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120kW systems to power all electric solo bus
Enova Systems has delivered 4 incremental 120kW drive systems to Optare Plc for integration into their Solo Electric Bus.
New EV technology starting at the heavy end
Electric vehicles larger than cars include many boats, trucks, buses and other industrial and commercial vehicles, manned and unmanned aircraft and military vehicles for the field of combat and supply lines, even tugs for aircraft. Some electric vehicles are the size of a car but pack a much bigger punch. For example, forklifts and earthmovers can have much more powerful motors with many times the kW and Nm torque of car motors. Autonomous Underw...
ACEA Board elects Sergio Marchionne as President for 2012
The Board of Directors of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) has elected Sergio Marchionne, Chief Executive Officer of Fiat S.p.A. as well as Chairman and CEO of Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A., as the association’s President for 2012.
Volovo trucks' deliveries: November 2011
Volvo Trucks’ November deliveries increased 45% year-on-year to 11,349 trucks. In total, deliveries in Europe amounted to 4,418 trucks in November, up 35% compared with the corresponding period of 2010. Delivery increases were noted in such countries as the United Kingdom, France and Sweden.
STMicroelectronics and Mobileye to Develop Third-Generation System-on-Chip Family for Vision-Based Driver Assistance Systems
STMicroelectronics today announced that the two companies are co-developing the next generation of their System-on-Chip processor for the vision-based driver-assistance segment of the automotive market.
Altair Releases HyperWorks 10.0 with Powerful New Solver Capabilities and Technology Innovations
Altair Engineering today announced the release of Altair HyperWorks 10.0, an even more powerful version of its popular integrated computer-aided engineering software suite. This new release builds upon the breadth of solver solutions and computation speed of RADIOSS, launches several first-to-market design optimization advancements, introduces a new mathematical analysis software technology, and extends its market leadership position in modeling ...
ABstructures, Italy, Relies on HyperWorks in Developing Race-Winning Sailboat
Altair Engineering, Inc announced today that its HyperWorks CAE platform has been used by ABstructures, an Italian structural design company, to structurally design and optimize the winning yacht in the Volvo Ocean Race, Ericsson 4. The yacht, skippered by Torben Grael, claimed victory in the Volvo Ocean Race on June 27 in St. Petersburg, Russia, after 8 months and more than 37,000 nautical miles sailed around the world under the harshest conditi...
Volvo 3P Cab Engineering includes new material model available in RADIOSS to better predict behavior of cast parts in crash calculations
Altair Engineering, Inc., announce that Volvo 3P Cab Engineering, based in Lyon, France, has introduced new complex material laws in their RADIOSS models to better predict the behavior of ductile cast-iron parts in crash simulations.
Major Fresh Food Producer Chooses Generator Associates to Provide Installed Power for Expanding Production Facility and Refrigeration Units
A major UK fresh food manufacturer has chosen Generator Associates to provide a 500Kva SDMO diesel generator solution to power their rapidly expanding production facilities.
DC/DC Converter Powers Energy Recovery System for the automotive industry
Martek Power, announces the presentation of the first Hybrid Truck that took place in France. Martek Power designs and manufactures a bi‐directional 5 kW DC/DC converter which is part of the first hybrid truck developed by Renault Truck, part of Volvo Truck AB. The name of this multi‐companies project is called GEODE.