Automobile

  Vehicles are about to become a lot more communicative: with other road users, with the infrastructure they pass on their journeys, with cloud-based services, and even with the energy grid. This communication should make vehicles more economical to operate, as well as enabling new capabilities. Making such communication possible, though, will mean solving a series of design challenges in a rapidly evolving regulatory environment and complex engineering context. The auto industry, and the regulators that enable it, have come up with a series of acronyms to denote the various ways in which connected cars will communicate with other entities. V2V  stands for vehicle to vehicle communications. It implies a future in which cars, vans, trucks, and even motorbikes will communicate directly with each other to share information about road conditions and hazards, and to collaborate on managing traffic. V2I  stands for vehicle to infrastructure communications and refers to techniqu...

Biogas Engine Oil Biogas engine oil is a type of oil made from renewable resources. It is typically made from plant or animal fats and oils and is used as a lubricant and coolant in engines. It can be used in any engine and is often used in engines that run on renewable fuels such as biodiesel or ethanol. Gandhar Oil is among the best-known biogas engine oil manufacturers in India. Under our flagship brand name Divyol, we offer premium quality lubricating oils specially formulated for high-speed engines that will ensure many years of trouble-free performance. These products are designed to protect engines that run on biogas fuel. Our oils are formulated to resist degradation from the high temperatures and pressures found in biogas-fueled engines. They ensure the proper maintenance and care of generators. Features of Divyol Biogas Engine Oils: Several key features make these products ideal for use in engines that run on biogas. First, these oils are designed to maintain their viscosity ...

Automobile Electronics Miniaturization and systems integration lie at the forefront of automobile electronics design, which is itself driven by a demand for vehicles with higher fuel efficiency, improved safety, seamless connectivity, and autonomous functionality. Subsequently, circuit design has evolved to meet demands for higher energy output. With smaller electronic components and a higher energy density, thermal management becomes a concern. Since the smaller devices have less surface available to act as a heatsink, dissipating heat from these systems remains an operating and safety challenge. Thermal management is an evolving branch of vehicle design that uses advanced  thermal interface materials  (TIMs) to facilitate better heat conduction away from circuits. Thermal Management Inside Vehicle Cabins Some of the main heat-generating electronic components inside the passenger compartment are: Vehicle Infotainment Systems These highly integrated, powerful systems with mult...

  1. Requirement gathering and analysis: Development teams examine the functional and performance needs of the electric vehicle powertrain system at the outset of the process. At this point, it’s important to comprehend how the various parts of the powertrain will work together as well as how the control software will operate the entire system to meet objectives like performance, safety, efficiency, and range optimization. 2.   Control Design and Architecture: Creating the control system architecture comes next after defining the requirements. This involves defining the control logic and creating algorithms that can manage the intricacies of the powertrain, such as coordinating motor control and controlling energy flows. At this point, interactions with further parts, such as the battery and transmission systems, are also specified. 3. Model-Based Design: Model-Based Design (MBD) is used in this situation. The powertrain system’s physical components are represented mathematica...

  Exhaust emissions are a mixture of different gases and particles emitted by vehicles when the engine is running.  These emissions can reduce the quality of the air around us, particularly in big cities that are congested with cars.  The combination of exhaust fumes and other particulates released into the atmosphere are a major factor of global warming. According to the the UK Government's Transport and Environment Statistics 2024, domestic transport is the largest contributor to our total greenhouse gas emissions, at 28% in 2022. These emissions also include harmless chemicals such as oxygen, nitrogen and water. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the one we’ve all heard of, but there are other less well-known substances coming from our cars that are damaging. Vehicle exhaust gases and pollutants Cars emit a potent cocktail of exhaust gases, many of which have harmful effects. They include: Carbon dioxide (CO2)  – CO2 is a greenhouse gas, thought to be a major contr...

Advancements in vehicle braking systems are primarily being shaped by the industry megatrends of electrification and autonomy. ZF is a world leader in braking systems for both light and commercial vehicles following the acquisition of WABCO last year – for the purposes of this discussion we will concentrate more on the light vehicle market but ZF is now a major player for larger trucks globally for both the base air and hydraulic braking systems and foundation brakes where we see drum brakes being replaced by air disc brakes at a rate of more than 5 percent per year in selected markets. ZF also has an outstanding offering of electronic braking systems supporting applications like automatic emergency braking with our OnGuard suite of collision mitigation products. On the light vehicle side, the drivers of technology are similar and ZF is at the forefront of developments. Future braking systems must be powertrain independent as they can no longer rely on the vacuum supplied by internal c...