Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. will build more models using a new type of steel that combines high tensile strength with a previously unachievable degree of formability, resulting in lighter vehicles that can help lower emissions while protecting occupants.
The most commonly used form of regenerative braking is where a vehicle’s electric motor is used as an electric generator to capture the vehicle’s kinetic energy, which is otherwise lost as heat when braking.
As the "heart" of automobile, engine is the most essential core technology of automobile manufacture, and also is the key of independent innovation. Technological breakthrough against engine has become the main direction of numerous automobile manufacturers' intention to achieve significant progress in independent innovation.
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC), a committed technology leader, today announced a new IC that is compliant with the Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE)[1] core specification 4.2 – including support for a secure connection, LE privacy features and extended packet length. The new TC35679IFTG is designed for use in harsh automotive environments and extended temperature ranges. A mixed-signal device, the TC35679IFTG contains both analog RF and baseband digital parts. This enables it to provide a complete solution in a single, compact, low-profile (40-pin 6mm x 6mm x 1mm) QFN ‘wettable flank’ package with a pin pitch of 0.5mm.
PACCAR is introducing the new PACCAR Automated Transmission, the lightest heavy-duty transmission for on-highway commercial vehicles. The PACCAR transmission is designed to complement the superior performance of PACCAR MX engines and PACCAR axles. Kenworth and Peterbilt will begin offering the PACCAR Automated Transmission to North American customers in October 2017.