Automotive Engineering
Automotive Engineering highlights issues related to automobile manufacturing – including vehicle parts and accessories – and the environmental impact and safety of automotive products, production facilities and manufacturing processes.
innovations-report offers stimulating reports and articles on a variety of topics ranging from automobile fuel cells, hybrid technologies, energy saving vehicles and carbon particle filters to engine and brake technologies, driving safety and assistance systems.
Magnetic sensor that brooks no interference
Sensors accurately register the slightest temperature fluctuations, the tiniest changes to a magnetic field, or barely perceptible air currents. In some cases,…
Automotive safety systems get more dependable
Modern cars are complex beasts with electric and electronic components that are smarter than the average desktop computer. They perform split-second…
Parallel-kinematic LBF® road-street simulator reproduces load standards realistically and shortens test time
The newly developed test rig concept realistically reproduces the wheel loads in all degrees of freedom of the vehicle and allows a comprehensive reduction of…
How to slash vehicle fuel use
It is possible to slash fuel use by all vehicles on U.S. roads to pre-2000 levels within a few decades, but doing so would require immediate action on several…
Standardized Testing Technology for Higher Quality Automotive Software
Under the leadership of Fraunhofer FOKUS and with financial support from the Investitionsbank Berlin, the TEMEA project – Test Specification Technology and…
Experiencing virtual products
For instance, if a child puts their hand out the window to wave to a friend, the window must stop moving immediately or there could be serious consequences:…