Nissan's 2010 electric vehicle isn't a two-seat city vehicle, but rather a 4-5 passenger sedan powered by a laminated lithium-ion battery pack. "We aren't buying this technology," says Mark Perry, director, Product Planning and Advan... ArticlePublished: 2/1/2009
Now that GM executives have released their survival plan, the question remains: “What happens to the General’s current—and future—lineup?” ArticlePublished: 2/1/2009
Environmental and process improvements have been made for steering wheel production by Autoliv, a supplier of interior products ranging from airbags to seatbelts. It is a thermoplastic covering that replaces the more conventional polyurethane materi... ArticlePublished: 1/1/2009
There is one change that falls into the "major" category, the addition of a twin-turbocharged diesel to the list of available engines. As with its turbocharged gasoline engines, the small turbo spools up quickly and provides boost at low engine spee... ArticlePublished: 1/1/2009
Fujitsu’s MB88F332 graphics controller provides a single-chip solution for operating cluster instrumentation, heads-up display systems and central information displays, with a sophisticated sprite, or bitmap, engine for high-quality graphics. ArticlePublished: 1/1/2009
While designers, engineers and other technical personnel are supposed to work together in creating innovative, salable products, few examples are as obvious as the work that is being done at Audi AG in Ingolstadt, Germany. Specifically, it’s work on... ArticlePublished: 1/1/2009
Now automakers can reuse the basic architecture and structure of a vehicle but then put with vastly different body styles, or top hats, over them. Ford is the latest automaker to join the top hat revolution and it is moving aggressively forward with... ArticlePublished: 1/1/2009
Dr. Paul Moller dreams of putting thousands of his "Sky Cars" into the skies as air taxis that will whisk people door-to-door on trips of up to 900 miles at speeds up to 400 mph. As such, his idea is a potential competitor for both automakers and th... ArticlePublished: 1/1/2009
Several plastic makers are now producing components and subsystems once considered the sole domain of steel and-yes-even aluminum. Thermoplastic can mean up to a 30 to 40% weight reduction over equivalent metal components in many under hood applicat... ArticlePublished: 1/1/2009