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MARCH 9, 2020

To achieve a reductive design, the structure and materials used in every part must be scrutinized. Over the long history of engine development, the crankshaft design had become a foregone conclusion. Despite this, we set the challenging goal of designing a crankshaft to be 30% lighter than current models.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2022

And scientists and engineers have continued to study the sun’s fusion process in hopes of one day using nuclear fusion to generate heat or electricity. Fission waste by-products need to be disposed of safely, and they remain radioactive for thousands of years. Among those interested parties is NASA. percent efficiency.

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MAY 8, 2023

Aheadd CP1 is a pioneering Aluminum-Iron-Zirconium (Al-Fe-Zr) powder solution designed specifically for additive manufacturing without volatile elements, rare earths, silicon or ceramic particle additions.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

For three years, about 60 partners worked together in the areas of sensor-fusion, electronic architectures and artificial intelligence coordinated by Infineon. This mechanism ensures the fail operationality of the system, for example, sensor fusion, trajectory planning and object recognition tasks of SAE Level 3 and 4 functions.

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DECEMBER 20, 2020

The engine-gearbox unit produced using the additive laser fusion process passed all the quality and stress tests without any problems. The additively manufactured alloy housing is more lightweight than a conventionally cast part, and reduces the overall weight of the drive by approximately 10%. —Falk Heilfort.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories’ Z pulsed-power accelerator have produced a significant output of fusion neutrons, using a method fully functioning for only little more than a year. The method could be useful as a future energy source if the individual fusion pulses can be sequenced like the firing of an automobile’s cylinders.

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MAY 25, 2022

The common goal was to revolutionize metal 3D printing in standard automotive production. Around 50,000 components per year can be manufactured cost-effectively in common part production, as well as more than 10,000 individual and new parts, by means of 3D printing using Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF).

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Nebrija University (Spain) students undertook the redesign and technological improvement of a car of the Sodicars team that took part in the 2023 Dakar Rally in the top-class category (T1).The The collaboration focused on the development of the parts supporting the car’s sidepods.

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

Traditionally, such molded plastic pieces have been painted with a high-gloss finish to deliver both design and durability. With the new BASF polymer, however, Ford is able to skip that painting step, thereby reducing cost and environmental impacts during production of the 2013 Ford Fusion. to Grand Rapids, Mich.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

Ambarella’s CV2x-based reference design platform performs the vision processing and fusion of Seeing Machines’ driver monitoring software with forward-facing ADAS features to provide a complete, integrated DMS and ADAS solution. Ambarella’s SoCs target both standalone and integrated DMS, OMS and forward-facing ADAS cameras.

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JULY 14, 2020

Porsche already uses 3D printing technology in prototype construction, manufacturing spare parts for classic sports cars and in other areas. As a result, the pistons from the advance development project weigh 10% less than the forged series production pistons. The printer can be fed with the design data directly from the computer.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

Konrad Technologies GmbH, a specialist on sensor fusion for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), and SET GmbH, a specialist on Hardware in the Loop (HiL) testing, are joining their knowledge and skills to develop custom testing systems in the area of driver assistance systems.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, plans to establish a global network of Customer Solution Centers (CSCs) to accelerate collaborative innovation between Novelis and automakers for the next generation of vehicle design. Novelis Inc.,

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MARCH 5, 2015

a designer and developer of camera-based Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for the automotive industry, introduced its 4 th -generation system-on-chip, the EyeQ4. The first design win for EyeQ4 in series production has been secured for a global premium European car manufacturer for production to start in early 2018.

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JULY 13, 2016

The BMW Group has been using components from 3D printers in series production since 2012; more than 10,000 additively-manufactured parts are built into the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Planar 3D printing technologies will enable much faster production times and more economical production.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

As part of the cash-plus-equity transaction, the entire Freemens engineering and sales team willÚ join the core team of ION. With the acquisition, ION will invest into this business and grow the portfolio of customers in India, US & other parts of EU. Freemens products are chemistry-agnostic.

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MARCH 11, 2017

The memorandum of understanding follows HTS’s recent decision to locate its headquarters and production operations in a Knox County business park adjacent to DOE’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL. These specially placed coolant lines allow parts to cool faster, which increases productivity for molding and casting manufacturers.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

With the additional investment, Michigan Assembly will be the production site of next-generation hybrid, plug-in hybrid and full battery electric vehicles, all of which will be built off the company’s new global C-car platform. “We —Bill Ford In addition, Ford said it is bringing battery system design and development in-house.

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

Ford and the University of Michigan opened a new $8-million battery lab, housed at the U-M Energy Institute, which will serve as a battery manufacturing facility designed to support pilot projects. Previous investments have been focused on battery production, and now our state becomes a research core for batteries.

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MARCH 8, 2023

The European commission wants Europe to boost its share of global semiconductor production to 20 percent by 2030, from 10 percent today. But clearly—and that’s part of the reason for the Chips Act—there’s no European manufacturing presence at the most advanced technology nodes. De Boeck spoke with IEEE Spectrum’s Samuel K.

