Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 6, 2014
wind and fog), successfully targeting a variety of aerial targets at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The 8-wheel drive (8x8) HEMTT itself is propelled by a 500 hp Caterpillar C-15 engine and Allison 4500 SP/5-speed automatic transmission. HEL MD requires only two operators: the vehicle operator and the laser operator.
Teslarati
APRIL 23, 2021
The magazine was successful in its aim, but it also demonstrated that it takes a very determined driver and an elaborate set of procedures to bypass Tesla’s driver-monitoring systems. . The magazine’s team seemed to have buckled in the driver’s seatbelt without a person sitting in the seat. Only it didn’t.
The Truth About Cars
MAY 23, 2023
turbocharged engine breathed upon by AMG and featuring an electric exhaust gas turbocharger. Fun fact: the turbo can spin at speeds up to 170,000 rpm which seems to be the approximate speed of the blades on your author’s Lasko 3300 Wind Machine box fan on setting number three. What’s that, you say? Glad you asked.
Cars That Think
APRIL 2, 2024
How 3M Became a Key Innovator in the Production of Magnetic Data Storage Now, to be clear, 3M did not invent magnetic storage—that was done by Austro-German engineer Fritz Pfleumer , in 1928. In the mid-1950s, 3M advertised its Scotch audio reel-to-reel tape.
Cars That Think
APRIL 7, 2024
I’ve enjoyed reading magazine articles about Ethernet’s 50th anniversary, including one in the The Institute. One evening in 1983, just before leaving work to go home, I visited the office of Mark Kempf , a principal engineer and a member of my team. Mark’s contributions have not been widely recognized.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 22, 2016
Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.
Cars That Think
MARCH 29, 2022
liter V-8 shrieking, as technically advanced as any automobile engine ever. The world’s leading sports- and luxury-car brands, together with muscle-car mavens like Dodge, are now pushing the envelope of the relatively inefficient internal combustion engine (ICE). In a test by Car and Driver magazine, the car exploded to 60 mph in 2.0
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