October 2010
Automotive Engineer is the magazine of the EAEC
Automotive Engineer
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Powertrain
Accelerated development: Ricardo-McLaren M838T
Designing a V8 from scratch, and the facility that makes it, in just 18 months is challenging for an... more.
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Emissions
Kia Optima
Kia’s European engineers focused on diesel engine management and gasoline hybrid technology to mee... more.
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Chassis
Electronic stability control module
Automotive Engineer explains in detail... more.
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Safety
Volvo V40 gets pedestrian airbag system
Feature will boost Euro NCAP test scores... more.
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Electronics
Camera assembly
Automotive Engineer explains in detail... 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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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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Hybrids & EVs
Trendsetter
Toyota introduced its hybrid technology at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1995 with a concept version of th... more.
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Body-in-white
Opel-Vauxhall Meriva
As competition in the mini-MPV sector has increased, Meriva had to do everything it first did in 200... more.
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Downsizing
Magna Powertrain’s head of global products Walter Sackl
How future powertrain development will affect all-wheel drive technologies and why China is the larg... 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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Design
Smooth progress
Peugeot 508 is bigger, lighter, more aerodynamic and more efficient than the model it replaces. Dev... more.
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Drivetrain
Maintaining traction
Haldex develops efficient all-wheel drive system for electric vehicles... 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.