Posted on April 3rd, 2009 by Rebecca
The protype of Nissan’s electric car could push it to the front of the electrical automotive engineering pack, one resource claims.Wired took the vehicle for a half-mile drive around a car park and reports that it is nimble and is able to briskly accelerate. But the automotive engineering invention does not end there. Motorists in [...]
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Posted on April 1st, 2009 by Rebecca
The credit crunch appears to be taking its toll on a variety of sectors, including that of manufacturing, a concern you may already have if you are worried about the stability of your engineering career.Indeed, the recent Monthly Industrial Trends survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) shows that UK manufacturers believe their output [...]
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Posted on April 1st, 2009 by Rebecca
If you are a firm believer in the police being given the best automotive engineering advancements to help them with their fight against crime then you may be interested to hear the latest development.The Association of Police Chief Officers (APCO) has revealed that the 155 mph Audi RS 6 Avant is their latest weapon in [...]
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Posted on March 31st, 2009 by Rebecca
Telecommunications engineering company Plessey has been appointed by Neotel and MTN to co-build the planned South African long-distance fibre optic network and has already got to work with the first leg of the project.You may have heard on the telecommunications engineering development grapevine that when completed, the fibre network will cover 5,000 km and connect [...]
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Posted on March 31st, 2009 by Rebecca
Achieving 100,000 hours of faultless operation is a mean feat in the mechanical engineering sector. But that is exactly what Rolls-Royce’s Avon 200 industrial gas turbine has done.The upgraded turbine, which delivers increased component life, power and efficiency, has "established an unparalleled record for reliability and availability in the oil and gas and power generation [...]
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Posted on March 30th, 2009 by Rebecca
A computer science lab is providing a welcome boost to the chemical engineering industry after a new centre to deliver growth and innovation has been opened by John Denham, secretary of state for Innovation, Universities and Skills, a report says.The computer science expertise of STFC Daresbury Laboratory reveals that the Knowledge Centre for Materials [...]
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Posted on March 30th, 2009 by Rebecca
The world land speed record for wind-powered vehicles has been broken by a British engineer, you may be impressed to hear if you work in automotive engineering and are interested in such feats.Over 126 mph was reached by Richard Jenkins in his Ecotricity Greenbird, but you may be surprised to hear how he did this. [...]
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Posted on March 18th, 2009 by Rebecca
The team principal at McLaren Martin Whitmarsh admits that the 2009 car MP4-24 has suffered from a "performance shortfall", news which you may be surprised to hear considering the organisation’s prominence when it comes to automotive engineering development.
He says that the car is not currently fast enough for the high standards that the team sets, [...]
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Posted on March 17th, 2009 by Rebecca
An American firm is planning to transform London’s abandoned petrol stations into facilities where electric cars can be charged, with airport-style waiting lounges, a report says.
If you are interested in the development of the electric car engineering sector then you may like to hear that according to This Is London, Evoasis is setting up the [...]
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Posted on March 16th, 2009 by Rebecca
The UK needs an industrial export base that can earn cash to put towards developing talent at universities, schools, hospitals and in the science sector, a claim suggests.
If you are interested in engineering careers involving the development of the manufacturing sector then you may agree with the comments of David Smith, chief executive of Jaguar [...]
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