Automotive Testing Expo Europe 2011 Show Review
Automotive Testing Expo India 2010 Show Review
Automakers have made great strides in fuel efficiency in recent decades, but the mileage numbers of individual vehicles have barely increased. An MIT economist explains the conundrum
Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office
Automotive Testing Technology International speaks to chief engineer, Hirofumi Yamamoto
by Graham Heeps
The development story behind a 1,000mph vehicle
Waldo E. Stakes
Indian and global OEMs alike may be interested in the latest developments in crash testing at ARAI in India
Satnam Singh
If you want to either specify a sensor or acquire meaningful data from a sensor, you first need to understand terms such as total error band, accuracy, and precision
Mike Baker, Sherborne Sensors
Network monitoring and analysis is no longer a “nice-to-have”, but a “have-to-have” in IT networks
Dan Joe Barry, Napatech
Breaking speed records may not be the usual pursuit of a university. But at the Ohio State University in the USA, that's what they're doing. As a result, OSU is producing top-class engineers, improving future automotive design.
While at Novi for Automotive Testing Expo North America, you can enjoy some of the Motor City region’s attractions. Or even stay rather longer…
Keith Read
Major developments in electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicle testing are underway at the labs of Lotus Engineering
Gary Spinks, Powertrain Testing, Lotus Engineering
Andy Leadbeater has established UK-based THP Systems Ltd as a bridge between suppliers to the environmental test market and customers for their products. THP is offering test equipment, access to a global network of test houses, a global service alliance, on-site repairs and maintenance, spares, warranty claim investigation, technical support and calibration.
Andy Leadbeater, THP Systems
Volvo Trucks gave the FMX construction truck a particularly tough test program at its Hällered test facility located deep in the forests of western Sweden
Transparent data management can help OEMs increase safety while lowering costs
Dr Hans-Jorg Kremer, managing director of Peak Solution
Any company designing or manufacturing products with complex geometries will at some stage have a requirement to accurately measure either prototypes or finished products to ensure they meet design parameters. The range of equipment available for this is ever-increasing, but is based around three main system types. Each represents a significant investment so it is a decision which companies cannot afford to get wrong if they are to deliver to customer needs.
Ralph Weir, CEO, Phase Vision
Based on the idea of energy recovery, Prüfstandtechnik Leipzig GmbH and Jetschke Industriefahrzeuge have developed and built a test stand which allows testing of axial piston pumps and motors in any rotating direction, both in closed and in open circuit.
Steffen Wagner, PTL Prufstandstechnik Leipzig
Schaeffler Group is continuing its drive towards developing greener automotive technologies with its hybrid demonstration vehicle, the Schaeffler Hybrid.
From peanut oil to methane gas. The fuels powering the diesel engine have undergone considerable development during its 119-year history. So much so that today, even the fuel we traditionally, if somewhat simplistically, refer to as ‘diesel’ is beginning to make way for alternatives with a smaller environmental footprint, such as biogas and DME. Time to examine what it is all about.
Thanks to a US$43 million renovation of Ford's Dearborn Proving Ground, blue oval engineers are now less than five minutes from everything they need for state-of-the-art testing
Michael Collins, FCN
From design muses to revenue streams, Ford is not allowing its concept vehicles to collect dust
Michael Collins, FCN
Mazda has adopted a virtual prototyping solution that provides time and cost reductions in verifying highly complex systems like ECUs
Ford researchers are advancing vehicle safety with the development of new crash avoidance systems that use wireless vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications to detect and respond to imminent collisions
One of the world's most eagerly anticipated cars finally reaches production readiness following a gruelling test program
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has been carrying out a series of laboratory-controlled temperature tests on its Phantom 102EX Experimental Electric prototype
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