#2020 Ford Atlas Concept

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2020 Ford Atlas Concept, Rumors and Powertrain

2020 Ford Atlas Concept, Rumors and Powertrain

Industry hype is that Ford can also earn a production variant of a few of the concept vehicles displayed sooner. In case the rumors possess any quantity of truth, then a 2020 Ford Atlas concept pickup might possibly make it into production some times in 2020. The organization, however, is quiet on this issue.Ford is probably the pioneers in pickup segment plus it competes with competitions such…

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2019 Ford Atlas Price, Concept, And Release Date

2019 Ford Atlas Price, Concept, And Release Date

2019 Ford Atlas Price, Concept, And Release Date– Normally, shortly after Ford, rather than pickups in this particular famous spot. One of these displays the location of the cord, it’s the Ford F-150. A properly-included Ford loved one, this 2019 Ford Atlas in the auto present in Detroit created an entirely introduced selection. Currently, this vehicle will take into consideration that the…

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2020 Ford Atlas Truck Release Date, Price

2020 Ford Atlas Truck Release Date, Price

The 2020 Ford Atlasis an all crisp five entryway truck that is intended for superior obligations. This new truck has experienced a ton of upgrades contrasted with its ancestor where the new truck helps of being made utilizing a percentage of the most recent auto making strategies. The outside is a standout amongst the most exceptional characteristics of the vehicle where it looks to a great…

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NOAA to take first step toward a small satellite constellation

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NOAA to take first step toward a small satellite constellation

It’s a good thing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has plenty of time to prepare for its next generation of polar-orbiting weather satellites — because the changes the agency is contemplating are dramatic.

Instead of flying satellites the size of pickup trucks like the current Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), NOAA is exploring the benefits of feeding data supplied by a constellation of small satellites in low Earth orbit into weather forecast models.

“We would like to start the process of adopting more commercial practices in low orbit and seeing how we might implement them,” said Greg Mandt, NOAA JPSS program director. “If we spend the next five or six years seeing what we could do, that could produce quite an interesting paradigm shift.”

NOAA is not the only government agency exploring the benefits of gathering weather data with small satellites. The U.S. Space Force is funding development of small satellites to characterize clouds and provide weather data in military theaters of operations. The European Space Agency is developing a prototype for a constellation of small Arctic Weather Satellite spacecraft.

Government agencies are eager to profit from the steady stream of commercial innovation. Companies are relaying communications and gathering weather-related information and imagery with growing fleets of cubesats and small satellites in low Earth orbit.

“We’re trying to explore how to take advantage of all that,” Mandt said.

ADVANTAGE: SMALL SATELLITES

Many of the advantages for weather agencies are obvious.

Small satellites tend to be less expensive and lighter weight than their sizable counterparts. As a result, they fit on many different launch vehicles and several can be launched at the same time, unlike school bus or truck-size satellites that generally require a dedicated launch vehicle, said Nick Bucci, missile defense and space systems vice president at General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems.

Luis Gomes, AAC Clyde chief executive, said small satellites can be deployed in large numbers, forming cooperative constellations with sensors making simultaneous measurements across large areas.

Agencies also can upgrade technology quickly. Operational weather satellites carry sensors developed decades ago.

“With small satellites, you could update technology on a much more rapid schedule and at lower cost,” said Kevin Maschhoff, BAE Systems engineering fellow.

What’s more, companies have begun manufacturing cubesats and small satellites in large quantities, reducing the cost per spacecraft.

Traditional NOAA weather satellites designed to operate in orbit for at least seven years were expensive, often requiring a decade and several hundred million dollars to move from proposal to orbit.

“Can you break those observations into smaller pieces because with all the small satellite providers, it’s almost like Henry Ford’s Model T era,” Mandt said. “Instead of building a specialty car, we’ve now got the Model T. As long as you are not trying to turn it into a Ferrari, you can drive down the cost.”

In addition to buying commercial satellite buses, NOAA could turn to the commercial sector to transfer data rather than continuing to pay for government infrastructure like satellite dishes at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, and Svalbard, Norway.

