Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The hope is that control of the “full stack” will give them an edge in designing what their customers want. I didn’t know exactly which direction it was going to take, but I knew that there is something that is going to be generational, and I wanted to be part of that. What’s different about designing chips at AWS? on 27 August.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Elon Musk revealed on X on Thursday that Tesla is improving the design of the Optimus robot for one specific reason that is a major bottleneck in terms of production. The toughest part by far is improving the design of Optimus for ease of manufacturing and tooling up a complex supply chain, so it can be made in significant numbers.”

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2021

CMAL) to partner in designing a hydrogen fuel-cell sea-going passenger and car ferry—a first for Europe. This is part of HYSEAS III , a Horizon 2020 funded project ( earlier post ). The ferry will be designed around the requirements of Shapinsay in Orkney where hydrogen fuel is generated through wind power. Cooling system.

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JUNE 8, 2021

Desktop Metal, a provider of mass-production additive-manufacturing (AM) solutions, has qualified the use of 4140 low-alloy steel for the Production System platform, which leverages patent-pending Single Pass Jetting (SPJ) technology designed to achieve the fastest build speeds in the metal additive manufacturing industry.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Following the unveiling of Tesla’s Cybercab and Robovan last week, the company’s lead designer has shared a few words about the design of the unique autonomous vehicles—including the fact that the Robovan could “possibly” have been designed to be small enough to fit inside of a Boring Company tunnel.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The companies are joining efforts to implement the carbon-negative UBQ thermoplastic ( earlier post ) into auto parts manufactured by Motherson Group for the automotive industry. Adding as little as 10% UBQ GHG to a part can immediately transform it into a carbon-neutral product. Polymers typically emit 1.9

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OCTOBER 25, 2022

to work together on the design of the Heartland Hydrogen Hub to serve the needs of long-haul trucking. In conjunction with the States of North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Montana, Bakken Energy is working on the design of the Heartland Hydrogen Hub, a regional clean hydrogen hub recently announced by North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum.

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AUGUST 20, 2023

Svitzer, a leading global towage provider and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has launched the second phase of its project to design the world’s first methanol hybrid fuel cell (MHFC) tug. to design the first methanol hybrid fuel cell (MHFC) tug. to design the first methanol hybrid fuel cell (MHFC) tug.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The $10-million VH2 project is designed to bring researchers, industry partners and businesses together to test, trial and demonstrate new and emerging hydrogen technologies. Under the partnership, CSIRO will receive more than $1 million towards the development of a refueling station to fuel and test hydrogen vehicles.

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APRIL 24, 2021

Building upon our successful cooperation on eFlyer 2 and eFlyer 4, we are very proud to bring our best expertise to support Bye Aerospace in the design of the new eFlyer 800. —Hervé Blanc, Executive Vice President and General Manager Power with Safran Electrical & Power. Details will be forthcoming when the agreements are finalized.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Buy a new Ford EV and get a free home charger as part of its new “Ford Power Promise.” The program is designed to finally put the EV misperceptions to rest while making it even easier to go electric.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel E-Motive, an initiative of WorldAutoSteel, the automotive group of the World Steel Association and its engineering partner Ricardo unveiled the exterior styling vision for their fully autonomous ride-hailing, ride-sharing vehicle designed to showcase the benefits of using steel for global mobility-as-a-service.

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MARCH 13, 2020

As the Volkswagen Chattanooga factory ramps up production of the new Atlas Cross Sport, and lays groundwork for assembling the next generation of Volkswagen electric vehicles planned to begin in 2022, engineers are using augmented reality (AR) goggles to design production lines and help spot potential issues. —Frantisek Zapletal.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A team at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has developed a data-driven artificial intelligence (AI) framework to design liquid fuels exhibiting tailor-made properties for combustion engine applications to improve efficiency and lower carbon emissions. 2022) “Artificial intelligence-driven design of fuel mixtures.”

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

The engineering unit operations and reactor designs are validated via the company’s Washington State commercial launch factory that has already produced and shipped multiple tons of SCC55 to customers worldwide. SCC55 can be deployed directly in current LIB production equipment with very low switching costs and rapid implementation timelines.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Tesla is opening its EV charging connector design to charging network operators and vehicle manufacturers. It has no moving parts, is half the size, and twice as powerful as Combined Charging System (CCS) connectors. The Tesla charging connector has been proven over a decade of use and 20 billion EV charging miles. —Tesla.

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MAY 25, 2021

The upgraded heavy-duty XCIENT features design and performance updates. Hyundai will ship another 140 units of the new XCIENT Fuel Cell towards Switzerland by the end of this year as part of its plan to roll out 1,600 heavy-duty fuel cell electric trucks in Europe by 2025.

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JUNE 24, 2023

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their Canadian partners have designed a low-cost photoreactor design for solar-driven synthesis. Computer-aided design (CAD) model rendering of the single-channel lab photoreactor employed for the demonstration of the proposed photoreactor concept. Kant et al.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Designed by GM, the 180kW front-drive motor, 255kW rear- and front-drive motor and 62kW all-wheel drive assist motor are part of Ultium Drive. The motors were built as a scalable family, sharing design principles as well as similar tooling and manufacturing strategies. —Mark Reuss.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Yesterday, we reported on Jaguar’s new logo, part of its effort to rebrand and reset after a tough few years. robmeyerson “At least we aren’t the people who designed the new Jaguar logo.” Some of the more colorful responses include: “I’ve seen a bit more of the Jaguar rebrand and I’m honestly wondering if they’re just punking us?”

