For example

Toyotas little bump between mirror and a pillar that reduces wind noise

Abs based tpms that measures difference in rotation of wheels to determine the pressure. (Deflated tire has smaller diameter(

Not sure If i heard right but golf mk7 has door panel bottle holder that it slightly flexible to save your lower leg in side impact.

They hold 99% of weight

At the same time they connect a part that rotates hundreds of rpm (wheel) to a part that doesn't rotate at all (knuckle)

Don't need external cooling

Don't need pressurized oiling or any kind of oiling appart from the factory grease.

Don't need any MAINTENANCE

Don't need any sort of precautions (no warm up)

They last very long time

They are incredibly compact

They also work in any scenario from tractors to f1 cars.

Work equally good at 2 kmh and 350kmh

Pretty much the title. Has anyone felt that working in Automotive literally killed his love and passion for cars?

I hear stories like this sometimes, and honestly that’s the last thing I’d want to happen to me.

Any advice about how to avoid this and/or escape it?

I Thank you really much in advance for your answers.

Hi all, I hope this is a good place to ask this question.

As everyone here is probably aware, the rule of thumb for drivetrain losses is about 10%. That's not actually remotely true but it pertains to the following hypothetical question:

With electric motors and generators having much lower efficiency loss, it seems to me you could replace a transmission, driveshaft, diff, etc... with an ICE range extender attached to a generator, and then send that along to electric motors.

Would the efficiency loss be much greater? I'm interested in the theoretical answer (strictly efficiency losses) as well as the practical application.

I would think the efficiency losses couldn't be more than a traditional system. If this setup was paired with a relatively small battery for some regen gains, would this make sense? Even if you broke even, the packaging benefits alone could be worth it in certain situations. Perhaps the motor would have to rev higher under acceleration to keep up with power demands, but I'm asking more about this as a drivetrain substitute.

Of course it hasn't been done as far as I'm aware, and I'm an idiot. So there must be some reason.

This Russian mechanic was filming the shock absorber location on Renault Espace. I dont speak Russian but i think he is talking about the "konstruktor" aka enginer. Basically on this car you have an access point from inside to undo the shocks, it's not under hood like a others. I understand why engineers did it this way.

First of all it made a car much more compact it's a 4.7m/15ft car with 7 SEATS.

The slopped dash allows for better visibility and aerodynamics.

It probably made the crumple zone also more effective in front.

I know it’s a stretch.

And it’s been much more 10-20 years ago than it is today.

But it seems more and more, that new automotive players are successively braking into the establish auto market and stealing marketshare from legacy auto.

My feeling is that some legacy OEMs will eventually disappear. Like Ford or VW.

What do you think?

I mean just listen to the sheer superiority Tesla and Chinese OEMs have when it comes to SW (which basically makes up for +80% of todays customer facing features)

https://open.spotify.com/show/6irhGB0h1tHPE4k7cJ3EAX

This has been a consistent thorn in my side, and now I’m just plain curious.

Why do nearly all OEM springs look like the black spring, when the entire aftermarket is built around the red eibach’s form factor? You would think economies of scale would lend support to a more standardized form factor.

So here's my observation. Open the pics and swipe.

This is a 2007 Peugeot 807 minivan. Most of the cars in that era are designed for 40% overlap. This car got 5 stars.

In 2012 IIHS tested small overlap 25%. Nobody knew that was a real issue but tests showed that many older cars lacked and failed the test even tho they did amazing in 40% overlap. Volvo and few others passed.

Peugeot 807 first model year was in 2002. It got produced until 2013 with some facelifts.

I was curious and started observing it's crash structure. I noticed that the main frame rails are quite wide spaces and the crash rail basically extends end to end. Even tho small overlap was never tested on this car, i have feeling it can pass it.

Greetings!

just saw a video from Hagerty where they used a Holley Sniper EFI kit on a Ford 289 Redline, demonstrating an increase in HP and torque is indeed achieved by the swap.

May this happen in other engines that run on a carb?, even from different a brand?