“Imagine instead having your little satellites talk to communication satellites that deliver data to you in the cloud,” Mandt said. “If you commoditize the infrastructure, you can put your money in the instruments and the data products.”

CHANGING ATTITUDES

Still, changing NOAA’s approach to gathering data in low Earth orbit won’t be easy.

“You’ve got to change the attitude of engineers, mission assurance people, contracting officers and your review process,” Mandt said. “We’ve got to reinvent all of our processes at the same time.”

NOAA also needs new cost models because the ones created by NASA and the Defense Department tend to be based on missions involving large government satellites with multiple sensors.

Instead of addressing all those issues at once, NOAA plans to conduct a series of demonstrations while continuing to draw weather data from the JPSS constellation. (NOAA plans to launch the three remaining JPSS satellites in 2022, 2027 and 2032.)

“How do we take baby steps to test the sort of distributed architecture and commercial capability we can bring into our operation so that we still provide reliable data for the nation?” Mandt asked. “Can we do it in a more efficient way, and a cheaper way, that leads to better forecasting?”

NOAA hopes to begin addressing those questions with SounderSat, a concept proposed in the NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture study. That study noted the importance of atmospheric temperature and moisture soundings to numerical weather forecasts and suggested small satellites equipped with sounders could be flown in the mid-2020s to fill data gaps created by the anticipated retirement of the U.S. Space Force’s Defense Meteorological Satellite Program and NOAA’s Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites.

“SounderSat is the first low Earth orbit initiative off the blocks and we want to make it clear this is just the first part of an overall architecture,” Frank Gallagher said in January at the virtual American Meteorological Society conference.

NOAA laid the groundwork for SounderSat in 2020 by awarding contracts to companies to suggest contract approaches, sounding instruments and architectures. More than a dozen companies received six-month contracts worth tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to furnish NOAA with information on miniature sounders and satellite constellations as well as price tags for supplying weather data from commercial constellations. Among them were weather satellite specialists Ball Aerospace, L3Harris Technologies and Raytheon Technologies, prime contractors Lockheed Martin, Maxar Technologies and Northrop Grumman, and small satellite manufacturers General Atomics and York Space Systems. Additional contracts went to Atmospheric Sciences and Technology Corp., BAE Systems and Brandywine Photonics, firms known for satellite instruments.

“I’m taking all that information and trying to shape that into the direction we want to go,” Mandt said. “Soundersat is our idea of how we would take that first step.”

Incredible shrinking weather satellites

The words “small weather satellite” mean different things to different people.

Some are thoroughly convinced that constellations of cubesats could gather the imagery and data meteorologists require for weather forecasting. Others see greater promise in satellites weighing 150 to 200 kilograms.

There’s little doubt, though, that as electronics components continue to shrink, weather satellites will become smaller.

“Everyone sees the writing on the wall,” said Brandywine Photonics President John Fisher.

Already, cubesats have proven adept at monitoring atmospheric temperature and moisture by noting variation in signals traveling from GPS and other navigation satellites.

Other weather instruments, though, may be better suited to satellites weighing as much as 180 kilograms that fit on Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) rings or 320 kilograms for an ESPA Grande. Originally developed to carry secondary payloads on Pentagon-funded Atlas 5 and Delta 4 launches, ESPA rings have become a standard for accommodating small satellites on government and commercial launches of EELV-class rockets, namely United Launch Alliance’s vehicles and SpaceX’s Falcon 9.

“At Ball we’ve found that a sweet spot for Earth observation or operational weather being the ESPA or ESPA Grande size because it is possible in many cases to pack good capability into a satellite that can collect data across the globe, store that data and be reliable,” said Cory Springer, weather and environment director for Ball Aerospace. “That’s a good size to take advantage of lower launch costs.”

BAE Systems sees promise in constellations of 60- or 70-kilogram satellites following one another in low Earth orbit to reveal changing atmospheric conditions over time, said Kevin Maschhoff, BAE Systems engineering fellow.

