Economy Comes to Carbon Fiber Parts (?)

Have economies of scale come to the production of automotive parts with carbon fiber materials? That seems to be the world from Carbon Revolution, a privately owned Australian company that provides one-piece carbon fiber wheels to Ford for the Shelby GT350R Mustang and Ford GT. Benefits of the wheels include low mass and high stiffness. […]

Electrically Improving Powertrains

  The good news about downsized powertrains is that they can provide greatly improved fuel efficiency compared to larger engines. The not-so-good news for many drivers of cars with these smaller engines under the hood is that they can lack performance. One of the means by which this performance deficit is addressed is through the […]

Engineering the 2017 Lincoln Continental

Mike Celentino, is chief engineer for the 2017 Lincoln Continental. As Lincoln is making its way back into the consideration space for those who are in the market for luxury vehicles, the Continental is a signal mark that the company is serious about luxury, because even though the customer base may be moving more toward […]