Engine
Engine development has trended toward downsizing in recent years utilizing components such as advanced turbochargers to raise output to maintain consumer appeal.
Integrated Powertrain Control: Optimal Engine Operating Points.
March 12 by Automotive IQWithin the automotive powertrain industry, the engine operating point is an important part of the vehicle’s performance and emissions. The engine operating point determined by the engine speed...
The challenges of experimental engines and optimisation
January 13 by Chris BraceAutomotive IQ recently spoke with Chris Brace, Professor at the University of Bath, about his Chassis Dynamometer research, the main drivers for engine optimization and how less aggressivity might l...
Chances and uncertainties of RDE Regulation
November 27 by Automotive IQAutomotive IQ recently asked two OEM experts about chances and uncertainties of RDE regulation compliance requirements. Answering were John Korsgren, an Attribute Leader Diesel Engines & Engine Engi...
How the Formula E racing series affects tomorrow’s electric cars
November 21 by Jens HäberleAutomotive IQ recently spoke with Jens Håberle, former DTM car racer and now System Engineer at Audi Sport Team ABT Sportsline, about the Formula E racing series and its impact on tomorrow’s e...
Innovative Engines: Thinking Outside the Box
October 24 by Peter ElsSince the latter half of the 19th Century, the technology of choice to propel the motor car has been the reciprocating piston, spark-ignition Otto-cycle engine, followed by the compression-ignition...
Top 10 Car Manufacturers: Volkswagen Group
September 17 by Colin Pawsey#1: Volkswagen Group A brief history Volkswagen means ‘people’s car’, and the company was originally established after Adolf Hitler expressed his desire to produce a car able...
Top 10 Car Manufacturers: Toyota Motor Corporation
September 11 by Colin Pawsey#2: Toyota Motor Corporation A brief history Toyota’s history can be traced back to the automatic loom company started by Sakichi Toyoda in the early 1900’s. An automobile departmen...
Top 10 Car Manufacturers: Daimler AG
September 05 by Colin Pawsey#3: Daimler AG A brief history Daimler’s history can be traced back to 1886, when Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler invented the automobile independently of one another. The both founded com...
Top 10 Car Manufacturers: General Motors Corporation
August 29 by Colin Pawsey#4: General Motors Corporation A brief history General Motors was established in Flint, Michigan in 1908 by William Durant, initially as a holding company for the Buick Motor Company. By 1910 i...
Top 10 Car Manufacturers: Ford Motor Company
August 22 by Colin Pawsey#5: Ford Motor Company A brief history Ford was incorporated by Henry Ford and a group of investors, in Michigan in 1903. In October 1908 Ford introduced the Model T, which became one of the mo...
Top 10 Car Manufacturers: Honda Motor Company
August 14 by Colin Pawsey#6: Honda Motor Company A brief history The founder of the company, Honda Soichiro started his first company Tokai Seiko (Eastern Sea Precision Machine Company) in 1937; and by 1941 had develo...
Top 10 Car Manufacturers: Nissan Motor Corporation
August 08 by Colin Pawsey#7: Nissan Motor Corporation A brief history Jidosha-Seizo Co. Ltd was established in 1933, taking over manufacturing of all Datsun vehicles, which were first produced as early as 1914. In 1...