The falling cost of natural gas and its increasing use for electricity generation has helped build the environmental appeal of battery electric vehicles. BEV advocates point to the 95% efficiency of the electric motor, which compares with the 40% - 42% brake thermal efficiency (BTE) of some advanced gasoline engines...
Wabco Adds Autonomous Driving ‘building Blocks’ to 2019 Portfolio
Active steering, high-deceleration emergency braking, and rear object detection with automatic braking underscore WABCO’s autonomous-tinged commercial vehicle products headed to the Americas in 2019. “As we add technologies to our portfolio, we’re building a foundation for the development of autonomous vehicles,” said Jon Morrison, WABCO’s President of the Americas. WABCO...
Ge Aviation and Dm3d to Ramp Up 3d-printed Fan Blade Production for Ge9x Engine
GE Aviation’s next-gen GE9X high-bypass turbofan engine is poised to be the most fuel-efficient jet engine ever produced by the company. Designed to power Boeing’s new 777X long-range, wide-body airliner, the GE9X builds on GE Aviation’s previous GE90, but will incorporate a larger fan, higher bypass and compression ratios, and...
2019 Hyundai Kona Electric Goes Content and Torque Heavy in a B-class Ev
What’s so remarkable about the Hyundai Kona Electric is how unremarkable it is. Essentially an electrified version of Hyundai’s B-class SUV, if the even hotter-selling C-class SUV segment offered equivalent performance, the industry could almost call it done for electrified daily drivers and move on to long-range solutions such as...
Smmt Launches Brexit Contingency Aid Package as High-risk Auto Suppliers Brace for ‘No-Deal’
As threat of ‘no-deal’ continues, SMMT launches new Brexit Readiness Programme to help safeguard UK’s automotive supply chain as cliff-edge looms. Initiative highlights contingency planning minefield, with changes to regulations, onerous customs processes, tariffs and restricted access to talent among complex challenges facing industry. UK Automotive repeats call for orderly...