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Industrial Functional Safety Training from UL Solutions

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We offer personnel certification at both the professional and expert levels in automotive, autonomous vehicles, electronics and semiconductors, machinery, industrial automation, and cybersecurity. All our instructor-led, virtual courses provide a deep dive into key functional safety standards. Purchase training?. Purchase training?.

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Xpeng partners with Livox to deploy lidar in new 2021 production EV

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For this collaboration, Livox completed a series of customizations for Xpeng using its Horiz sensor (automotive-grade version of Livox Horizon), with its final mass-produced version boasting a range of industry-leading features. Livox’s customized solution for Xpeng also includes a new “ultra FPS” (Frames Per Second) lidar technology concept.

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Buick debuts V2X technology in China; first V2X vehicle to roll out by year end

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It was the first multi-industry demonstration of interoperability of C-V2X, for which China recently announced its official frequency. It is also an initial demonstration following China’s first V2X application layer industry standard that was co-authored by GM and published in 2017. The six-seat 2021 GL6 comes with a 1.3L

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BMW Group opens new Additive Manufacturing Campus

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The €15-million campus will allow the BMW Group to develop its position as technology leader in the utilization of additive manufacturing in the automotive industry. Our goal is to industrialize 3D printing methods more and more for automotive production, and to implement new automation concepts in the process chain.

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BASF 2016 science competition seeks synthetic lubricant solutions for future high-efficiency vehicles

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With more advanced machinery, lubricating and functional fluids represent a steadily growing industry projected to reach $11 billion by 2020. Up to 5 teams will be selected as finalists to develop a proof of concept and to pitch their proposal to the judging panel. Proposals are being accepted until 9 May 2016.

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SABIC introduces novel thermoplastic roof fairing concept for 3% improvement in heavy-duty truck fuel economy

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SABIC has introduced a thermoplastic roof fairing concept that can potentially reduce annual fuel consumption of a heavy-duty truck by at least 3%. SABIC’s design concept is aerodynamically optimized to deflect air by accelerating airflow through and across the top and sides of the roof fairing.

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The Relay That Changed the Power Industry

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Schweitzer’s relay, which could locate a fault within the radius of 1 kilometer, set new standards for utility reliability, safety, and efficiency. In 2016 his company released the SEL-T400L , which samples a power system every microsecond to detect the time between traveling waves moving at the speed of light.

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