Ford Performance and Multimatic have collaborated to create the turnkey Bronco DR off-road racer, with bespoke DSSV dampers featuring the first application of Positional Selective Damping technology, and blow-form-hardened ACCRA structural tubes
Author: Adam Gavine
Adam Gavine
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.
BorgWarner has broken ground on a €100 million plant in Portugal, intended to produce electrification products such as electric motors, inverters and battery management systems for global automakers in Europe
The limited-edition BAC Mono R has scooped another production car lap record, having hit the top of the leaderboard at the Red Bull Ring, Austria, as part of the Pirelli P Zero Experience. British racing driver Adam Christodoulou averaged 122mph in the supercar, lapping the 2.7-mile circuit in 1:32.96 – beating the Ferrari LaFerrari’s time by almost six seconds
Coventry University researchers have produced a prototype device that could help prevent cars from losing control on roads through hydroplaning and potentially save lives as a result. The results of initial testing have been very promising, as the development team explains
Researchers at Coventry University in the UK have developed the Run Dry Traction System (RDTS), a device designed to prevent vehicles from aquaplaning and losing traction control due to adverse road conditions
Deakin University in Australia is investing in an automotive motion simulator platform facility, due to open in late 2021. The driver-in-the-loop platform is intended to provide research and innovation support for both driver-based and autonomous mobility technologies
VI-grade has announced the 2022 edition of the Virtual Formula competition. This year’s event will use driving simulators exclusively for the first time
ZF is working to capitalise on advances in sensors and algorithms, combining its chassis and sensor technologies to create intelligent chassis. Work has begun with a height-level sensor that can be integrated into a suspension control arm
The 2022 NSX Type S proved itself on California’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach street circuit, setting a new production car course lap record. Piloting the Long Beach Blue Pearl NSX Type S was Ricky Taylor, driver of the No. 10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 for Wayne Taylor Racing
NSX Type S development leader Satoshi Mizukami explains how he has created a heightened emotional connection with the driver of the Acura supercar. “Only NSX can go beyond NSX,” he says