Transport The world is smaller today than it has ever been before. We can move anything anywhere with the greatest of ease and it's only getting better. Your competition is no longer just down the road, it's all over the world and we're always finding better ways to transport things.
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Ben Gulak's on a roll - literally. The 18-year old Toronto whiz has invented a silent, electrically powered motorcycle with two side-by-side wheels giving the impression of a single tire. He calls his invention the Uno.
"It's similar to the Segway in that it has a couple of gyros and neat electrical sensors," Gulak told the Daily News. "Its top speed is 15 mph, but right now it's in the prototype stage. It's all a matter of time and scale. It'll go faster."
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Tuesday 1 July, 2008 10:50 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by jackson Browne
EDMONTON - Nap Pepin's Sherwood Park home is a gallery of technological inventions from built-in stereo systems in his cabinets to a customized remote control that scrolls through channels and music playlists at lightning speed.
"I'm such a geek," he said with a laugh, showing off a homemade arcade helicopter game that deploys fake bombs and contains light and sound effects.
But his newest creation -- a sleek, white, lithium-powered electric vehicle -- has turned heads and attracted smiles and thumbs-up signs from strangers.
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Monday 30 June, 2008 08:12 AM |
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Casey Litaker has been living an aerospace engineer’s dream the last five years, designing the most technologically advanced commercial aircraft ever built.
Litaker heads the engineering team at Vought Aircraft Industries in Dallas that has played a major role designing and developing the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. It’s the kind of opportunity that might come along only once in an engineer’s career.
"I remember starting out on the B-2 [bomber] 25 years ago and thinking, 'This is aviation,’ " Litaker said. "Then nothing like that came along until this."
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Monday 30 June, 2008 12:06 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Yan Chu
Topia Corp , a company engaged in designing and prototyping automobiles, prototyped a single-seater electric vehicle "HUVO," which weighs only about 150kg (330 lb).
The vehicle was exhibited at the booth of Marubeni Information Systems Co Ltd in the 19th Design Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions Expo (DMS), which is an IT solution exhibition for manufacturers and runs from June 25-27, 2008, at Tokyo Big Sight.
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Sunday 29 June, 2008 08:10 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dave Ellery
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The Aspid is a new, exciting and technically-advanced luxury sports car, from automotive engineering consultancy IFR Automotive, making its world debut at the British International Motor Show. Very much a driver’s car, it offers exceptional performance, agility and style. It is also small, lightweight and ultra compact.
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Saturday 28 June, 2008 02:55 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dave Ellery
Britain will soon have its first national network of charging bays for electric cars as growing numbers of motorists opt for alternative forms of transport.
By the end of next year, about 1,000 of the bays are expected to be installed across the country, with 200 in London and smaller networks in other conurbations.
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Saturday 28 June, 2008 12:37 PM |
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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation yesterday signed a technology licensing agreement with its powertrain JV enterprise in China Harbin Dongan Automotive Engine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. for 4- and 5-speed automatic transmissions.
Dongan Automotive began construction work on a new factory in March this year that is scheduled to commence production in April 2010. The new facility will have an annual production capacity of 150,000 units and will produce 50,000 units in its first year of operation. With this addition, the Dongan plant's combined capacity will risse to 300,000 units / year. In 2007, the plant had sales volume of 280,000 units.
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Saturday 28 June, 2008 06:52 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan
KENT, Wash.- Flow International Corporation the world's leading developer and manufacturer of
industrial waterjet machines for cutting and cleaning applications, today
announced that Airbus has awarded Flow all of its multi-million dollar
contract to manufacture and install multiple Composite Machining Center (CMC)
abrasive waterjet and routing machine tool systems
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Friday 27 June, 2008 06:05 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Tony Elmasri
Frankfurt am Main / Rheinböllen, Germany - Continental , the international automotive supplier, today celebrated the production of the world's 500 millionth floating caliper at its Rheinböllen site.
"Each year, the Hydraulic Brake Systems Business Unit produces more than 33 million floating calipers at sites in Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, the USA, Brazil, China, Japan and Taiwan",
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Friday 27 June, 2008 12:01 AM |
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NEEDHAM, Mass. The Product Development Company® , today announced that Wrightbus, the UK manufacturing division of Wright Group and one of Europe’s leading providers of passenger transport solutions, has adopted Windchill® for product lifecycle management (PLM). Windchill, the PTC content and process management solution, has enabled Wrightbus to significantly improve its collaborative product development processes. Wrightbus has been a user of PTC’s integrated CAD/CAM/CAE solution, Pro/ENGINEER® since 2000, and the selection of Windchill provides Wrightbus with the additional benefits of the PTC integral Product Development System (PDS) strengthening the business processes that keep this innovative and award winning company ahead of its global competition.
