I’m working on this with several organizations, including the DOT, and it’s a combination of through-put (which can be roughly correlated to bandwidth, though this is protocol-dependant) and latency. Latency is a significant issue in current V2V programs as there is a lot of time-dependent communication taking place,…
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The input shaft and clutch stack are nested, which is common on planetary-step automatics. The reason for using this configuration is to keep reduce the overall length of the transmission; it’s often easier from a packaging standpoint to go ‘wider’ than it is to go ‘taller’.
You make a lot of emotion-based assertions about transmission buying preferences, and one of the mostly poorly-supported is that people that have had ample exposure to manuals prefer them.
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I think that you make good points for a lay-person, but I’ve been doing this for twenty years and the involvement of the software organization is much more thorough than what you might suspect and that you describe. I used to write transmission software for a US OEM over fifteen years ago, and the amount of review…
It’s my understanding that Bosch rarely hands source code to customers. And part of my point is that it’s hard enough to get stuff written and accepted by customers when it’s well-defined, much less when it’s actually going to be used for something else.
I think that understanding Bosch’s culpability in this matter requires an understanding of how the software development process works:
Projects like these are relatively straight-forward because of the availability of compatible parts, and the workmanship looks good. Alas...this isn’t a lot of motor for money so I’m voting “reluctant CP”.
Every OEM larger than, say...Koenigsegg...has a competitive analysis department and the majority of samples go through a complete assembly and material analysis. The largest OEMs will obtain samples from across an entire competitive category, disguise them and drive them (sometimes to the point of structural failure),…
These things are such bad cars for reasons far beyond the engine and fuel system quality issues, and this conversion does nothing to address those. CP...
It’s not “judgemental B.S.” when falls within the range of what most lawmakers and ordinance boards refer to as a ‘reasonable community standard’, when it costs people money and it pisses off the neighbors. It’s especially childish when, as often is the case, a ‘project’ can be partially reassembled or the appearance…
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How bad can it be for $2K? Hell...I would at least have a look if it were closer. NP!
Truck OEMs have detailed operating cost/total cost of ownership estimates, and provide consulting services to fleet buyers. The fleet sales organizations will actually work with Engineering to provide feedback that is specific to a proposed customer specification and will even go so far, depending on the size of the…
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I owned a 70, which was my first car that wasn’t a complete POS, and a 78 XS Coupe (with the wrap-around rear window). I always thought they were the best cars big US cars of their eras...
The article doesn’t state that anyone had gotten themselves into trouble with the driver assistance features but rather focuses on the advertising claims made for these features.