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Carbon Fiber Oil Valve
Although the use of carbon-fiber reinforced composites tends to be focused on body panels or structures, there are other places where the material can provide benefits, such as in an oil control valve.
Improving PBF for 3D Metal Printing
Powder bed fusion (PBF) is an additive manufacturing method that is performed in a wide variety of ways, from direct laser metal sintering to electron beam melting.
Driving, Ownership and Thought Experiments
The digital revolution will change everything. We should not only focus on redesigning the car, but also redesigning the “system.”
Structural Adhesives Lighten the Load
Adhesives are improving unibody strength and stiffness while reducing vehicle weight.
Additive Operation Addresses Total System
The volume production of aluminum parts made with additive manufacturing has become one step closer to realization as a pilot operation that was announced last year by a joint venture established Daimler, German aircraft structures supplier Premium Aerotec, and additive manufacturing equipment producer EOS (eos.info), NextGenAM, has been established in a Premium Aerotec facility in Varel, Germany.
Laser Surface Finishing Speeds Up
Lasers can provide an excellent surface finish on many materials, but it can take more time than the user can spare.
Toyota Warns of Plant Closure if U.K. Fails on Brexit Plan
Toyota Motor Corp. says it will idle its assembly plant in England if the U.K. exits the European Union next spring without a free-trade agreement with the bloc.
VW Postpones Decision on Jailed CEO
Today Volkswagen AGs supervisory board put off a decision about the fate of Audi CEO Rupert Stadler, who has been in jail since June on charges of interfering with a probe into diesel emission cheating.
VW, Microsoft Team on Global Mobility Cloud
Volkswagen AG and Microsoft Corp. have announced a strategic partnership to develop a comprehensive “industrial automotive cloud” for all future VW digital services and mobility offerings.
EV Tech Production Advances in China
Elon Musk was not the first CEO of Tesla; Martin Eberhard was (he was also the co-founder of Tesla, along with Marc Tarpenning). About five years after the establishment of Tesla, which occurred in 2003, Eberhard was no longer with the company.