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Teslarati

JUNE 18, 2024

Tesla has to face a lawsuit brought on by vehicle owners who stated the company has monopolized the repair and parts market for its vehicles. Judge Thompson is now giving the plaintiffs the opportunity to prove that Tesla is restricting consumers from getting parts or getting their vehicles serviced by third-party companies.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

The collaboration with MHIRJ will leverage ZeroAvia’s hydrogen fuel cell powertrain technology and MHIRJ’s aircraft design, certification and support experience to create aircraft solutions which not only have the potential to deliver new aircraft with hydrogen-electric propulsion but also to efficiently retrofit existing aircraft in the market.

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APRIL 5, 2023

Elcora Advanced Materials ( earlier post ) has engaged Lab 4 to begin the test work and process design for its Ermazon Vanadium Project in Morocco with the goal of production of vanadium pentoxide. This work will progress in three stages: Initial characterization to prove the physical processing of the vanadinite source materials.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

million tons per annum) of spodumene ore through a plant designed to produce 1,150-1,200 tons per day (~350,000 tons per annum) of 5.5-6.0% Ascend Elements will plan, design, and build Apex 1 on an existing greenfield site in Hopkinsville, a disadvantaged community (DAC) in southwestern Kentucky. Li 2 O spodumene concentrate.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

The engineering unit operations and reactor designs are validated via the company’s Washington State commercial launch factory that has already produced and shipped multiple tons of SCC55 to customers worldwide. SCC55 can be deployed directly in current LIB production equipment with very low switching costs and rapid implementation timelines.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The world lost a great automotive designer in September, as it surfaced earlier this week that Bruno Sacco passed away at the age of 90. There, his flair for serious and orderly designs were put to use on the exclusive luxury wares from Mercedes-Benz. And one of the first design unification tasks was the upcoming S-Class.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

For 2021, Toyota has fully rebooted the Mirai, originally offered in 2016, as a premium rear-wheel drive sports-luxury fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) with striking design, cutting-edge technology, more engaging driving performance and a significantly longer EPA-estimated range rating.

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MARCH 9, 2020

To achieve a reductive design, the structure and materials used in every part must be scrutinized. Over the long history of engine development, the crankshaft design had become a foregone conclusion. Despite this, we set the challenging goal of designing a crankshaft to be 30% lighter than current models.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

China’s leading EV maker, BYD , is teasing a new electric SUV as part of its Ocean series. The BYD Sea Lion 07’s design was led by ex-Audi and Lamborghini chief designer Wolfgang Egger. more… The post BYD teases sleek new electric SUV design to rival Tesla’s Model Y appeared first on Electrek.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The design of the grille’s slats was about the same as in 1964, just in a greater quantity given the additional surface area. Front wheel openings carried over in their design, but the bumper that formed the front portion of the wheel well was smoothed to its fullest extent. You’ll see what that means in the next installment.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 28, 2024

A new exterior and interior design direction for Sino-Swedish electric luxury brand Polestar could take shape from next January as ex-Audi designer Philipp Roemers takes the reins. Missoni, who has shifted to BMW, oversaw the development of Polestar’s design language since 2018. A great amazing designer, a great leader. “I

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JUNE 17, 2022

The collaboration has the potential to make the Celera the first new airframe design to leverage zero-emission propulsion in its launch models. Otto’s advanced aircraft design offers exceptionally low drag across the entire aircraft. The design of the Celera fuselage, empennage and wings take advantage of laminar flow.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Lotus unveiled the E-R9, a new design study for a next-generation pure electric endurance racer that could be on the starting grid of circuits around the world for the 2030 season. Visually it was brought to life by the Lotus Design team, led by Russell Carr, Design Director for Lotus.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

Used in many industrial applications, CFD is key to improving advanced equipment design by, for example, optimizing aerodynamics and thermodynamics. The nonlinear and linear parts are solved on classical and quantum hardware, respectively.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

UK-based automotive engineering specialist Drive System Design (DSD) will present a system-level approach for EV powertrain design in a paper at the 17 th CTI China Symposium in Shanghai from 23-25 September. Our system approach to the design of EV powertrains helps to future-proof them against the uncertainties that lie ahead.

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Cars That Think

JULY 2, 2023

This article was first published as “Design case history: Apple’s Macintosh.” The author spoke with many members of the design team in the months following the 1984 introduction of the Macintosh, however, Steve Jobs did not grant an interview for this article. It appeared in the December 1984 issue of IEEE Spectrum.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 4, 2023

Discussions at chip design conferences rarely get heated. But a year ago at the International Symposium on Physical Design , things got out of hand. The crux of the clash was whether Google’s AI solution to one of chip design’s thornier problems was really better than humans or state-of-the-art algorithms.

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