Luis Gomes, CEO of AAC Clyde Space, cites the merits of even smaller satellites. “In the next few years we will see [weather satellite] masses coming down as more and more instruments are made smaller,” Gomes said. “From the evolution we are seeing on the instrumentation side, we believe there is a sweet spot for many applications in the 10-kilogram to 50-kilogram range.”

In spite of company preferences, though, everyone noted that government requirements often determine satellite size for a particular program. “The mission drives the capability required onboard: the avionics, propulsion, pointing accuracies, sensors and power requirements for all of those,” said Nick Bucci, vice president for missile defense and space systems at General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems.

This article originally appeared in the May 2021 issue of SpaceNews magazine.

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(June 20) How to navigate COVID-19 stress & crisis (Christi Garner) A HISTORY OF ROCK (John Halchak)

A HISTORY OF ROCKETRY by John Halchak, RS-68, Space Launch System (SLS), V-2, Peenemunde, Robert Goddard Jun 20, 2020 from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM (PT) RSVP and Information: https://conta.cc/3f38EK1 Volunteers are needed for all AIAA activities, please contact cgsonwane@gmail.com e-Town Hall Meeting June 20, 2020, 1 PM - 3:30 PM (Add to Calendar) 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Building Resilience: How to navigate stress and crisis of COVID-19 by Christi Garner LMFT , Trauma Therapist and Educator www.traumaeducator.com 1 PM - 3:30 PM A HISTORY OF ROCKETRY by John Halchak, Senior Fellow Engineering department of Rocketdyne (now named Aerojet Rocketdyne) RSVP and Information: https://conta.cc/3f38EK1 Upcoming events on aiaa-lalv.org/events Event Calendar Join Mailing List https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/FnG0zoy Join AIAA Membership https://aiaa.org/membership ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A HISTORY OF ROCKETRY “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it” is the famous quotation of the philosopher George Santayana. For the engineer, knowing the mistakes of the past, including why they occurred, is a necessity to avoid repeating them. However, it also is important to know and understand past successes so that they may be stepping stones for future advances. Studying history also gives us a perspective of the present, helping us to understand why things are the way they are today and can point towards a path for change. This talk will be a broad overview of the history of rocketry, with some emphasis on the importance of materials in the development of the technology. The American rocket pioneer, Dr. Robert H. Goddard, used some surprisingly advanced materials concepts for his rockets, combining metals and ceramics to achieve performance goals. Unfortunately, Goddard’s paranoia combined with his inability to work with others, destroyed his legacy. In their V-2 ballistic missile of World War II, the Germans used a variety of materials, with wartime shortages necessitating some creative materials selections. The V-2, although ineffective as a weapon, had profound long-term consequences, as it jump started ballistic missiles and space exploration. The first American and Soviet rockets were essentially improvements on the German designs that also incorporated higher strength materials to reduce overall weight and increase performance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Halchak John Halchak is a retired Senior Fellow in the Engineering department of Rocketdyne (now named Aerojet Rocketdyne), located in Canoga Park, California. For 13 years, he was the director of the Rocketdyne materials engineering department. With over 51 years of experience in rocket engine materials and processes, he has worked on virtually every major program for that company, including such programs as the Atlas, Gemini, Saturn V- Apollo, Minuteman, Delta, Peacekeeper, Space Shuttle Main Engine, Waterjets, Aerospike, Space Station, NASP, RS-68, X-33, MB-60, and J-2X programs. In the course of his work, he has been a witness to, and a participant in, many of the historical events in the space program. He has had opportunities to accumulate information from many of the pioneers in rocket development, including some of the original German Peenemunde engineers. John has given presentations on the history of rocketry at professional societies, conferences, and universities throughout the United States. He is a graduate of Penn State's metallurgical engineering department, a registered professional engineer, a member of the Air Force Association, a Fellow of the ASM, and a recipient of the Apollo Achievement Award, the NASA Astronauts’ Personal Achievement Award, the Penn State David Ford McFarland Distinguished Alumni Award, a NASA Group Achievement Award (1995), the San Fernando Valley Engineers’ Council 2006 Distinguished Engineering Achievement Award, and the Rotary National Stellar Award for Achievement in Space Flight. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Building Resilience: How to navigate stress and crisis of COVID-19 Navigating stress and crisis are no longer topics only for first responders and front liners. We have all been impacted this year by pandemics, chaos, and uncertainty. In this presentation we will learn tools for building resilience in times of stress, mindful hacks to feel better today, stress busting techniques to use daily at home or at work to increase your ability to focus and recover from crisis and even tips on how to get better sleep. Practical tools and a place to ask questions while you learn about your body’s innate ability to heal, even in times like these. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christi Garner LMFT Christi Garner LMFT is a Trauma Therapist and Educator working closely with first responders and organizations in crisis response for 20 years. Christi provides you the skills that regulate the nervous system to help you restore balance in the face of stress and crisis. Tools to support you as well as to navigate the stress of crisis, to build resilience, to de-escalate, de-stress and recover so you can respond better in the moment and for the long haul. Being a leader in the field requires fortitude, together we will discover the tools to help you get there AND bring your team with you. www.traumaeducator.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions : events.aiaalalv@gmail.com | 949.426.8175 | aiaa-lalv.org Read the full article

