SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Neck-Snapping Good Time in Winning Ford Mustang Mach-E

Wards 10 Best Winner
Go ahead, mash the accelerator in the Mach-E, a 2021 Wards 10 Best Engines & Propulsion System winner. You’ll be glad there’s a head restraint to prevent whiplash. And did we mention how the Mach-E is outselling several midsize luxury rivals powered by gas engines?

Haptic Feedback: At the Interface Between Human and Machine
Datwyler shows how Electro Active Polymers (EAP) can be used for various customized haptic feedback technology solutions in today’s car interior designs.

Autoline Daily: Top Industry News for Sept. 24

Honda Passport TrailSport; Precept Wins EyesOn Design Awards; Chip Shortage to Cost OEMs Billions

Teijin Automotive Technologies creates formula for better mobility.
Five companies – Continental Structural Plastics, Inapal Plásticos, Benet Automotive, CSP Victall and Teijin Automotive Center Europe – have combined to form Teijin Automotive Technologies, a global leader in composite materials and solutions for the mobility industry.
The new organization has a global footprint to deliver technologies that make vehicles safer and more eco-friendly.

Wards 10 Best List Jolted By Electrification

For the first time ever, four battery-electrics, a hydrogen-powered battery-electric fuel cell, two plug-in hybrids and a full hybrid make the list, along with two turbocharged internal-combustion engines.

Three Newcomers Debut on Most-Watched Auto Ads List

Lincoln’s “Where Does the Stress Go” stands out as the ad with the most financial backing at $3.2 million in estimated national spend. Most of that went to NFL programming on CBS, which delivered the second-highest number of views for the ad, after NBC’s Today.

GM’s Electric Crate Motor Package Historical, Forward-Looking

GM announced last fall that it will sell an electrified version of its popular “crate engine” for shade-tree mechanics who want to get an EV boost out of their old vehicles.

Opsys Lidar Shows Off Range, Clarity in Demonstration Drive

For Wards Intelligence Subscribers
The VCSEL-based sensors pick out some tough-to-see objects at some fairly long distances, including a black car more than 150 m away.

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