Adam divides his time as an editor between the worlds of aviation and motoring. These worlds may seem a little diverse today, but autonomous technology and future urban mobility is bringing them ever-closer. Adam is also chairman of the Vehicle Dynamics International Awards.
Subaru is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the debut of its all-wheel drive system this month. Since the introduction of the Subaru Leone 4WD Estate Van in September 1972, the company has produced about 21 million AWD vehicles to date, and developments continue
A new artificial-intelligence-based programme enables AVs to achieve precise positioning during adverse weather conditions, bringing AVs a step closer to safe and smooth all-weather autonomous driving, and ubiquitous adoption
Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) has entered into a licencing agreement with Silentium, to use its active road noise cancellation (ARNC) system in motor vehicles. Silentium’s ‘Quiet Bubble’ software is being integrated into AKM audio speech processors
ZEEKR has successfully broken two Guinness World Records, with its 001 vehicle taking the record for the fastest drift ever achieved by an EV, and the fastest electric car slalom
KW Automotive has launched the V3 Leveling suspension for AWD versions of the Tesla Model Y and Tesla Model 3, enabling individually adjustable compression and rebound damping
Having received the required regulatory approvals, Spectris has completed its acquisition of Dytran Instruments. California-based Dytran is a designer and manufacturer of piezoelectric sensors that measure vibration, force and pressure, and also manufactures an advanced sensing line
Allison Transmission, a designer and manufacturer of conventional and electrified vehicle propulsion systems for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, is preparing to launch eGen Power, its latest electric axle range for construction applications
Multimatic Motorsports has completed an initial aerodynamic evaluation test at Catesby Tunnel, a newly opened aerodynamic testing facility in the UK that was originally a Victorian railway tunnel. Andy Priaulx discovers why the tunnel opens new opportunities for vehicle testing
New Zealand performance car manufacturer Rodin Cars has announced that its FZERO track hypercar is officially entering production. Developing a track car enabled Rodin to work without restrictions of road laws or race series regulations, which has had extraordinarily results. As Rodin’s engineers say, the goal of the 1,176hp, 698kg FZero is to be the fastest car around any track, without exception
Vibracoustic, an automotive NVH company, has announced it has developed a cost-effective ride height and suspension levelling system that allows car manufactures to offer the height levelling benefits of an air suspension system, but with significantly less complexity and costs