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Europe and the U.S. Share a Lot, Except When It Comes to Cars

The 2020 Geneva International Motor Show is over before it began. A victim of Covid-19, manufacturers have retooled to unveil new releases “digitally.” We Americans may shrug our shoulders because unlike viruses, many European cars and brands can’t cross continents.Sure, the new Kia Sorento, Volkswagen Golf GTI and Mercedes E-Class that were scheduled to debut on the Geneva show floor will be coming to America, as will the BMW i4 electric sedan that was to be shown as a concept. But the new Seat Leon hatchback and Renault Captur Hybrid will be no-shows here in the United States. There are many reasons there will be no Dacia Dusters in Delaware driveways.First off, Americans are not starved for choices. As the second-largest automotive market in the world after China, the United States has dozens of brands to browse.“As attractive as the U.S. market is, it’s saturated,” said Stephanie Brinley, principal analyst for IHS Markit. “In the States, consumers are confused with all of the choices; it can be overwhelming.”True enough. In the past 25 years or so, Suzuki, Daewoo and Daihatsu have left our shores. Scion, Geo, Saab, Eagle, Plymouth, Mercury, Saturn, Pontiac and Oldsmobile have joined Studebaker on that great off ramp.For some European brands, coming to the United States means new dealerships and parts distribution. That’s expensive. Vehicles must pass our government emissions, safety and lighting requirements. That’s very expensive. And how does a company market an expensive product to consumers who are loyal to existing brands? That’s bottomless-money-pit expensive.Even with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ existing network of Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep franchisees, it has struggled to get Americans to fully embrace the Fiat and Alfa Romeo brands. A newcomer to the U.S. market would need a Caddy full of euros to introduce a brand. And by Caddy, I mean the Volkswagen Caddy, which is a small van used for deliveries and family hauling. And no, we don’t get it either.People of each continent use their vehicles differently. “Americans like large vehicles and S.U.V.s that do 100 percent of everything,” Ms. Brinley of IHS said. “We plan for the most extreme-use case, while Europeans are more comfortable squeezing things into a small space.”While traveling in Slovenia recently, I met the musician and Wudisban Records executive Marko Kocjan, known as Emkej, who drives a Skoda Octavia wagon, a VW product the size of the Golf SportWagen (that just left our market because of sluggish sales). In Ljubljana, Slovenia, the Octavia is a popular, though larger, choice.“Me and my fiancée, Ajda Perme, came to the conclusion we needed a safer car and wanted extra room in the back for snowboarding and transporting music equipment to concerts. I love its space.”American musicians would probably find the Octavia wagon far too small to haul keyboards, guitars, drums and amps. But like many European buyers, Mr. Kocjan makes the Skoda work.“It is a car we can afford, plus the tax rate and fuel costs are in our range,” he said.Many European countries tax vehicles on size, weight, engine size and fuel consumption at a far higher rate than our states.So while there’s a more powerful 2-liter engine, Mr. Kocjan’s Octavia is driven by the smaller, more efficient 1.6-liter diesel with a five-speed manual transmission (rowing your own gears is much more popular in Europe).Americans would find that powertrain pokey and inconvenient. It might be more appealing to Missourians — who pay around $2 per gallon, according to AAA — if they had to pay triple the price. That’s what Italians pay when filling up. You’re more likely to see Bigfoot sipping espresso there than a thirsty Chevrolet Tahoe.And size matters to both continents, just not in the same way. No one needs to point out that America likes its trucks. Ford’s F-150 has been the best-selling vehicle (not just pickup truck) in America for over 30 years, but it is not officially sold in Europe.With low fuel prices, we’re more likely to pick something larger and more comfortable to cover that ground. “We have a lot more room to spread out,” said Ray Telang, U.S. automotive leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers. “The U.S. market is filled with buyers who value size, they want S.U.V.s. The footprint of the U.S. has more rural areas. We are not as constrained by space.