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Wednesday 25 June, 2008 02:08 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Yan Chu
KUALA LUMPUR - Even with stiff regional competition and challenges in the aviation industry due to rising fuel costs, there is still a significant market share for the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry in Malaysia.
Aerospace and Defence consultant Azman Aziz, from Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, said Malaysia has the potential to capture more market share in the aircraft MRO industry with the existing infrastructure and available facilities.
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Monday 23 June, 2008 06:38 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Susan Decker
WASHINGTON -- I hate driving . I hate it even more now that I can't afford it.
With gasoline topping $4 a gallon in many places, there's no shortage of advice from the financial experts: Try carpooling, biking or walking. Eat out less. Stop shopping. Carefully choose your brand and type of gasoline because some are more cost-efficient. Or get rid of your car.
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Monday 23 June, 2008 09:25 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by George Tan
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Summertime is high season for convertibles . With spring's first peek preview of the warm weather to come, the demand for motoring’s open-air class again begins to soar. And then it’s off and away, the face in the warm glow of the sun and hair tousled by a soft breeze, yellow rapeseed fields racing by – all brought to a sudden end by an April shower! Blessed are those who need only press a button, as in the case of the current BMW 3 Series convertible, whose steel fold-down top rolls back up and closes in just 22 seconds. To be sure, steel may not sound like a lightweight material, and a hardtop does, of course, weigh more than a soft top. It goes to show, nevertheless, that steel is holding its own as a modern car-making material.
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Monday 23 June, 2008 08:17 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ali Hamoud
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The key to affecting the development of tomorrow’s mobility lies in our readiness to challenge what is established and in the ability to present new options. In order to meet these objectives, BMW Group Design taps into the potential of the GINA principle (Geometry and Functions In “N” Adaptions) which promotes innovative thinking by allowing maximum freedom of crea-tivity. GINA produces dramatically different solutions that affect the design and functionality of future cars. The GINA Light Visionary Model is an optical expression of selective, future-oriented concepts which provide an example of the manner and extent of this transformation.
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Monday 23 June, 2008 12:11 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Adam Crighton
In the rush to cut foreign oil dependence, domestic automakers overlooked lithium-ion production
The future of the U.S. auto industry resembles a box of parts for hybrids, plug-in electrics and fuel cells, which promise to slash oil demand and provide jobs for another century. But that box comes with a familiar disclaimer: Batteries not included.
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Sunday 22 June, 2008 08:08 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by John William
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Diesel cars, alternative powertrains and alternative bio-fuels are not the broad environmental panaceas they are made out to be, Holden Special Vehicles boss Tom Walkinshaw claims.
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Sunday 22 June, 2008 02:07 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
But January’s launch in India of the Tata Nano car , priced at just 100000 rupees (around E1720), has come as a shock to many people.
Everyone appreciates that labour costs are lower in India than in Europe, but material costs are similar. How can a car cost less than we are used to paying for good quality motor scooters here in Europe?
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Saturday 21 June, 2008 10:06 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
Tata owned Jaguar-Land Rover (JLR) has announced a major drive to recruit 600 engineers and technical staff to work on its 700-million-pounds projects to develop a new generation of cleaner and more eco-friendly vehicles.
The initiative comes only weeks after JLR was bought by Indian car giant Tata Motors from Ford for 1.5 billion pounds. The former is not directly involved with the project though it has approved the new plan.
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Friday 20 June, 2008 09:26 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by George Tan
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The popularity of Citroen vehicles is based on the firm's novel designs, which exemplify French style and sense. While enhancing user-friendliness and continually developing cutting-edge designs, the French company is positioning itself as one of Europe's leading eco-friendly automakers. In this ninth installment in a series on the world's high-end brands, Citroen President Gilles Michel speaks with Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Hiroyuki Nakamura about future strategies.
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Friday 20 June, 2008 08:19 AM |
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – It is possible to slash fuel use by all vehicles on U.S. roads to pre-2000 levels within a few decades, but doing so will require an immediate and herculean effort in several areas, according to data issued recently by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 05:32 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Tony Elmasri
The little municipality of Modena, Italy in the Po Valley , is known for its famous tenor – Luciano Pavarotti – who was born and died here; for its delicious balsamic vinegar – use it on ice cream for a real treat; and for an unrivaled automotive history of sportscar design, engineering, manufacturing, and speed.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 08:03 AM |
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