FCA Aims for U.S. Approval on Diesel Fix by April

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV tells a court hearing in San Francisco that it expects to achieve final regulatory signoff by April on a proposed fix for diesels claimed to violate U.S. emission rules.

Generative design, additive manufacturing and reverse engineering are all based on faceted modeling, which uses mesh-based geometries. However, most designing is done in CAD systems that create B-rep models, which are feature-based solid models. Convergent modeling works with both modeling approaches.

Solid Edge Brings Divergent Modeling Worlds Together

This new software suite allows the development of “beautiful models ready for production.” What more can you ask for?

Veloydne Launches Upgraded Lidar Sensor

Velodyne Lidar Inc. says it has developed a new lidar technology that outperforms all currently available sensors to better enable fully autonomous vehicle operations.

Uber to Work with NASA on Flying Taxis

Uber Technologies Inc. has signed a “space act” agreement with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration to help facilitate the ’flying taxi fleet being developed by the ride-hailing service.

German Court Orders Independent Probe of VW Diesel Cheating

A German regional court has ruled that an independent auditor must be appointed to lead a new investigation into Volkswagen AG’s diesel emission cheating.

The Advanced Active Cleaning System prototype has been developed by Röchling and electronics expert Helbako. Shown here is a cutaway of the fluid tank and the electronics that are integrated with it. The purpose of the AACS is to keep the surfaces of radar, lidar, cameras and other sensors clean. The system intelligence not only determines what needs to be clean, but, based on the amount of fluid in the tank and the importance of the given sensors, which to prioritize to help assure safe driving.

Röchling Advances Systems for Structures and Sensors

From battery protection to keeping sensors clean—Röchling is developing useful tech.

Autoliv Adds Elderly Female to Crash Test Dummy Family

Autoliv Inc. is evaluating a new crash test dummy that replicates the body of an elderly woman to help improve vehicle safety for an aging and diverse global population.

“Drive Me to the Moon. . . .”

“Drive Me to the Moon. . . .”

While this snappy hounds-tooth checked seat may look like something that might have been in one of Frank Sinatra’s pads back in the day it is actually the Recaro Rallye, which is said to be the world’s first shell seat: there is a seat shell of fiberglass-reinforced resin formed to the contours of a body.

Report: Tencent Holdings to Develop Self-Driving Tech

Chinese social media giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. is the latest company to develop its own technology platform with which to operate autonomous vehicles, sources tell Bloomberg News.

Waymo Prepares to Let the Public Ride in Truly Driverless Cars

Waymo LLC says it will begin in December to allow members of the general public to ride in vehicles equipped with its autonomous-driving technology—and no one in the driver’s seat.