As part of an evolving process, Auto Tech Review would bring to you new sections and innovations regularly. Part of that process is this new section, called “Shopfloor”, where we strive to ...
In the first of our two-part feature on light weighting in February 2012, we had discussed the material options in light weight vehicle design and the associated manufacturing and joining ...
The International Centre for Automotive Technology (iCAT) is the first organisation in Asia to have procured the Dynatest 995 Tire Traction Tester (TTT) – an equipment used to measure skid and slip ...
Rising input costs, tough competition, stringent norms, increasingly diverse customer demands and the ambition of being the world’s largest – overcoming these challenges and achieving the top ...
The transport sector already contributes a large portion of greenhouse gas emissions, and we are expecting the global transport fleet to increase five-fold by 2050. The internal combustion engine ...
Weight reductions through alternative designs of passenger car chassis are given a particular timeliness: Initiatives of the automobile manufacturers on emission reductions and vehicle concepts – ...
The electrification of road transport has gained high priority in the developed economies. Japanese companies have established their lead in Hybrid Electricdrive Vehicles (HEVs), and are now moving ...
New accumulator technologies require adapted, improved or a completely new portfolio of materials. Chemetall, leading producer of lithium, presents different examples of new technologies and their ...
This column will discuss the future transportation scenario in India and the technologies to make that happen. Today 60 % of the world's population live in Asia, with India and China contributing ...
In Asia, the second stage of powertrain development is now underway. After first adopting, and then localising existing systems from the developed automotive world, automotive engineers are now ...
The gasoline direct injection becomes more and more important for small engines used in passenger cars.Lowering injection pressure and thus costs could enable the introduction of this technology in ...
Today, over 90 % of European fuel systems are made in plastic. By producing plastic fuel tanks, the conventional blow-moulding technology has reached its maximum potential. With the Next Generation ...