“The European buyer drives narrower roads, pays a lot more for fuel and has to find a place to store the car in more crowded cities. Smaller works better there.”But Mr. Telang also said the tastes were merging a bit. “As crossovers become more fuel efficient, the demand is accelerating in Western Europe, just not to the same level as in the U.S.”Hatchbacks and wagons have always been popular choices overseas, and it can be argued those are close cousins to crossovers when it comes to usability and practicality.Generally, European S.U.V.s are smaller than three-row models such as the Chevy Traverse, Honda Pilot and Toyota Highlander that we buy in droves. Ford is a popular brand in Europe, but there are few Explorers there. And you will see far more Jeep Renegades overseas than Wranglers.The huge VW Atlas that’s built in Chattanooga, Tenn., has been rebadged the Teramont in many foreign markets. And even though VW makes the midsize pickup Amarok, it’s not sold in our truck-loving country.And then there’s design. In the home of the brave, we’re timid when it comes to styling.Our roads are crammed with Honda Accords, Toyota Camrys and Nissan Rogues that roll with safe designs.We would rather be seen in a Pontiac Aztek than the Fiat Multipla, which is best described as the only transportation device with a muffin top. A Citroën Berlingo would be roomy enough for our market, but the sheet metal would probably be ostracized.Europeans are often willing to try different things, like the old three-wheeled BMW Isetta and Reliant Robin. The elfin Smart car made a noble stab at our market, but is leaving it while remaining in Europe. The oddly cladded flanks of Citroen’s C4 Cactus crossover would probably not generate much U.S. interest.We don’t see Vauxhall or Opel cars circling cul-de-sacs, but the best of Europe’s automotive industries have influenced our cars in many ways. Volvo and Saab pioneered many safety technologies we now take for granted. BMW fundamentally changed the way cars performed with firm but comfortable suspensions.It forced Cadillac (which has a minor presence overseas) to abandon its soft floaty ride for a much crisper dynamic. Americans wouldn’t rule out Peugeots or Skodas because of the way they drive. On my last visit to Europe, I enjoyed the dynamics of a rental Renault Clio. The small four-door hatchback was comfortable on the highway and attacked curves with spunk. The small engine did not pack much punch, but I appreciated its efficiency after pulling into gas stations with fuel prices at $1.45 a liter. Yeah, remember, there are nearly four of those in a gallon.It’s human nature to desire forbidden fruit, but maybe it’s best we stick to what we have. Automakers know their markets very well.Mr. Kocjan of Slovenia said: “I wanted a Cadillac Escalade when I was a kid, but now I see how big they are and I don’t know. I would love to have a Mustang … for a few days.”Years ago, an Opel Insignia wagon cruising through Rome caught my wife’s eye. She was tempted to buy when the stylish machine ended up stateside rebadged as the Buick Regal TourX, but she did not pull the trigger. That’s what counts.After just a few years it’s been discontinued, partly because of, you guessed it, lack of sales. Read the full article

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Vite, au Salon de l’auto de Montréal!

