Automatic transmissions have been with us for a long, long time. In fact, the basics can be found in the Model T Ford. At the heart of an automatic transmission are the planetary gearsets. As gears go ...

FADEC Alliance, a joint venture that includes GE Aerospace, BAE Systems, and Safran Electronics & Defense, recently announced that it will develop the electronic control system for CFM International’s ...

Small engine manufacturers are starting to feel pressure, from government regulatory agencies around the world, to increase the efficiency and reduce the emissions from their products. To accomplish ...

We can make him faster, stronger. We have the technology." What was true of the "Six Million Dollar Man" is also true of the electronic control modules (ECMs) that currently manage the fuel and spark ...

Sophisticated electronic controls and fuel systems improve combustion efficiency and substantially cut emissions. Sophisticated electronic controls and fuel systems improve combustion efficiency and ...

ENDICOTT, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FADEC Alliance, a joint venture that includes BAE Systems and Safran, recently delivered its 10,000th LEAP electronic engine controller (EEC) for the CFM International ...

Electronics have paved the way for many features such as selectable work modes, return-to-dig, return-to-travel, ride control – all of which can be set inside the cab. Wheel loaders ranging from ...

The small airplane engine of today looks a lot like the car engine of yesterday. It runs on leaded fuel and has a control that's analogous to the choke on old-style cars. But Teledyne Continental ...

When electronic engine controls first appeared, they seemed to be sounding a death knell for the kinds of power-enhancing modifications Corvette owners had come to know and love. But by the late 1980s ...

Tom Hoover, one of the original Ramchargers and the father of the second-generation Hemi V-8 engine, enjoyed his share of excitement during his 24 years as a Chrysler engineer, but a couple of ...