Automotive Engineering International 2006-11-01
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- Parisian delights
The concept vehicles at September's Paris Motor Show ranged from futuristic, over-the-top dream machines with diesel hybrid power to fuel-efficient small cars with high-end interiors. - Software poses hard challenges
Autocoding, reuse help automakers produce increasingly more lines of code. - The two-wheeler future
Japanese manufacturers look to crossovers, hybrids, and alternative-energy concepts to reinvigorate the motorcycle industry. - An Aura of refinement
Saturn took cues from its European partner when designing a new entrant for the U.S. midsize market. - Decongesting Denver
The road to safer and more efficient ground transportation in the Mile High City is being paved, in part, via a romance between highway and light rail. - Hybrids for commerce
Though they represent a fraction of the Japanese hybrid fleet, the four Japanese commercial-vehicle manufacturers offer diesel-electric hybrid trucks and buses that are on the leading edge of the technology.
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