By Axel Streicher — Did you ever ponder over how many electrical motors can be found in a modern vehicle? Not really, eh? So if you, the technical savvy reader here, did not, then the average car user may not even acknowledge that there are electrical motors in vehicles running from fuel. Invisible little helpers, [...]
February 27, 2012 – 12:58 pm
By Stephan Lehmann — Many in the automotive industry believe that the automobile will undergo more changes in the next 15 years than it has since its inception 125 year ago. Through partnerships, this industry is working towards fuel efficiency and a world without accidents. Vehicles will connect to each other and to the cloud [...]
February 20, 2012 – 3:24 pm
By Steve Nelson – On Sunday, at the Daytona 500, we’ll watch history unfold as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series roars into action with fuel-injected engines powered by Freescale technology. And we’re not kicking off this transition at a minor event, but at “The Great American Race,” in front of more than 200,000 fans and 15 million [...]
February 16, 2012 – 8:46 am
By Cherif Assad – Sensors are proliferating in our cars. According to IHS, the MEMS sensor market continues to grow strong in automotive applications with compound annual growth revenue (CAGR) of 10% within the 2010-2015 timeframe. With the emergence of electrification, the 12V battery (also known as a low voltage battery) is more and more [...]
January 11, 2012 – 4:42 pm
By Rainer Makowitz — The Consumer Electronics Show 2012 is once again demonstrating to what extent consumer devices either enter the car or they get converted into their automotive equivalent and added to the feature list. The biggest expectations on value for the driver are in the field of infotainment and assist functions. Whether access [...]
December 7, 2011 – 11:52 am
By Axel Streicher – Ethernet on wheels … is not really groundbreaking news, some may say. No argument here, since 100Mbps Ethernet has been around for a while as an on-board diagnostics (OBD) port and access point to the vehicle for re-programming or flashing modules at the OEM dealership. The news is that the automotive [...]
November 22, 2011 – 2:57 pm
By Steve Nelson – Wow, what a great end to the NASCAR season. Two drivers — the only guys that can win the championship — fighting it out for more than 400 miles. It was truly the NASCAR version of a ‘game 7’, and if you missed it, then you missed something special. There’s also [...]
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