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Tesla's Giga Press Die Castings for Model 3 Eliminate 370 Parts
2021年8月13日 · There is no question that Tesla CEO Elon Musk appreciates the hyperbole of terms like “giga.” Hence, Tesla’s Gigafactory battery plant in Nevada. So maybe it is no surprise that for the next generation of the company’s manufacturing, it has turned to Idra’s Giga Press for die casting large portions of Tesla EVs.
Understanding the Role of Cobalt in Batteries - Design News
2023年2月16日 · A new report by the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) in Germany suggests that worldwide supplies of lithium and cobalt, materials used in electric vehicle batteries, will become critical by 2050.. The situation for cobalt, a metal that is typically produced as a byproduct of copper and nickel mining, appears to be especially dire as “…the cobalt demand by batteries might be twice as high as ...
Engineering Disasters from the Past 140 Years - Design News
2022年3月15日 · Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News.He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer covering sustainability issues, including the transistion in electronic components to RoHS compliance. Rob was hired by Design News as senior editor in 2011 to cover automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.. Prior to his work with Design News, Rob worked as a senior ...
Understanding the Hardness of Metals - Design News
2021年10月12日 · Dave Palmer is a licensed professional metallurgical engineer, specializing in failure analysis and materials selection. He lives in Waukegan, Illinois, and works as a metallurgist for a major marine engine manufacturer.
A Look at 10 Hot New Internal Combustion Engines - Design News
2019年4月19日 · Charles Murray is a former Design News editor and author of the book, Long Hard Road: The Lithium-Ion Battery and the Electric Car, published by Purdue University Press.He previously served as a DN editor from 1987 to 2000, then returned to the magazine as a senior editor in 2005. A former editor with Semiconductor International and later with EE Times, he has followed the auto industry’s ...
A DIY Solar-Powered Stirling Engine - Design News
2009年6月2日 · The Stirling Engine is oneof those endlessly fascinating technologies. Though it can exactly approximatethe Carnot Cycle – theKing of heat cycle efficiency – it deviates rather substantially from the idealin practical applications. So it's no surprise that while the technology hasbeen around for a couple hundred years, and currently …
Ford Innovated the Assembly Line 100 Years Ago. Now, Ford has a …
2021年9月30日 · On that first day, Ford’s team rigged a rudimentary final assembly line at the Highland Park Assembly plant. They rigged a rope with a winch that dragged cars along a 150-foot assembly line, where 140 workers swarmed the passing cars to assemble them.
The 15 Worst-Designed Cars in Automotive History
2016年10月17日 · Charles Murray is a former Design News editor and author of the book, Long Hard Road: The Lithium-Ion Battery and the Electric Car, published by Purdue University Press.He previously served as a DN editor from 1987 to 2000, then returned to the magazine as a senior editor in 2005. A former editor with Semiconductor International and later with EE Times, he has followed the auto industry’s ...
Magna's Next-Generation E-Motor: More Power, Less Mass
2024年1月19日 · Magna has advanced the technology and design of its EV motor with significant upgrades to the motor design that improve its flexibility and reduce its size.