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Report: HEMI V8 Engine Production Resumes In Michigan This Summer

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Stellantis clearly did itself a major disservice by discontinuing its iconic line of V8 engines. The latest of these are reports that the Dundee Engine Plant in Michigan will be retooled to manufacture the entire HEMI V8 family by August. That production ended in favor of the new twin-turbocharged HURRICANE I6 engines.

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Nissan Places 430,000 Engines Under Recall

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liter variable compression turbo engines. The VC turbo engines are found in the 2019-2020 Nissan Altima, 2021-2024 Nissan Rogue, 2019-2022 Infiniti QX50 and 2022 Infiniti QX55. But vehicles will need to show some clear signs of the defect in order for the manufacturer to take any meaningful action.

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32 Bits That Changed Microprocessor Design

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In the late 1970s, a time when 8-bit processors were state of the art and CMOS was the underdog of semiconductor technology, engineers at AT&T s Bell Labs took a bold leap into the future. the company assembled a dream team of semiconductor engineers. micron CMOS fabrication with a novel 32-bit processor architecture.

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Chevy Engineers Aren't Done With the Corvette After the ZR1X

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We just learned about the Corvette ZR1X, a massively powerful hybrid car, but Chevy’s engineers don’t think it’s the end of the road for hotted-up mid-engine Corvettes. It’s just the latest chapter,” chief engineer Tony Roma told Top Gear. “I The ZR1X is not the end of the story.

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Tesla leads in vehicle longevity and mileage, study finds

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“The best-performing electric car manufacturer is Tesla, while Skoda and Audi lead for diesel and gasoline-powered cars, respectively. The study revealed that electric vehicles, in general, are catching up to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Tesla’s electric vehicles have an estimated lifespan of 20.3

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A closer look at purpose-built power analyzers for precise EV test and measurement

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Q&A with EV measurement engineering experts Coty Harrison and Cristian Loris of Yokogawa Test&Measurement. When tasked with measuring the electrical power of complex systems like EVs, an inexperienced engineer may first reach for general instrumentation like oscilloscopes, data acquisition (DAQ) systems and digital multimeters (DMMs).

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These Companies Were the Patent Powerhouses of 2024

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Semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology came out on top at the time, with IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, and Broadcom rounding out the top five. Category descriptions Aerospace : These companies develop and manufacture commercial airplanes, spacecraft, and military aircraft. patents generated by more than 1,000 organizations.

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