Automotive Engineer is the magazine of the EAEC

Automotive Engineer

May 2011

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News

  • Ford develops human body models to improve child safety
  • The Indian Chevrolet Beat gets a 1-litre, three-cylinder diesel
  • Nissan engineers are working on an all-wheel drive system for battery electric vehicles
  • Daimler and Bosch sign a joint venture to develop motors for EVs

Technology

  • There’s an app for everything, including wireless electric seat adjustment from Faurecia
  • Bosch’s missing link makes windscreen wipers better
  • Jaguar’s extra solenoids make its stop-start system quicker
  • Audi’s A3 hybrid concept mixes 1.4 turbo and carbon fibre

Features

Range Rover Evoque - cover story
How the Range Rover Evoque’s development team reduced aerodynamic drag, weight and friction to drive down its CO2 emissions to only 129g/km.
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Toyota Verso-S
The B-segment MPV mixes practicality with innovative lightweighting techniques

BMW X3
The OEM’s compact SUV stays all-wheel drive but makes big improvements to emissions

BMW M5
Why a downsized, twin-turbo V8 has replaced the naturally aspirated 5-litre V10

Rapid improvements
More power and a lighter, stiffer chassis make the Jaguar XKR-S

Bharat Balasubramanian 
Daimler’s innovation chief on vehicle connectivity and HUDs

Modular approach
Saab’s Phoenix architecture gives the OEM more freedom to develop more vehicles

Full range 
Lotus’s range-extender engine offers two power ouputs, and multiple installation options

Jeffrey Lux 
GM Europe’s powertrain chief on developing range-extender engines and transmissions

Focus on body-in-white

Increasing the mix of aluminium and carbon composites in vehicle structures will reduce weight and CO2 emissions but steel has yet to reach its limits. Materials suppliers debate the issues

Regulars

Comment
OEMs must ensure that brand attributes measure up

Milestones
Hybrid technology is helping OEMs to improve fuel efficiency, but it was the 1997 Toyota Prius that started the trend

Know-how
Looking into LED headlight technology

Diary
The best selection of what’s on, why, where, and when

Recruitment
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The Job
McLaren’s research director talks MP4-12C and what’s next