Le 19 janvier 2020

Habituellement, en ce temps de l’année, c’est le Salon International de l’Auto de Detroit qui est en vedette. Mais vu que, cette année, il est reporté en juin, c’est le Salon de Montréal qui devient le premier salon automobile en importance de l’année civile. Il y a longtemps que j’en fais la promotion. Et cette année encore plus!

Les Québécois sont friands d’automobiles. Qui plus est, le mois de janvier est une période de l’année plutôt froide et plutôt tranquille au point de vue «évènements». Voilà des raisons pour «glorifier» ce que nous devrions qualifier de «notre» salon. Alors que partout ailleurs dans le monde, plusieurs constructeurs semblent bouder les salons, à Montréal, seuls Audi et Volvo ne se sont pas présentés au Palais des Congrès où se tient notre salon. Et si ailleurs dans le monde, le géant allemand Mercedes-Benz boude les salons, chez nous, les concessionnaires de la marque ont décidé de prendre la relève profitant de l’occasion pour y dévoiler le petit VUS GLB (à sept passagers) qui n’a pas été vu dans les «grands» salons jusqu’ici! Voilà ce qui donne des lettres de noblesse au Salon de Montréal.  

Par conséquent, je vous incite personnellement à visiter ce Salon. Nous, au Québec, nous faisons les choses différemment. Et la plupart d’entre nous étant des mordus de l’auto, pourquoi ne pas nous contenter un peu! Il y a beaucoup de publicité sur l’aspect électrique de l’automobile à ce salon, une autre raison de le visiter. Mais les mordus de mécanique y trouveront aussi leur compte. Voici donc un petit compte-rendu, une vue rapide de ce que vous pouvez trouver à ce salon. Allez-y! Vous ne le regretterez pas!

Nissan a profité du Salon de Montréal pour y dévoiler sa nouvelle Sentra. C’est le duo Team White de l’émission de télé locale Révolution qui s’est chargé de l’opération lors d’une présentation médiatique en avant-première! (Photo Éric Descarries)

Les amateurs de voitures de haute performance apprécieront de voir la nouvelle Mustang Shelby GT 500 au stand de Ford. (Photo Éric Descarries)

Une des grandes vedettes du Salon de Montréal aura été la fameuse Mustang Mach E toute électrique! (Photo Éric Descarries)

La vedette au stand de Mazda est certes le tout nouveau VUS CX-30 ! (Photo Éric Descarries)

Chez Subaru, c’est la consécration du Crosstrek hybride enfichable. (Photo Éric Descarries)

Le VUS Kia Seltos dont il a été question dans ce blogue la semaine dernière est au stand Kia mais aussi en format personnalisé de style «aventures hors-route». (Photo Éric Descarries)

Attendu des amateurs de la marque, le nouveau Land Rover Defender a fait une première apparition canadienne à Montréal sous cette forme «prototype». (Photo Éric Descarries)

À voir au stand Hyundai, cette étude de style Concept 45 qui fait référence aux 45 ans de présence de la marque au pays. (Photo Éric Descarries)

Le constructeur japonais Mitsubishi a dévoilé, au Salon de Montréal, la version redessinée de sa petite Mirage. (Photo Éric Descarries)

Évidemment une des grandes vedettes du Salon de Montréal, Chevrolet expose deux de ses nouvelles Corvette dont une en version de base à quelque 70 000 $. (Photo Éric Descarries)

Autre nouveauté de Chevrolet, le petit VUS Trailblazer a fait une première apparition canadienne au Salon de Montréal. (Photo Éric Descarries)

La nouvelle version Cross Sport du Volkswagen Atlas est une des vedettes au Salon de Montréal. (Photo Éric Descarries)

C’est avec fierté que la division de luxe Genesis de Hyundai dévoile son étude de style Mint au public montréalais. (Photo Éric Descarries)

