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Students build electric racing car May 06, 2013
Students and scientists have developed an electrically driven racing car that goes from rest to 100 km/h in 3.6 seconds. That is only slightly slower than a McLaren Formula 1 car or a Porsche 911 Turbo.
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65-nm ARM Flash MCU controls electronic brake
May 06, 2013
Texas Instruments and automotive supplier Continental AG collaborate on the first 65 nm ARM Cortex safety microcontrollers with Flash technology in volume production. The Continental processor for advanced control in electronic braking systems (PACE) is the foundation for the Continental MK 100 family ...
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Toyota utilizes SPARK Pro programming language in ultra-low-defect software
May 03, 2013
For the development of safety-critical solutions in the automotive industry, Toyota makes use of the Ada-based SPARK programming language along with the SPARK Pro toolset. With this combination, Toyota intends to develop and implement software with an extremely high degree of reliability and resilience. ...
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Universal charger connects plug-in hybrids globally to the grid - as long as it is a Porsche
May 03, 2013
Porsche is implementing a universal charging solution in conjunction with its plug-in hybrid Panamera S E Hybrid which celebrated its world premiere at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show. This solution covers all aspects of electric driving - from charging accessories to installation of infrastructure.
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MOST Forum sketches 5-Gbps future
April 25, 2013
At the recent MOST Forum in Esslingen near Stuttgart (Germany), experts discussed the presence and future of the MOST data bus used in automotive environments. Against the background of the AVB/Ethernet camp seemingly having gained ground recently, the MOST proponents mulled the specifications of the ...
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Volvo evaluates flywheel hybrid drive - fuel savings of up to 25%
April 25, 2013
In hybrid cars, several technologies are available to harvest excess kinetic energy; converting it into electricity and storing it a battery or supercap is currently the most popular approach. Kinetic flywheels offer an alternative. Carmaker Volvo has tested this technology under everyday driving conditions ...
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Step-down switching regulators with built-in power MOSFET
April 19, 2013
Rohm Semiconductor has announced a series of step-down switching regulators with a built-in 45V/800-mΩ power MOSFET.
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Telematics enter off-road and truck markets
April 17, 2013
Telematics for cars is one of the most promising markets for M2M applications. Telematics solutions will find their customers not only in passenger cars but likewise in trucks and off-road vehicles. At the Bauma trade fair for construction machines and off-road vehicles this week in Munich, Daimler subsidiary ...
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Ford, Schaeffler demo advanced wheel hub drive
April 16, 2013
In tomorrow's city cars, electric wheel hub drives will be the solution of choice - they enable innovative, extremely flexible and versatile design solutions. Carmaker Ford and mechatronics company Schaeffler AG have developed such a drive and integrated it into a concept vehicle based on a Ford Fiesta. ...
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Virtual test drive generates realistic fuel consumption results
April 16, 2013
When it comes to emissions and fuel consumption of cars, there is a wide gap between the levels that are obtained in theory and practice. Simulation solution and engineering services provider IPG (Karlsruhe, Germany) demonstrated a more virtual test that achieves realistic results, implemented on its ...
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