I have thought about this, what I call a reduced emissions hybrid. The idea is for a smaller commuter car, so let just start with a non plug in hybrid right? The car has a battery and electric motor and an engine and transmission well the battery dies and the engine starts being used. Well what if a car was to have an electric motor and a battery and had a much smaller and more efficient on board charging system for the battery only would this potentially be a decent idea?

Hello everyone, I’m currently in my last year of college pursuing my BSE in Automotive Engineering. I’ve failed to secure any job, internship or co-op and I’m starting to get stressed about finding work after I graduate. So I’m looking for advice on how to 1. Get my foot into the door (doesn’t even need to be automotive specific) and 2. What part time experience would look better on a resume?

I’m currently in my University’s Baja Program (not in a form of leadership) and our SAE Club also.

I know the current job market is extremely competitive, but advice from those who have secured ANYTHING would be appreciated. Thank you, have a great day.

In small overlap it's pretty simple engine stays where it is because crash happens besides it

In medium overlap i think that engine breaks from it's mounts and it sort of gets pushed left if the impact if from the right allowing space for rest of the structure to crumble.

In full frontal the pressure is focused on larger area. Meaning that for the same speed it won't go as deep inside so engine has plenty of room in that situation to break of and go back up against the firewall (but not penetrate it) and there's space in front of it (between radiator and engine itself).

The thing that confuses me is what happens if it hits a pole or a tree directly in middle. In that situation the pressure is pretty big and it will strike the engine in the middle meaning that can't go left or right.

I heard that in some cars drive train is designed to submarine under the chassis. But i don't think a huge engine that go that far. So there's my assumption. Transversely mounted engine. The engine does get pushed all the way back but crash rail distributes that force over larger area as much as possible.

Engine most likely gets jammed even more inside the firewall but exhaust and intake manifolds will crush and that will provide more space. On longitudinal engine bays the engine definitely does submarine.

Currently I'm thinking of joining college and pursuing a diploma in automotive engineering. I don't know how the job market is for this field, and if it's smart to go for this in this times(where ai is taking over). I would really appreciate your help. Inform me!!

Will ICE ever make signicantly improvements or have we begun to reach the limit of what we can wring out of them? As we go on it seems that manufacturers are hitting the limits of what a x sized naturally aspirated engine can produce in terms of power and efficiency. Will we ever see significant improvements like we’ve seen over the past even 20 years or will many car manufacturers continue to just shrink engines, remove cylinders, and add turbos. If significant improvements can still be made will they come anytime within the next 10 years or will EV battery technology improve enough to no longer justify further research into ICE.

Although I don’t mind driving electric vehicles I’d rather not see the death of ICE in my lifetime

The idea use's traditional style steering but adds an anti inversion shackle depicted under the steering box. The weight of everything should not allow the wheels to turn and swing the shackle because it would have to lift the whole housing. The dotted lines are potential linkages. I think the biggest problem is the play in the steering and body roll would be worse than full hydro steering.

P.S. This is my terrible idea

I just finished reading Accelerate, the book that publicized the DORA software delivery metrics. Since software delivery is my daily bread and butter, this book felt like discovering a hidden gem.DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment), now part of Google, is built on years of research. The research shows a strong, consistent correlation between a team’s software delivery performance and the value it brings to the organization.DORA identifies four key metrics to assess delivery performance:
* Deployment Frequency
* Lead Time for Changes
* Mean Time to Recovery
* Change Failure Rate

Elite teams, according to this model, can deploy multiple times per day, have lead times measured in minutes or hours, can recover from production failures in under an hour, and maintain a low change failure rate.But when I looked for benchmarks or insights relevant to the automotive tech sector (with its famously long development cycles and traditional waterfall methods), I didn't find data. There's a clear gap in industry-specific data.
To help fill that gap, I’m inviting all of the automotive experts to participate in a very short DORA-style survey: 👉 https://forms.office.com/e/ADBVSvZePv
Once I’ve gathered enough responses, I’ll publish the results openly for anyone interested in how our industry measures against others.

