Automotive Engineering: July 1, 2014
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The latest strategies are investigated for vehicle development by automakers and major suppliers. - Sports cars embrace array of green technology
IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship promotes a variety of green technologies to link racing to the road. - More gears, more challenges
Many strategies, as well as key software and hardware aspects related to controllers, networks, sensors, and actuators, must be considered to keep automatic transmissions shifting smoothly as more gears are added to improve fuel economy. - Advancing structural composites
Industry experts address the opportunities and challenges involved with moving toward composite-intensive vehicles, including Nissan's effort to produce a high-volume, fully recyclable composite liftgate with low metal content.
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