Even as it moves to launch more electric cars, Hyundai is looking for ways to wring more efficiency from internal-combustion powertrains. The automaker has developed what it calls an "Information and ...

SHANGHAI -- Continental AG has started supplying a transmission control system to Great Wall Motor Co. for its seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. The system consists of a transmission control unit, ...

Siemens has launched a new direct-current (DC) transmission system for alternating current (AC) grids of between 30 kV and 150 kV. The medium-voltage system that can bridge distances of up to 125 ...

Biperformance Development Corporation (BDC) finalized its top-shelf transmission control system for OEM motorcycles, called the ShiftFX Electronic Shift Transmission (EST). This system opens a whole ...

General Motors has recently applied for a patent on a method for controlling the transmission of a vehicle by utilizing a predictive road curvature function, which incorporates a front-facing camera, ...

Some manufacturers like Honda, Yamaha, Aprilia and Can-Am offer bikes and trikes that are either semi- or fully-automatic, but converting a manual shifting bike to something resembling an automatic ...

As requirements for protecting the global environment are being heightened on a worldwide scale in recent years, the development of low fuel consumption technologies in order to inhibit the discharge ...

It’s no secret that power grids around the world need to expand to accommodate more renewable energy and the so-called “electrification of everything.” The latter, of course, refers to the growing ...

The Shelby GT500 has been giving Mustang enthusiasts class-leading performance since its return in 2007. Now, after a six-year absence, the 2020 model that's due to hit showrooms this fall packs a 760 ...

James Martinez March 24, 2009 Comment Now! Fiat will finally see the introduction of its first dual-clutch transmission later this year, with the stylish Alfa Romeo MiTo hatchback first in line to ...

It's hard to put a finger on exactly why driving a car with a manual transmission is so much fun. Is it the control you feel selecting your own gears, that visceral connection formed between human and ...