Posted Jul 20, 2011, by John Day
General Motors (GM) was an early adopter of rapid prototyping (RP) technology for parts and subassemblies as well as for electrical/electronic applications. In the latter realm, for example, it developed a two-mode hybrid powertrain control system in less than the expected development time – four years from initial design to vehicle production.
Larry Nitz, executive director of hybrid and electric … Read More
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selective laser sintering (SLS),
rapid prototyping technology,
stereo lithography apparatus (SLA),
Chevrolet Volt,
Electric Networked Vehicle (EN-V) concept,
3D Systems Corp.,
hybrid powertrain control system,
Materialise Inc.,
General Motors,
GM
Posted Apr 28, 2011, by John Day
If you haven’t already signed up for IESF (Integrated Electrical Solutions Forum) Automotive, here is the link:
http://lyris.mentor-info.com/t/231322/15801563/18190/5846/
IESF is scheduled for June 2 at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn (MI).
If you’ve attended IESF in past years you know its value for both quality technical presentations and networking. I am looking forward to hearing John McElroy (Autoline) … Read More
Tags:
IESF,
IBM,
General Motors,
Mentor Graphics,
The Hansen Report,
Autoline,
AUTOSAR
Posted Apr 26, 2011, by John Day
Who do you like in the EcoCAR 2, the three-year collegiate automotive engineering competition that began during the SAE World Congress in Detroit earlier this month?
The 16 teams that qualified for the competition are Cal State, Colorado State, Embry-Riddle, Mississippi State, NC State, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rose-Hulman, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Tennessee, … Read More
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EcoCAR 2,
Clean Cities,
Virginia Tech,
Vector CANtech,
Robert Bosch LLC,
CD-Adapco,
University of Waterloo,
Siemens PLM,
Freescale,
Ohio State,
Penn State,
California Air Resources Board,
Rose-Hulman,
Embry-Riddle,
Snap-On Tools,
EcoCAR 1,
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT),
Colorado State,
Saturn Vue,
dSPACE,
Tennessee,
General Motors,
Purdue,
U.S. Department of Energy,
University of Victoria,
AVL Powertrain Engineering,
Chevrolet Malibu,
Washington,
MathWorks,
Mississippi State,
Cal State,
Natural Resources Canada,
Wayne State,
NC State,
A123Systems
Posted Nov 26, 2010, by John Day
The market research firm iSuppli recently predicted that factory-installed Wi-Fi will grow from about 174,000 this year to 7.2 million in 2017. That got me thinking about in-vehicle Internet access.
iSuppli said automakers increasingly view wireless connectivity as a key competitive differentiator, and I am sure they do, but there is little consensus on how to provide that connectivity and little evidence … Read More
Tags:
Harman Automotive,
General Motors,
in-vehicle Internet access,
Audi a8,
USB mobile broadband modem,
Autonet Mobile,
Wi-Fi,
WLAN,
Amazon,
Chrysler,
iSuppli,
eBay,
Marvell Technology,
Ford,
Bluetooth,
Subaru
Posted Oct 29, 2010, by John Day
I was glad to read Consumer Reports’ encouraging words about General Motors. CR said GM has improved considerably in the research firm’s latest new car predicted-reliability ratings, and 83 percent of Chevrolets now have average or better scores. That’s up from 50 percent last year. Overall, 69 percent of GM models had average or better reliability.
The results give Sheila Sarver reason to smile, albeit … Read More
Tags:
Consumer Reports,
General Motors,
CAE tools,
virtual assessment,
virtual engineering workflow
Posted Apr 22, 2010, by John Day
I wanted to learn more about AUTOSAR, and so I spoke with two experts from General Motors – Nady Boules, director of GM’s Electrical & Controls Integration Lab, and Massimo Osella, lab group manager for electronic controls and software architecture at GM R&D.
GM doesn’t have AUTOSAR software components in a production vehicle as yet, but as a core partner, the firm has been working with the AUTOSAR … Read More
Tags:
ECUs,
General Motors,
AUTOSAR,
Nady Boules,
GM,
Massimo Osella
Posted Mar 25, 2010, by John Day
It’s nice to see that some groups can work together for the common good. I’m thinking of the companies participating in the GENIVI Alliance. BMW, Delphi, General Motors, Intel, Magneti Marelli, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Visteon, and Wind River formed the Alliance a year ago to create an open source in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) reference platform. The initial version of the platform was released just nine … Read More
Tags:
Magneti Marelli,
PSA Peugeot Citroën,
Delphi,
ARM,
Visteon,
Graham Smethurst,
Will Tu,
in-vehicle infotainment,
General Motors,
Wind River,
Genivi Alliance
Jim Martens
J VanDomelen
Nazita Saye
Michael Ford
Robin Bornoff
Mike Jensen
Colin Walls
Tom Fitzpatrick
Patrick Carrier
Mark Laing
Travis Mikjaniec
Christopher Hallinan
Bernard Sutton