India’s Central Chronicle reports:

Pithampur, which has earned the sobriquet of the Detroit of India for being hub of various automobile industries, will soon emerge as an important destination for Formula 1 car race in the country. A beginning in this regard has already been made with development of the National Automotive Test Track (NATRAX) here, […]

Assembly Magazine’s website recently posted an article on automotive leak testing. The article, titled “Leak Testing Supplier Solves Trio of Automotive Challenges” describes three applications:

a turnkey project for testing gear housings,
a leak tester to check brake caliper assemblies, and
a system for testing cooler assemblies.

It’s not a real in-depth piece, but it’s mildly amusing.

Test Site Sweden (TSS) at Lindholmen Science Park in Göteborg has been chosen as the Beta Integration site for the CVIS project, an important step towards the next generation of European Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). Test Site Sweden will provide world-leading demonstrations and test environments for innovative vehicle technology and infrastructure with the aim to […]

TTTech Automotive’s TTX-Connexion is a universal gateway tool that combines data manipulation, on-line viewing, and logging for FlexRay and CAN networks. The small, portable, autonomous tester allows engineers to test applications running on FlexRay and CAN networks through all work stages, from early prototyping to the start of production.
Efficient tools are required for the development, […]

Agilent has released a free, multi-part series of application notes designed to explain how to control your test instruments using Linux. The topics covered include:

Using Linux in Your Test Systems: Linux Basics
Using Linux to Control LXI Instruments through VXI-11
Using Linux to Control LXI Instruments through TCP Communication
Using Linux to Control USB Instruments […]

CAN in Automation (CiA) GmbH has scheduled a CANopen seminar series in North America for 2008. The first four events will take place in Atlanta (February 18, 2008), Houston (February 19, 2008), Salt Lake City (March 10, 2008), and San Francisco (March 11, 2008). Further events will be announced shortly.
The one-day seminars provide an […]

This is part of a press release from the Argonne National Lab…Dan
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has teamed up with several industrial partners, including some of America’s largest automakers, to promote research and development of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Plug-in hybrids could revolutionize the automotive industry because, unlike conventional […]