Articles from Automotive Design & Production (February 1, 2009)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
Custom length Cart platform.		Brief article	91
Field guide: hybrid electric powertrains: any powertrain with two or more energy systems technically constitutes a hybrid. But how much power is added and how it is distributed mark the differences between hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) powertrains.	Anderson, Scott		1549
From lab to road: a rundown of recent University research.	Anderson, Scott		926
GM's Crystal Windham: the importance of impact: during the past 15 years, Crystal Windham has worked on projects from the interior of the current Malibu to exteriors of trucks.	Kelly, Kevin M.	Editorial	528
Innovation, interrupted.	Anderson, Melissa	Company overview	858
Insight: Honda's hybrid puzzle: a portion of structure from one vehicle, a component from another add up to a new, affordable hybrid.	Kelly, Kevin M.		1170
Internet on the radio.			115
Large 3-color displays readable up to 600 feet.		Brief article	93
Manning up the Lexus RX 350: how do you solve "a problem" like the Lexus RX?	Anderson, Scott		1277
Melexis' microcontroller pegs HEV improvement.			84
Mini E(lectric) Nissan's EV and battery plans.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		664
NEC microcontroller adds memory, speed.			92
Precision length measuring machine.			98
Rise & fall & rise again.	Vasilash, Gary S.		862
Siemens automation vision: speed and communication.			230
Skyping from the car.		Brief article	140
Something Swedish about design.		Brief article	301
The changing face of GM.			448
The check's cleared, now what? Flush with cash from U.S. taxpayers, Detroit now needs to think long and hard about what's next.	Kelly, Kevin M.		649
The domestic 3: how are they doing?	Harbour-Felax, Laurie A.		799
The greater good: as evidence global warming is altering the environmental landscape wanes, calls for action increase while liberty and freedom hang in the balance.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		799
The hybrid conundrum: without government regulations and incentives, will the consumer demand exist to support production volumes?	Sawyer, Christopher A.		484
What designers should know about lasers: no, we're not taking about spot sizes, wavelengths, and lasing mediums. Rather, how lasers can make better-looking vehicles (that are also lighter, stronger and safer).	Vasilash, Gary S.		1279
What you need to know about PLM: product life cycle management (PLM) isn't just a piece of technology. It's a product, an infrastructure, and, more important, a strategy.	Gould, Lawrence S.		1441