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Freescale’s Mad Mac Concept Car (named for the lead designer, Tom MacDonald) was designed to highlight many of the automotive system innovations powered by Freescale’s silicon products and provide a view into possible future systems. The design of the...
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Infineon and Auto Electronics sponsored the Rev Up Fuel Efficiency Design Contest, where engineers took the "green challenge" to design a solution using Infineon products that enables or improves energy efficiency for automotive applications...
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The Automotive X-Prize (AXP) will be awarded to the team that produces a 100 mile-per-gallon (equivalent) vehicle, develops a feasible business plan to produce 10,000 units, and wins a series of stage races against similar vehicles. The Cornell Automotive...
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In Part 2 of our interview with Chak Man Yeung from NI Week, "Sunny" digs deeper into the University of Texas' solar "raycer". Featuring the National Instruments CompactRIO real-time programmable automation controller, the Samsung...
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The Turbine Technologies PT-50 turboshaft engine offers a new heavy fuel solution for UAV’s requiring a 50 HP class engine. With its minimal volume and a complete flight ready weight of only 30.6 pounds, the engine exhibits excellent power density. The...
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Orbital is an international developer of engine and related technologies. The company provides research, design, development and testing services to many of the world's powertrain producers, regulatory authorities and research institutions. Orbital's...
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Hirth has teamed up with Orbital to apply Orbital’s air-assisted direct injection to Hirth’s 2-stroke aircraft engines to meet the global demand for lightweight heavy fuel engines. These engines use lightweight construction and high-performance materials...
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The Challenge: Building a full-authority, FPGA-based engine control system for a high-performance motorcycle engine. The Solution: Using National Instruments CompactRIO and LabVIEW environment to focus directly on engine control software and I/O board...
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Using a high power density 330cc Wankel rotary engine modified to use diesel and military grade jet fuel, TARDEC developed an Auxiliary Power Unit designed to fit into an M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT). The engine is coupled to an air-cooled alternator...
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Mahindra & Mahindra, one of the leading auto manufacturers in the Indian market, and FEV, a leading developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, developed a diesel-electric hybrid version of the Scorpio SUV. FEV contributed its expertise...
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Raser Technologies, Inc., in conjunction with its systems integration partner, FEV, unveiled components of a new advanced extended-range plug-in series hybrid electric vehicle powertrain and integrated drive system designed for full-size SUVs and pickup...
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The objective of the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Experimentation and Assessment (HEVEA) research program is to develop Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Fuel Economy and performance Test Operating Procedures (TOP), determine the fuel economy benefits of HEV using...
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TARDEC, working alongside DRS Technologies, has designed and developed a highly efficient, mobile power source demonstrator – the XM1124 Hybrid Electric Humvee. The HE Humvee is an advanced series hybrid electric vehicle that houses an engine/generator...
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An extremely lightweight opposed piston opposed cylinder (OPOC) engine has been developed under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program. FEV and Advanced Propulsion Technologies (APT) were asked by the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research...
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BluWāv's experience with in-wheel hub motors, in collaboration with Raytheon and Tucson Embedded Systems, has led to the design and development of a complete electric drive and energy storage system for the Raytheon BluWāv Hy-DRA, a purpose built...