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Open Sensuality: Roadster Performance In Its Perfect Form
The performance brand within Mercedes-Benz Cars is presenting a new dream-car: the SLS AMG Roadster. This super sports car thrills with a perfect synthesis of open-top driving pleasure, outstanding driving dynamics and systematic lightweight construction. The overall visual appearance of the new two-seater is marked by its purist design.
ALPS Develops and Commences Mass Production of “HGPRDT Series” High-Precision Latch 2-Phase Type Magnetic Sensor
ALPS ELECTRIC EUROPE GmbH has developed the HGPRDT Series highprecision latch 2-phase output* type magnetic sensor for use in automotive equipment, supporting a wide operating temperature range between –40°C and +140°C, and high voltages up to 30V.
austriamicrosystems announced robust, high-resolution, contactless magnetic angle sensor with SAE SENT J2716 interface
austriamicrosystems has announced the AS5165, a contactless magnetic angle position sensor for accurate angular measurement over a full 360°. The new high-resolution magnetic rotary sensor offers best-in-class protection features for reliable operation in harsh automotive environments and includes a SENT J2716 interface for simple transmission of high-resolution sensor information.
Freescale chips drive next-generation automotive body electronics applications
As drivers opt for more comfort and convenience features in their cars, automotive body electronics will continue to require more complex semiconductors while maintaining competitive price points. Freescale Semiconductor is expanding its popular line of 16-bit S12 microcontrollers (MCUs) optimised for a broad range of cost-sensitive automotive body electronics applications. The advanced S12G devices are designed to accommodate application require...
SYSGO & OpenSynergy join forces for the automotive market
SYSGO AG and OpenSynergy GmbH, two German software companies, have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement targeting the automotive market. They will join forces to provide carmakers with a software platform that already meets both avionics safety standards and AUTOSAR (Automotive Open System Architecture) requirements. Rolf Morich, general manager at OpenSynergy, said in a joint press release, “The high quality standards of SYSGO’s technol...
Productiv To Bridge The Gap Between Green Technology Developers And The Global Automotive Industry
A new business has been established in the UK to help connect technology developers to international vehicle manufacturers and their tier 1 suppliers. This initiative by Productiv Limited, which has been created to take new technology into production, will provide wide ranging support to small and medium sized enterprises, helping to industrialise emerging low carbon technologies.
Business ministers brought up to speed on Axeon electric vehicle battery technology
Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Business Minister, Mark Prisk, were yesterday brought up to speed on Axeon’s industry-leading battery technology for electric vehicles, on display in the Low Carbon vehicle exhibition at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
UKESF drives graduate automotive electronic engineering skills forward with Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has pledged its support to the UK Electronic Skills Foundation (UKESF), which seeks to reverse the UK’s significant decline in electronic engineering graduates.
Three ways that traction motor makers race to escape rare earths
In 2022, over 128 million electric vehicles will be made, mainly two wheelers, according to the IDTechEx report, Electric Vehicles 2012-2022. That means over $260 billion dollars of business in our estimations, even at ex-factory prices, with cars being under 50% of that figure.
UK Engine Plant To Build Engines For BMW i8 Plug-In Hybrid Sports Cars
At today’s SMMT 2012 International Automotive Summit at Canary Wharf, London, Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Sales and Marketing BMW, announced that the new generation of high-tech, 3-cylinder petrol engines for the future BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car will be produced exclusively at the BMW engine plant at Hams Hall, near Birmingham.