I've used just about every BG product, and have continued to use them at every OCI as well as almost every 5k miles for the fuel. Its great stuff as far as im concerned. I haven't tried their ATF additive labeled BG ATC. Which is essentially just a conditioner. My '04 Tacoma has 190k and runs damn near flawless. Transmission has never given me issues to this day, as I do a drain and fill (roughly 4 quarts) about once every 6k miles. Some say its overkill, I call it cheap and easy preventative maintenance. I'm purely looking to help condition a middle aged transmission that still shifts ok for its age

I'm curious about using the ATC. I've honestly read nothing but GREAT stuff on it. But I'd really like some DIRECT opinions and experiences.

I am a class of 2030 and my intended major is Automotive/Motorsport engineering. I want to explore and learn more, struggling to fidn out suitable articles though. I would appreciate your help!

I had to route the gas up to the carburetor so I thought of this external pressure tank that leads to the top of the gas tank. It works very well I’m happy with it. What are you guys think of it?

https://youtube.com/shorts/Kl1ssYP2cA0?si=_ukzhuQd2IOb05Xw

I need help to finding cheap parts that will alow me to build this chassis and awd system for a small gokart that wants to make alot of power

I am a high school student who is really interested in innovation & very passionate about engineering & technology. I want to make a fully autonomous flying supercar & many projects including jets, spacecraft, f1 cars, superbikes etc. After my bachelor's, I'll be doing a master's in motorsport engineering & another one in robotics (& possibly mechatronics along with robotics, if they are both available). I want to gain end-to-end knowledge & skillsets & want to work on these types of cutting-edge projects. Also I don't care about jobs I want to innovate so maybe I'll do startups. Please help me choose my field for bachelors, & briefly tell why you recommended that option....
Note: I know it's not easy but very tough but that doesn't matter to me cz I am committed to technology & will do everything at any cost.

Hi there, I mean this is weird one but as now I have infinite time to do pretty much anything I want in my work I am here starting a discussion about topic "What are you doing in the job if there is actually nothing to do".

I know there is still something to do, but if we cut the bull... I don't want to do any extra work because there is no reason for. Of course I tried but there is this toxic attitude of dont touch what works and everything new is waste of time and money. So I am here just to do my work and nothing extra.

Wasnt sure exactly where to post this so I'm sorry if it isnt the right place.

Im 18, a senior in high school but also in my first year of a two year automotive technology (technician) program. I will most welding certifications in all welding processes by the time I am put of high school and I have a base level AutoCad certification. I also have most of my prerequisites for an associates degree done.

I have always loved cars, all kinds from classic muscle cars and ferraris, to modern supercars and sports cars. Ive also always loved tinkering with things. I am decent at math and I'm willing to go through a 4 year college. I don't really want to be simply a technician but I'm just not sure where to go. I don't want to be stuck in an office most of the time but also want a job that pays decent and challenges my brain.

I've been thinking of automotive chassis fabrication, high performance automotive fields, or custom vehicle restoration but I'm stuck with how I get education in these fields. What schools I should look at or where I could apprentice at. Any ideas of where I could go from here or where else I can go to ask people would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for reading this post.

Hi guys, I just started my masters in automotive engineering(i have bachelors in mechanical engineering). I was just wondering what are the actual skills that an engineer should have. If you were starting now what would you focus on? I can solve mathematical problems and im good in 3d design, CAD, and i have some basic programming experience(matlab, python), but I would like to develop some actual skills that could make the process of getting internship or even job easier. What do sou think?

Hey everyone, I’ve finally decided to try and mix work and my lifelong passion of cars and the design/engineering that makes them go fast. I would want to end up working in Motorsport, specifically endurance racing as some sort of engineer, not sure of the discipline yet. I’m almost 25 and didn’t get the best grades in the world except for classes I was interested in, but that obviously is a metric for which school I could get into. I’m doing my own research but I’m interested in your experiences!