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Automotive Engineering International 2006-12-01

  • Magazine Issue
  • AUTODEC06
Published December 01, 2006 by SAE International in United States
Language:
  • English
  • 2006 Technology in review
    AEI editors look back at some of the most significant engineering and innovation stories of the past year.
  • A new focus on emissions
    Cleaning up cold starts, adding precision are some of the strategies being employed by powertrain and controls engineers to further cut exhaust pollutants.
  • Letting the sun shine in
    Increased modularity and reduced mass and complexity are the focus of covertible-top system engineers.
  • Air conditioning and global warming
    Europe's legislated phaseout of R-134a, remaining issues with CO2 systems, and new proposals for R134-a replacements give engineers many challenges, hard choices to make, and not much time.