VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEER GM stops Holden’ On Survey of SAE-A members – the results are in Holden No More: General Motors Puts the Lion to Sleep March 2020 You’re the Voice: SAE-A’s Member Survey; Your Thoughts For Our Direction Issue 23 ESP: Extra Sensory Powers for Automomous Vehicles Representing mobility engineers since 1927 Technical Talk: A Study of Sliding Doors for MPVs www.saea.com.au VTE | Contents Contents March 2020 Kenworth and Deakin Uni partner on hydrogen transition centre 11 Special Features 16 Holden No More – GM puts the Lion to sleep 20 You’re the Voice – SAE-A survey results 25 ESP - Sensory powers for autonomous vehicles Space Agency opens in SA 14 VTE News 8 Automotive News 10 Truck & Bus News 13 Defence & Aero News 14 General Manufacturing News Holden No More – GM puts the Lion to sleep 16 15 Overseas News Society News 4 Notes from the Chair - Welcome from Adrian Feeney You’re the voice - SAE-A members have spoken 20 5 SAE-A News Technical Feature 26 Sliding Doors - A Study of Optimization for Sliding Doors Combining sensor powers for autonomous vehicles 25 On the Cover About the SAE-A SAE-A was founded in 1927 to address the need for further education for all facets surrounding Holden No More – Automotive Engineering, and now encompasses all mobility engineering industries in the GM puts the Lion to sleep Australasian region. 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Reproduction in whole or part without the written permission of SAE-A is strictly prohibited. www.saea.com.au VTE | 3 Introduction | Secretary, CEO and Chairman Society of Automotive Engineers VTE Published By: Society of Automotive Engineers - Australasia ABN: 95 004 248 604 Address: PO Box 103, Werribee Vic 3030 Phone: 0403 267 166 Adrian Feeney Email: [email protected] Web: www.saea.com.au Secretary, Chair and CEO Society of Automotive Board of Directors: Engineers – Australasia Chairman CEO & Secretary Adrian Feeney Board: Dear member, welcome to the first edition of VTE in 2020 Kin Cheong Michael Waghorne Greg Shoemark Peter Dale There is so much to talk about regarding us to remain viable and relevant. I will keep Kate Cousins Noelle Parlier SAE-A and our plans and challenges for this you informed of their progress over the next year, but before I expand on that, we must first few months however, you will have already Membership & Subscriptions acknowledge the impact COVID-19 is having seen some initiatives including free access Rose De Amicis on our world. It seems no country and no to FISITA Technical papers as well as an Email: [email protected] person is untouched by the impact this virus update on the Professional Engineers Act and is having. Although Australia is as best placed its impact on our members. Much more is Events as we can be to deal with it, it seems each coming. Nadine Lawrence day we have new developments to deal with, Email: [email protected] from stock market “adjustments” to event Planning is already well advanced for the 2021 cancellations. Right now, no one can say for APAC Conference, titled “Autonomous Vehicle Technology - harmonising the future on and Magazine certain where this devastating phenomenon will finish but in the short-term, companies off road” with more details to follow however, Production: of all varieties will be affected from supply I suggest you save the date for the fourth through to staffing arrangements. May I quarter of 2021. simply wish everyone all the best during this Editor Another event of significance is the Annual time, stay healthy and let’s hope we can all get Mandy Parry-Jones General Meeting to be held on Thursday through this as best we can Trading Terms Media the 21 May at the Mulgrave Country Club in Email: [email protected] Now, for 2020 and SAE-A, the most significant Mulgrave, Victoria, with the guest speaker Mobile: 0409 806 986 development is the survey results we received Kristian Aquilina, Managing Director of General Design from our consultants, Kin8, whom we engaged Motors Holden who will address the issue of Brigid Fraser to not only survey our members but to provide the closure of that iconic brand in Australia. Email: [email protected] well researched recommendations that you I have heard Kristian speak and he is an Mobile: 0413 009 122 our members saw as valuable, this we have engaging speaker so I encourage anyone named “The Voice of the Customer” and the who is interested in our industry to come Advertising SAE-A board is grateful for everyone who and hear him, you will learn so much about Jill Johnson contributed. this historic issue as well as an opportunity Jill Johnson Media to ask questions, this is a once in a lifetime Email: [email protected] The report is summarised later in this opportunity so don’t miss it. Mobile: 0409 217 624 edition, but in short, we are committed to implementing the recommendations and Wishing all our members all the best for 2020. VTE Industry in a timely manner, this is mandatory for Partner: Excellerate Australia 4 | March 2020 SAE | News COVID-19 Update SAE-A’s Member’s Voice of the Customer initiatives, particularly our increasing online Standards accessibility options, have proved timely in addressing the impact of COVID-19. Australia – With the pandemic evolving constantly, we aim We will continue to work with members in to make all member services available within every way we can to help our entire automotive AS 3564.1-1988 the growing constraints of social distancing engineering community mitigate the Standards Australia is currently conducting and self-isolation. pandemic’s impact on you and your work. a review of Australian Standard AS 3564.1- An immediate focus is Formula SAE-A, as the You will see listed on the pages of this 1988 Automotive Repairs – Terminology tertiary education sector has been heavily magazine a number of events which were Part 1 – Automatic Transmission. impacted, and this is likely to limit the hands-on planned but given the changes that occur This standard establishes a nomenclature development of this year’s cars. We are already almost daily to our everyday routine some for the repair and servicing of automatic working with the universities to find the best or all may be changed or cancelled. We will transmissions in the automotive repair way around this. be communicating these changes to you, industry and aims at eliminating confusion Similarly, we are adapting all our events to generally via email or in another electronic in relation to terminology describing repairs the reality that face-to-face interactions will form as this is the quickest communication to automotive automatic transmissions. become less prevalent as this medical crisis avenue available. The revised standard was completed to evolves. We urge you to please read all our a draft stage and was available for public At a time when co-location is becoming ever correspondence in a timely manner to ensure comment, this process closed on less of an option, we are continuing to ramp up that you are up to speed with any alterations to 7 February 2020. the online options for many member services our events and activities. Currently all submissions are being and staff activities. For those who are not ‘tech savvy’ this may considered and actioned as appropriate. We can advise of some decisions effective be a good time to become familiar with and to When the Standard has been revised and immediately. These include office staff working set-up alternative forms of computer/remote completed the SAE-A will advise members. from home until further notice therefore, conferencing as this will no doubt assist your members are asked to not attend the office at interactions not only with the SAE-A but also the VACC House in person during this time. others during this difficult time. Classic Car Furthermore, board meetings will continue to While we are not working from our office in be held but with the option of attending via St Kilda Road we will be available on our mobile winner tix online conferencing.