2012
February
EV Battery Tech
28 - 29 February
Automotive Engineer is the magazine of the EAEC
Automotive Engineer
Events
March
Battery Day NRW exhibition and Advanced Battery Power conference
5 - 7 March 2012
82nd Geneva International Motor Show
8 - 18 March 2012
Fuel Systems for IC Engines
14 - 15 March 2012
JEC Europe composites show and conference
27 - 29 March 2012
April
eCarTec Electric Mobility Conference
3 - 4 April 2012
Eurobrake 2012
16 - 18 April 2012
Global Automotive Lightweight Materials
25 - 26 April 2012
May
10th International Conference on Turbochargers & Turbocharging
15 - 16 May 2012
AutoSEE
15 - 16 May
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Powertrain
Electric vehicles: Fuel cells
With lithium-ion battery technology not advancing as rapidly as the industry would like, fuel cells ... more.
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Emissions
Volkswagen Sharan
Developing VW's MPV to make it bigger, more efficient and better to drive... more.
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Chassis
Body-in-white: Weighing up the options
Bentley values steel’s stiffness above all else to deliver refinement, chassis dynamics and durabi... more.
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Safety
Straining every fibre
Carbon composites can significantly reduce vehicle mass but optimising body design for light weight ... more.
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Electronics
Infotainment: Seeing is beleiving
The 3D head-up displays BMW is developing look great but will only reach production if they reduce w... more.
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Design
Mini's head of exterior design Marcus Syring
Changes in store for the Paceman concept and how legislation and materials affect design.... more.
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Commercial Vehicles
Daimler Vito E-Cell
We take a look at Daimler’s first mass-produced electric commercial vehicle, Vito E-cell van... more.
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Hybrids & EVs
BASF’s head of chemicals research and engineering Dr Andreas Fischer
How BASF will deliver better batteries for hybrids and electric vehicles... more.
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Transmissions
Desert racers
VW’s engineers needed to adapt the Race Touareg 3 to have a chance of winning the Dakar rally for ... more.
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Hybrids
Alfred Büchi the inventor of the turbocharger
Turbocharging technology made the combustion engine more reliable and efficient, but the first syste... more.
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High Performance
Greater than the sum of its parts
Spyker’s bespoke sportscars sell for hundreds of thousands of euros. Sourcing high-quality, low-vo... more.
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Motorsport
Paul Eastman runs the Mini's World Rally Championship team
A career in stages... more.
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Testing
Bentley's acoustics and aerodynamics chief Aaron Hankinson
The challenge of making vehicles worth €320,00 pitch-perfect... more.
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Drivetrain
Luxury goods
Daimler’s latest seven-speed automatic transmission has made the four-cylinder S-Class a reality... more.