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Toyota’s Tundra pickup engineering team in Michigan had a goal to make the vehicle lightweight and efficient to manufacture, also cost effective, design-flexible, and with more storage space for the user. To achieve these goals, Toyota worked with suppliers Flex-N-Gate, L&L products, and BASF to develop composite materials for seat structures and the second-row seatback. The cooperation was so successful…
In the effort to reduce emissions by using sustainable materials, carbon fiber-reinforced polymers, or CFRPs, have grown popular—see our previous coverage. CFRPs have high strength and elasticity, and can contribute to CO2 reduction with their light weight. But their production is emissions-intensive, which offsets the weight-reduction advantages And, the limited amount of recycling technology available…
Small, delightful details can make a car very special, like a pleasant ambiance created by interior lighting. The SEAT Ibiza and Arona come colorfully-illuminated round air vents with light guides made from a light-scattering Plexiglas molding compound from Röhm—a global market leader in methacrylate chemistry including, among others, the Plexiglas brand. The contours of the…
Honda’s e:Ny1 is the maker’s second EV. Its interior has a big central touchscreen, a large three-section vertical head unit, with the aircon controls always at the bottom, information and menu displays in the middle, and maps/smartphone mirroring at the top. Split screens are gaining popularity, and Honda is moving one step ahead with three…
Citroën is expanding their model range for India and South America with a coupé-styled small SUV that will be launched in the second half of this year. They’ve released photos of a concept called the Basalt Vision, and have not said what the model might be called when it is launched. The Basalt Vision is the third…
Mercedes-Benz is known for their intuitive operation and broad portfolio; occupants can already get answers to questions about sports results, the weather, or their surroundings, and control their smart home from the car. Now, with the introduction of MBUX Bark Assist, they are catering for their customers’ best friends—their dogs. The intelligent voice assistant is…
The profound relationship between cities and motion has created fascinating connections, between static and itinerant spaces, between environments and moving objects. About a century ago, the introduction of the automobile in urban areas has developed a new perception of the cityscape. The new – object from the outside and environment from inside – in times…
Renault, Volvo, and CMA CGM groups have created Flexis, a company to build their next generation electric vans. Volvo and Renault, each with a 45-per-cent stake, each plan to invest €300m over the next three years. CMA CGM, a global sea, land, air, and logistics provider, through their Pulse energy fund, holds a 10-per-cent stake…
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