Although the Tesla Model S, which had its first customer deliveries last week, is just a car, it is in many regards more than a car for both the company and for the electric vehicle industry. BlogPublished: 6/27/2012
One of the roadblocks (as though there needs to be more) in the way of the development of electric vehicles has to do with things like neodymium-iron-boron and samarium-cobalt. BlogPublished: 6/22/2012
While recent OEM sales numbers have shown continued strength and indicate a slow-but-sure recovery in the auto segment, another data point is worth noting in this regard. BlogPublished: 5/16/2012
If you want to get a sense of how competitive it is in the powertrain space, consider what’s happened to the Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck. BlogPublished: 5/2/2012
Although resembling something that one might see in a Scandinavian furniture display, this is actually a multifunctional controller that deploys a capacitive touchpad sensor that incorporates advanced handwriting recognition. BlogPublished: 4/26/2012
Unless you’re a powertrain engineer or someone who is working on vehicle packaging, chances are you don’t think a whole lot about radiators, especially as they’ve been around a long, long time (attributed to Karl Benz, 1844-1929—yes, “Benz” ... BlogPublished: 3/23/2012
As vehicle manufacturers look to reduce vehicle weight, and as supplier companies work to provide the means by which they can do this, you may be surprised at how they’re running the figures on saving grams per vehicle. BlogPublished: 2/23/2012