The bonnet, doors and front wings of the all-new Nissan Qashqai will be stamped from aluminium alloy, which saves 60kg from the body weight, helping reduce emissions, enhance vehicle dynamics, and create scope to accommodate more technology
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.
The May 2021 issue of Vehicle Dynamics International is now available online, with an autonomous vehicle theme, and interviews including Nissan and Acura
Enjoy this celebration of the 1980 Renault 5 Turbo. Key figures from Renault Sport, including big names from motorsport, Yves Legal, the car’s designer, and Gerard Larrousse, former director, share their memories of this extraordinary car
Microsoft’s Connected Vehicle Platform (MCVP) can perform the ‘heavy lifting’ across connected vehicle applications, with Azure enabling ADAS technologies. An MCVP expert explains how the platform works
If you want to benchmark and optimise water management for vehicle designs, you need to determine strategic sensor and camera positions on a vehicle to avoid soiling from wheels, as this hydrodynamic simulation demonstrates
In his inaugural press conference on 22 April 2021, Toshihiro Mibe, Honda’s new president and CEO discusses the brand’s future, and its plans for zero road fatalities among Honda customers by 2050
Witness China’s longest autonomous driving challenge, which saw the P7 undergo a navigation-guided autonomous test drive over 3,000km in China. Enjoy some highlights – and the sights – from the trial
On 3 February 2021, VSI Labs, a leading active safety and automated vehicle technology expert, oversaw the performance testing of AEye’s iDAR system, with an emphasis on applications for safety and autonomy. See how the lab tested four key performance specifications
HumanDrive was a 30-month project that saw an autonomous vehicle perform a 200+ mile journey across the UK, through live traffic and natural conditions. Nissan’s Bob Bateman, the project lead, discusses Nissan’s role within the project
The 2022 MDX is Acura’s new flagship model, the most premium, performance-focused and technologically sophisticated SUV ever developed by the brand. The MDX features an all-new platform and double-wishbone front suspension. Jon Ikeda, VP of Acura, and Tom Nguyen, global development leader, share the details