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MULTIPHYSICS FOR EVERYONE The evolution of computational COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS ® tools for numerical simulation of physics-based systems has reached APPLICATION BUILDER a major milestone. Custom applications are now being developed by simulation specialists using the Application Builder in COMSOL Multiphysics®. APPLICATION With a local installation of COMSOL Server™, applications can be deployed within an entire organization and accessed worldwide. Make your organization truly benefit from the power of analysis. comsol.com/application-builder © Copyright 2016 COMSOL. COMSOL, the COMSOL logo, COMSOL Multiphysics, Capture the Concept, COMSOL Desktop, COMSOL Server, LiveLink, and Simulation for Everyone are either registered trademarks or trademarks of COMSOL AB. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners, and COMSOL AB and its subsidiaries and products are not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or supported by those trademark owners. For a list of such trademark owners, see www.comsol.com/trademarks. AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING® Solving the 2025 GHG puzzle Expert insights on greenhouse-gas and CAFE compliance Shooting airbags New IR cameras for thermal characterization in the lab Combustion science C3 consortium aims for soot solution September 2016 autoengineering.sae.org MATLAB SPEAKS MACHINE LEARNING With MATLAB you can use clustering, regression, classification, and deep learning to build predictive models and put them into production. mathworks.com/machinelearning @2016 The MathWorks, Inc MathWorks, The @2016 Free Info at http://info.hotims.com/61065-705 CONTENTS FEATURES REGULARS 16 Solving the Greenhouse Gas puzzle 2 Editorial: Bad gas? COVER STORY 4 Reader Feedback While automakers and policymakers debate the TAR, engineers and 6 Technology Report product planners prepare for the steep climb to meet GHG and 6 Tenneco’s predictive active ride control may CAFE rules beyond 2022. doom the anti-roll bar by 2021 | CHASSIS 22 Revving up thermal characterization 8 More details emerge of Citroën’s new “hydraulic cushion” suspension | CHASSIS in the component lab TESTING 10 JLR prepares to leave the road— The latest generation of high-speed infrared cameras can capture airbag autonomously | AUTONOMOUS TECHNOLOGY deployments and other fast-moving actions quickly and accurately. 12 Delphi launches driverless pilot program in 24 C3 consortium aims for soot solution Singapore, aims for SAE Level 4 operation by 2019 | AUTONOMOUS TECHNOLOGY PROPULSION A newly formed group of companies led by CFD specialists 14 Honda’s new e-motor slashes expensive Convergent Science targets exhaust particulate reduction in the rare-earth content | MATERIALS combustion chamber. 14 GM, Honda execs agree: Higher octane gas needed to optimize ICE efficiency | 26 Inside the autonomous vehicle INTERIORS PROPULSION | FUELS With less focus on driver needs, comfort, safety, and occupant 28 Global Vehicles productivity will become key. 28 Racing toward autonomous future, Cadillac and Mercedes-Benz reveal sultry, drive-it- ON THE COVER yourself concept cars Federal regulators are in the process of assessing whether it’s 30 2017 FiatChrysler: more Dodge muscle, fewer technically feasible for the auto industry to comply with the Fiat models aggressive 2025 greenhouse-gas and CAFE fuel-economy 32 All-new 2017 Porsche Panamera moves to VW regulations established by the Obama Administration in 2012. modular platform Against this backdrop, fossil fuels are at record low prices and consumers are flocking to larger vehicles, complicating the task of 35 Product Briefs attaining the 2025 objectives. Spotlight: Electrical Components 37 Companies Mentioned, Ad Index Follow us on social media 40 Q&A Anke Kleinschmit, Vice President Group Research and Sustainability and Chief Environmental Officer, Daimler AG @SAEAutoMag @saeaei SAE Magazines Automotive Engineering®, September 2016, Volume 3, Number 7. Automotive Engineering (ISSN 2331-7639) is published in February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, and November by Tech Briefs Media Group, an SAE International®, 261 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1901, New York, NY 10016 and printed in Mechanicsburg, PA. Copyright © 2016 SAE International. Annual print subscription for SAE members: first subscription, $20 included in dues; additional single copies, $30 each North America, $35 each overseas. Prices for nonmember subscriptions are $115 North America, $175 overseas. Periodicals postage paid at New York, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to Automotive Engineering, P. O. 