In the commercial vehicles segment the potentials from combustion engines to reduce consumption are largely exhausted. Further improvements involve high investments and risks on the manufacturer ...
Within the MultiKab research project, a multi-material systems suitable for the mass production of complex multi-material, structurally durable commercial vehicle components was developed. The ...
For defining CV power trains in on- and off-road commercial vehicles which are an optimum for the whole system it is necessary to improve all components in a system and not one for each other. ...
New requirements and restrictions, but also degrees of freedom for vehicle concepts have resulted as part of electric mobility. New development approaches as well as a holistic consideration of the ...
A new rear axle system should rival the traditional multi-link rear suspension and short-long arm rear axle designs with regard to the performance required. A modular rear axle that combines high ...
Around the globe, more and more people are moving to cities, creating the same challenges for rapidly growing megacities everywhere: too little space for too many cars. People are demanding not only ...
In order to decrease CO2 emission and fuel consumption in the USA for the Cafe programme, especially the weight of US American light-duty pickup trucks has to be reduced. Using an extensive study, ...
Short development cycles, a great diversity of variants, increasing complexity of the systems themselves and continually rising levels of interlinking them are leading to a significantly higher ...
The literature discloses numerous methods for quick ashing of particulate filters. However, it is largely unknown if a combination of these methods is possible and which one is the method of ashing ...
The Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) and six other research institutes (ika, ISF, IBF, WZL, MMI, FIR) at RWTH Aachen University currently develop a new repair strategy for vehicles with CFRP ...
Future chassis strategies are based on a few high-volume platforms that are used for a wide range of vehicle models with kinematic variants and different axle loads. TRW Linkage & Suspension (now ...
Modern diesel engines require highly efficient fuel filter systems. In general, in commercial vehicles, a filter is installed before and after the low-pressure pump. Hengst has dealt intensively with ...
The ongoing introduction of cylinder deactivation strategies to reduce throttle or pumping losses provide an opportunity to achieve further reductions in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. ...
Since years the number of people died in traffic is decreasing, advanced driver assistance systems can lead to an active avoidance of additional accidents. The superordinate question to be ...
The air filter performance is typically a compromise between pressure loss, load capacity and efficiency. The development of air filters is always determined by exhaust gas regulations and customer ...
The Volvo XC90 is the first car application on the new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) of the company. As part of the SPA, a new domain based electrical architecture – an Autosar 4.0 network ...
Enabled by IT and digital technologies like connectivity systems and artificial intelligence, autonomously driving vehicles will be on the streets within upcoming years. Endangered in their leading ...
Car manufacturers are developing under high pressure on new vehicles that are due to go into production from 2014 to 2020. Vehicle bodies are required to weigh less, possess a high degree of rigidity ...
The A-segment is very versatile. In this article, FEV describes the requirements for this vehicle class, focusing on the conventional powertrain. Worldwide conventional powertrain trends are ...
Using crash tests with dummies or airbags, measurements without contact are wanted to cause no false measurement data and to get data quickly. In this case, optical 3D metrology would be appropriate ...
Tyres are more than just round and black. They are high-tech products that have to meet a wide variety of requirements and handle many different situations. Tyres are already helping to reduce fuel ...
Turbocharged gasoline engines are one method to further reduce CO2 emissions. The new exhaust legislation and the use of the Miller cycle increase the demands on turbocharging. With the example of ...
