 Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technologies Symposium Announces Technical Program
2019-01-14
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Wheel hub motor innovations in flux
2022-01-27
Saietta’s new axial-flux motor technology offers packaging benefits across a broad scale of vehicle applications.
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German spark-ignited compression-ignition research paralleling Mazda’s SPCCI
2018-04-09
German research institute FKFS said at the 2018 SAE High-Efficiency IC Engines Symposium that it is developing a spark-ignited compression-ignition combustion process for gasoline engines.
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A new ‘Works’ is in the works
2018-06-15
This week, Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (UTC), announced the establishment of GatorWorks, a newly formed prototyping arm that will focus on the rapid and agile development of dependable, lower cost military engines.
