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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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Pat Sheen
Back in 1995, The Boeing Co . delivered its first 777 on time -- to the very day it was promised, in fact -- to United Airlines. Those were the days.
Today, some customers won't get Boeing's prized 787 Dreamliner for up to three years after they were supposed to.
It's not the only new Boeing airplane in trouble.
Boeing announced Friday that the first new 747-8 will be up to a year late.
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Saturday 15 November, 2008 04:33 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by David Singh
Scientists at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have worked with the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) and Fluid Gravity Engineering (FGE) to advise the world-record bid team on two of the most high-risk aspects of the world record attempt - wheel and rocket designs.
The wheels are arguably the most important design feature for the vehicle. To reach 1,000 mph, they need to be able to rotate at 10,500 rpm without being damaged by the surface or any stones that they run over.
They also need to be as light as possible to minimise steering and suspension forces, absorb all of the weight, down force loads and stresses and distribute this pressure without causing damage to the vehicle or the surface.
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Friday 14 November, 2008 05:47 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
With General Motors turning 100 this year, the company has looked back over that century of cars, selecting its ten most important vehicles. Including those companies only relatively recently in the fold (like Saab), it makes for a fascinating read. Some of the points are arguable, but on the whole we think that they’re got it right.
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Wednesday 12 November, 2008 04:59 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
Last month, Michigan lost its preeminent alternative powertrain engineering lab when Tesla Motors closed up there in the face of fundraising woes. Now the state is getting another one.
Fisker Automotive said today that it would open a design and engineering center in Pontiac, Mich. The Irvine-based company, which is working on a plug-in electric hybrid sedan called the Karma, said it would hire up to 200 engineers and designers for a 34,000-square-foot facility.
"The new facility will allow us the opportunity to collaborate with our Michigan supplier base and have
everyone under one roof," said Bernhard Koehler, chief operating officer of Fisker Automotive.
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Tuesday 11 November, 2008 03:54 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan
Larsen & Toubro and Malaysia-based Scomi Engineering Bhd will together build the country’s first monorail system in the city.
The Rs 2,460-crore order for a 19.54-km stretch has been awarded to the consortium by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority.
Scomi Engineering is among the top three global monorail manufacturers offering urban transportation solutions such as monorail electro-mechanical systems and rolling stock.
The monorail system is expected to ease congestion in the highly-crowded Jacob Circle, Wadala and Chembur areas.
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Tuesday 11 November, 2008 07:51 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by John William
Given the intensifying debate about climate change and the need for further reductions in fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, the market outlook for diesel and gasoline direct-injection systems has never been better.
The improvement in diesel engine design has significantly reduced exhaust emission while enhancing vehicle performance capabilities. Indeed, the accent in Europe has been on CO2 reduction and, because of its higher thermal efficiency, diesel offers distinct fuel saving advantages. This, coupled with the fact that many European countries have fuel taxation strategies which benefit diesel, has resulted in a dramatic growth of diesel-engined vehicles at the expense of gasoline. But changing consumer opinions and perceptions of diesels in North America will take some time.
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Monday 10 November, 2008 03:56 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Adam Crighton
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Engineers from Cummins Filtration , the leader in filtration, exhaust, coolant and chemical technology for all engine-powered systems, recently received the prestigious Diploma of Recognition from the International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies (FISITA) for their research paper on the company's innovative Direct Flow engine air filter with nanofiber filter media.
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Sunday 9 November, 2008 05:57 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
It was a scene straight out of a forensic crime flick. A group of Japanese engineers huddled close together, taking in the details of the
bathroom. A few of them jotted down notes while some pointed excitedly at the fine Italian faucets on the washbasin. Just outside, Mrs Mukherjee waited with a tray of coffee cups. She looked nervous.
But she wasn’t the only one feeling the jitters. Globally, it has been a massacre the Detroit economy is bleeding. And closer to home it’s not rosy either — the domestic car industry has seen better days. Add to it the pressures of a suffocating credit squeeze, cut-throat competition and an economy that is levelling out and you have every CEO racking his brain for the right idea — the idea that people say is going to push the auto industry out of the doldrums.
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Sunday 9 November, 2008 05:53 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Barot Casha
Cessna announced it will build the assembly facility at its Mid-Continent facility in April following approval by the Kansas Legislature of a new incentive measure designed to keep and attract new business. Among those collaborating with the legislators on the package were the City of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition and the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce. Sebelius signed the bill during a visit to Cessna on April 23.
“Landing the Citation Columbus sends a strong message that Kansas will compete to keep and grow aviation jobs,” Sebelius said. “But this reaches far beyond aviation and the direct jobs created at Cessna. Research shows that each aviation job creates an additional 2.9 jobs, which means a total of nearly 4,000 future new jobs in Kansas as a result of this new plant.”
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Saturday 8 November, 2008 05:46 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
Thousands of people felt the thrill as Justin Verlander closed in on a no-hitter for the Tigers in 2007. Four years earlier, I was among a handful listening as a kid named Josh Ritter unslung his guitar and played his song "Kathleen" under an oak tree in a park near Austin, Texas. In both cases, anyone present knew they would remember the moment.
A few thousand owners will get the same tingle -- this is the real deal -- when they start the 638-horsepower V8 under the carbon-fiber hood of the new Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.