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APRIL 13, 2021

NVIDIA’s design-win pipeline for NVIDIA DRIVE now totals more than $8 billion over the next six years, reflecting a growing range of next-generation cars, trucks, robotaxis and new energy vehicles (NEVs). Volvo Cars’ next-generation vehicle architecture will be hardware-ready for autonomous driving from production start.

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JULY 17, 2014

Among the technologies Ford incorporated into its drivable multi-material lightweight vehicle (MMLV) ( earlier post ) is an advanced polycarbonate (PC) glazing solution from SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business that makes possible a 35% weight reduction compared to the same window on a 2013 model year Ford Fusion production vehicle.

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JULY 18, 2017

Nanostructured steel materials company NanoSteel recently launched its first product for the laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing process. Expanding the potential use of 3D printing in a wide variety of hard materials markets, BLDRmetal L-40 is designed to be used for parts including tools, dies, bearings and gears.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

Since then, through the end of November 2015, the company has sold a total of 447,200 units of an expanded hybrid line-up that includes two plug-in hybrids: the C-MAX Energi (on-sale October 2012) and the Fusion Energi (on-sale February 2013). Ford—the top seller of plug-in hybrid vehicles and second largest electrified vehicle (i.e.,

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

Diess was part of Infineon’s supervisory board from 2015 to 2020. MathWorks Simulink® products now support our latest AURIX TC4x family of automotive microcontrollers. Engineers designing advanced electric vehicles or sensor fusion can use the hardware support package, even before silicon is available.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

One promising way to meet modern industrial challenges is by using additive manufacturing (AM) processes, such as powder bed fusion and other emerging techniques. Developed in concert with numerous manufacturers, the DRAMA initiative includes the new powder bed fusion AM facility mentioned previously.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

General Motors recently renewed its five-year agreement with research partner Carnegie Mellon University of Pittsburgh to continue developing technologies that could allow future production vehicles to drive autonomously. Automated driving requires the fusion of input from advanced sensors to provide 360 degrees of crash risk awareness.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

The BMW Group already uses AI throughout the value chain to generate added value for customers, products, employees and processes. The BMW Group aims to develop robust AI applications and observes the applicable safety standards designed to decrease the risk of unintended consequences and errors. Examples from production.

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APRIL 30, 2013

Cadillac projects this technology could make its way into production models later this decade. Cadillac’s Super Cruise test vehicles use a fusion of radar, ultrasonic sensors, cameras and GPS map data, integrated for a near-production appearance. —Jeremy Salinger, R&D manager for Super Cruise.

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MARCH 21, 2017

Elektrobit (EB), a leading developer of embedded and connected technology solutions for the automotive industry, introduced four new modules for its EB robinos product line: EB robinos Grid Fusion, EB robinos Path Planning, EB robinos Positioning and EB robinos Safety Management. The new EB robinos modules are: EB robinos Grid Fusion.

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APRIL 21, 2022

University of Washington has designed tiny sensors that mimic the shape and aerodynamic capability of the dandelion’s fuzzy, seed-bearing spores. Mark Stone/University of Washington AI on the Fusion Menu. But it’s actually a tokamak fusion reactor. A team of researchers at the.

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AUGUST 6, 2014

As part of its 2014 ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge ( ALCC ) awards of processor time (totaling more than 3 billion processor hours), the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science has awarded 15 million hours on Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Titan supercomputer to a project led by General Motors, and 17.5

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JUNE 30, 2017

Applanix will also provide WatCAR with Trimble on-board GNSS-Inertial board set designed for high-performance, high-volume Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) applications.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The HPC4Mtls Program is part of a larger HPC4 Energy Innovation Initiative, a DOE-wide effort comprising the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), the Office of Fossil Energy (FE), the Office of Nuclear Energy, and the national laboratories. FCTO Funding: $300,000; In-Kind Contribution: $60,000; Total Value: $360,000.

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

The purpose of the workshop was to share information and identify the RD&D needs to enable low-cost, effective delivery of hydrogen from centralized production facilities to the point of use (e.g., The second workshop also was held at NREL 27-28 February 2014, and focused on electrolytic hydrogen production.

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JUNE 8, 2021

Desktop Metal, a provider of mass-production additive-manufacturing (AM) solutions, has qualified the use of 4140 low-alloy steel for the Production System platform, which leverages patent-pending Single Pass Jetting (SPJ) technology designed to achieve the fastest build speeds in the metal additive manufacturing industry.

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APRIL 20, 2012

The system could be ready for production vehicles by mid-decade. Super Cruise is designed to ease the driver’s workload on the freeway, in both bumper-to-bumper traffic and on long road trips by relying on a fusion of radar, ultrasonic sensors, cameras and GPS map data. Full-Speed Range Adaptive Cruise Control.

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