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(ISSN 2331-7639 print) (ISSN 2331-7647 digital) Audited by AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING September 2016 1 NY, NJ, OH: EDITORIAL Ryan Beckman +1.973.409.4687 Bill Visnic [email protected] Editorial Director [email protected] PA/DE: Desiree Stygar Lindsay Brooke +1.908.300.2539 Editor-in-Chief [email protected] [email protected] Midwest/Great Lakes: EDITORIAL Ryan Gehm IN, MI, WI, IA, IL, MN Associate Editor [email protected] Chris Kennedy +1.847.498.4520, x3008 Patrick Ponticel [email protected] Membership Editor [email protected] Midwest/Central Canada: KS, KY, MO, NE, ND, SD, ON, MB Lisa Arrigo Bob Casey Bad gas? Custom Electronic +1.847.223.5225 Products Editor [email protected] [email protected] It’s often the case with proverbs that might warrant a reduction. CAFE oppo- Rocky Mountain States/NM: CO, ID, MT, UT, WY, NM many are of uncertain derivation. That’s nents regarded the report as a mini-vic- Contributors Tim Powers +1.973.409.4762 true of one of my go-to favorites: “May tory and a potential herald of further re- Kami Buchholz [email protected] Detroit Editor you live in interesting times.” treat when the final MTE is issued, but Southern CA, AZ, NV: Stuart Birch Tom Boris The irony with this one isn’t so much industry leaders we’ve queried are insis- European Editor +1.949.715.7779 its origin as that it’s typically miscon- tent nothing of the sort should be ex- Jack Yamaguchi [email protected] Asia Editor Northern CA, WA, OR, strued to be a positive wish to some- pected. Meanwhile, there’s a presidential Western Canada: one. Just the opposite: it’s generally election well ahead of the final ruling, so Steven Ashley, Dan Carney, Craig Pitcher Terry Costlow, Richard Gardner, +1.408.778.0300 believed to be a translation of a barbed these early “optics” may meaningfully John Kendall, Bruce Morey, [email protected] Jennifer Shuttleworth, Linda Trego, Chinese curse hoping you experience a shape the next administration’s position Paul Weissler life of fleeting tranquility. on this economic- and environment-im- International DESIGN Europe – Central & Eastern: I can’t think of a phrase more apro- pacting situation. Sven Anacker pos to an industry with so many dili- For the auto industry itself, the lines are Lois Erlacher Britta Steinberg Creative Director +49.202.27169.11 gent minds devising so much promising drawing for the 2018 MTE due date [email protected] Ray Carlson [email protected] technology, yet the advances never amidst the expected higher costs of the Associate Art Director Europe – Western: seem enough to stay more than one advanced technology needed to meet the Chris Shaw +44.1270.522130 step ahead of the sheriff. As multi-tal- next required step-up in vehicle fuel ef- SALES & [email protected] ented engineer Steven Sherman’s cover ficiency—the average price of a new ve- MARKETING China: story so adroitly explains, the automak- hicle so far this year is about $34,000, Joe Pramberger Alan Ao Publisher +86.21.6140.8920 ers’ shaky ménage à trois with custom- according to Kelly Blue Book. And a few [email protected] [email protected] ers and the U.S. Clean Air Act is a dance wild cards have yet to be fully played, Marcie L. Hineman Japan: Global Field Sales Manager Shigenori Nagatomo of confounding—and increasingly ex- including the regulation’s “footprint” for- [email protected] +81.3.3661.6138 [email protected] pensive—complexity. mula that could begin to bear more sig- Debbie Rothwell Marketing Director South Korea: The trigger for Sherman’s no-stones- nificance in future-vehicle development. [email protected] Eun-Tae Kim +82-2-564-3971/2 unturned explanation of the greenhouse- The government’s not waiting around Martha Tress [email protected] gas conundrum is the U.S. Environmental for everybody to do the right thing. Recruitment Sales Manager +1.724.772.7155 Protection Agency’s Mid-Term Evaluation Starting in August, the National [email protected] Integrated Media (MTE) of technical feasibility to achieve Highway Traffic Safety Admin. nearly Consultants the 2022-25 federal emissions (or fuel- tripled the fine for CAFE non-compli- REGIONAL Angelo Danza +1.973.874.0271 economy, take your pick) standards ad- ance from $5.50 for each tenth of a SALES [email protected] opted by the Obama administration in mile per gallon for every vehicle missing Patrick Harvey North America +1.973.409.4686 2012. The final findings of the MTE still the calculated fleet requirement to $14 New England/Eastern Canada: [email protected] ME, VT, NH, MA, RI, QC are almost two years away, but speculat- for every tenth-of-an-mpg miss.