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Thursday 6 November, 2008 08:13 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dave Ellery
The Scuderi Group , developers of what is expected to be the world's most fuel efficient internal combustion engine, will debut the Scuderi Engine to the Japanese automotive industry this week at the Nagoya Eco Clean Car Fair, Nov. 7-9 at the Port Messe Nagoya. (Booth B-7)
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Monday 3 November, 2008 07:56 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by George Tan
The next new Boeing Co. airplanes will be designed, developed and produced with less reliance on outsourcing than the long-delayed 787 passenger jet, a key executive says.
Even the next derivative of the 787 will rely more on in-house design, said Michael J. Denton, vice president of engineering and the top technical executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
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Friday 31 October, 2008 08:27 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Sean
GM today downplayed a report in Automotive News , an industry publication, that it would be cutting off nearly all product development spending for the next two years in an effort to trim as much as $1.5 billion in spending. The company is reported to be on the precipice of a cash flow crisis that would have it running out of money sometime next year. General Motors is spending more than $1 billion per month more than it brings in, which means that the cuts would likely provide GM with, at most, an extra month and a half of liquidity. Desperate times indeed.
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Thursday 30 October, 2008 05:40 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan
If I had unlimited frequent-flyer miles, I definitely would not have missed last night's Royal Aeronautical Society lecture by Dr. Ian Poll, Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Cranfield University and head of the Omega Project, an effort to develop more eco-friendly aviation. The Times of London has a curtain-raiser on the lecture, which is supposed to call for converting more aviation from fossil fuels to nuclear power.
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Wednesday 29 October, 2008 03:48 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
In the first meeting of its kind, industry experts and government officials will be in London to discuss how to kick start the mass market production of low carbon and electric vehicles .
The event on Monday 27 October is part of the Prime Minister's initiative announced at this year's London Motor Show and is aiming to put the UK at the forefront of a green motoring revolution.
Energy, automotive, planning experts and government representatives from more than 15 countries will be debating many of the technological challenges, key barriers and opportunities that could be created from the low carbon and electric vehicle market. And will also be gathering consensus on industry standards.
One of the meeting's aims will be to produce a declaration on how to take the outcomes forward. It's also expected that the progress made will be fed into the G8 Energy Forum in Japan in November and the London Energy Summit in December as low carbon vehicles are expected to be on the agendas for both these events.
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Tuesday 28 October, 2008 06:45 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
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A century after the Model T put the world on wheels, Ford Motor Company has announced the winners of a global competition that challenged five universities to create a similarly revolutionary vehicle concept. The winner of the competition was Germany's Aachen University's Institute of Automotive Engineering (ika), which took home the USD$25,000 in scholarship funds by developing a concept that met the requirements set by Ford: the vehicle had to be simple, lightweight, practical, and durable, offer a range of at least 125 miles, accommodate at least two passengers and be priced no more than $7,000.
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Friday 24 October, 2008 02:35 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan
The new diesel V-8 they designed for General Motors is simple and light. On paper, at least, it has the potential to be the first great engine of GM's second century.
GM plans to install the new Duramax 4.5 in its Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra light-duty pickups and several SUVs next fall.
Last year, GM revealed the innovative top half of the new engine, with its turbocharger nestled between the cylinder heads where the intake manifold normally would be.
Now, GM is showing the bottom half of the engine. The innovations there are just as extensive.
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Wednesday 22 October, 2008 06:13 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ali Hamoud
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A few miles inland from the north coast of Sicily , on a bare and rocky plateau about 2,000ft up in the Madonie mountains, there is a crossroads called the Bivio Polizzi. If you are coming from the town of Caltavuturo on the route of the old Targa Florio, you ignore the right fork, which would take you to the small hill town of Polizzi Generosa, and bear left on the road that leads to the sea. Back in 1973, which was the last time the race was run, you could stand on a grass bank at the crossroads on a practice day and hear the sound of a car long before it came into view. Then you watched it snaking through a series of bends before it passed you, a blur of noise and colour so close that you could almost reach out across a ditch and touch it.
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Wednesday 22 October, 2008 01:08 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Adam Crighton
For 2009, Porsche is offering three calendars and a planner that detail the evolution of Porsche design and modern technologies in their cars.
The official 2009 Porsche calendar is themed "Engineering and Efficiency" and features 12 close-up images of Porsche technology, including Porsche's double-clutch gearbox, Variocam Plus and direct fuel injection. The calendar also includes a collector's coin.
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Tuesday 21 October, 2008 01:01 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by John William
Having already breathed new life into the ailing Mini brand, the creative volk at leading German car manufacturer BMW are looking to build on the associated trend appeal of the existing Mini and Mini Clubman editions with the decidedly green Mini E.
While the Mini’s impressive fuel efficiency and low CO2 output have already helped it carve a niche as one of the world’s most eco-friendly cars, BMW’s new Mini E is a clear and focused attempt to secure undisputed ecological credentials thanks to the introduction of an all-electric engine.
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Tuesday 21 October, 2008 11:14 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
The Audi R8 has been hailed as one of the best supercars ever made since hitting the streets in 2007, which is most likely why someone wanted to have a custom racing boat designed around it. The best part? The company may put the design into limited production.
First off, whoever thought of this is a genius. That being said, the design came from a Swedish design and engineering firm called Vizualtech. They were contacted by an enthusiast from Dubai who requested they design a boat that was loosely based around the body of an Audi R8. The result was a catamaran that is, to say the least, visually stunning.
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Wednesday 15 October, 2008 02:42 AM |
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