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.
Automation, smart driving to increase energy savings
NEXTCAR project aims to reduce energy consumption by over 30%. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has embarked on the second phase of an ongoing initiative to develop cutting-edge connected and automated…
LiDAR and radar sensors – space-saving headlight installation
Self-driving vehicles. People use their eyes and ears to pick up on traffic situations involving potential hazards. For self-driving vehicles to do the same thing, they need a whole host…
Circular economy in the automotive industry
Tool supports the development of recyclable components. Components in automobiles must no longer only meet the highest technological standards, but must also be sustainable and recyclable. In the future, engineers…
Automated driving: Safety risks during takeover
In a recent study on automated driving by TU Dresden and DEKRA, traffic and engineering psychologists analyzed reactions to possible malfunctions of this future human-machine interface. The study of various…
Location key to improved autonomous vehicle vision
QUT robotics researchers working with Ford Motor Company have found a way to tell an autonomous vehicle which cameras to use when navigating. Professor Michael Milford, Joint Director of the…
Smart cars are on the radar
Automatic object recognition and tracking using lidar. Innovative take on laser radar systems for smart cars outperforms camera-based object recognition. The automobile industry in China has been developing extremely rapidly…