Le seul concessionnaire McLaren au Québec expose, à son stand, une version personnalisée de sa Senna à son stand, fort possiblement le véhicule le plus coûteux du Salon lui-même! (Photo Éric Descarries)

Pour les amateurs de voitures électriques, Porsche nous fait connaître son tout nouveau bolide Taycan tout électrique. (Photo Éric Descarries)

Grande surprise, en plus de sa présence au Salon de Montréal (malgré l’absence officielle du constructeur), Mercedes-Benz dévoile son nouveau petit VUS GLB à sept passagers au Salon de Montréal, une véritable primeur! (Photo Éric Descarries)

Enfin, c’est avec une pointe d’orgueil que je vous souligne que la Ford Model T 1912 de mon ami Guy Dufresne dont il a été question dans ce blogue et qui a été le sujet d’un article d’importance dans Auto 123 est aussi aux tout débuts du Salon de Montréal…(Photo Éric Descarries)

Est-ce assez pour vous convaincre d’aller au Salon de l’auto de Montréal?

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VW will have a pickup strategy, and it may be to go where others aren't

NEW YORK — In what is sure to be music to the ears of his U.S. dealers, Volkswagen Group of America CEO Scott Keogh says the brand will have a pickup strategy. He's just not yet sure what it will be.

Keogh, 50, who assumed the top job at Volkswagen Group of America six months ago after leading Audi, says he believes there is space for VW in the crowded and highly competitive U.S. pickup market. For the second consecutive year, Volkswagen showed a concept pickup at the New York auto show.

The Tarok was developed by VW in South America and is built on the automaker's MQB platform. It has two full rows of seating and a small, squarish bed with an innovative drop wall and folding seats that make for a bed length of more than 8 feet with the tailgate down.

Keogh says the brand has three options with a pickup:

1. Homologate a Ranger-derived, body- on-frame midsize pickup from Ford Motor Co. that will be sold as a replacement for the Amarok across the rest of the world.

2. Develop a unibody midsize lifestyle pickup based on the Atlas crossover, similar to the Tanoak concept VW showed at the 2018 New York auto show

3. Build a car-based, A-segment unibody pickup like the Tarok using the MQB platform in Mexico to keep costs down and import it to the U.S., where it might appeal to consumers who don't want to spend more than $30,000 for a body-on-frame midsize pickup.

The Tarok, Keogh says, "will be made for the South American market [in 2020]. The question we have is, could something like this make sense, with modifications, in the U.S. market?"

VW's history in the U.S. with small, unibody pickups may provide an answer. Forty years ago, the brand used its then-popular Rabbit as the basis for a small, bedded vehicle it simply called the Pickup.

The utilitarian, front-wheel-drive Pickup sported a single row of seating ahead of a 6-foot bed and was identical to a Rabbit from the doors forward.

Sales from its 1979 debut to 1984, after the end of U.S. production in 1983, were 77,512 vehicles, all produced at Volkswagen's former plant in Westmoreland, Pa. Notably, the design lived on in Europe into the 1990s and in South Africa into the mid-2000s.

While the Tarok concept of today and the Pickup of old have little in common, VW's bosses may find the trucks fill similar needs. For the Tarok, Keogh says, "the theory is quite straightforward: It's an A-segment sized vehicle. There's no pickup truck in the U.S. market that is quite that size at all."

While that means there's nothing similar that lets the company gauge potential sales, "there could be a space here," he said. "This is what life's all about."

If Keogh approves a pickup for the U.S. — Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess told Automotive News in October that the decision is Keogh's to make — entering a segment abandoned by the Detroit 3 may have an appeal.

"The positioning could be, when you extend the bed, in terms of what you can do with the second row, plus what you can do with the tailgate itself, you basically get the length of a B-segment pickup," Keogh said.

"So we kind of like this application where you have the everyday size of an A-segment in terms of parking and driveability and fuel economy — all those types of things — and for the 4 or 5 percent of the time that you engage it in a lifestyle, smart packaging to bring to the vehicle," he said.

Because the Tarok is based on the MQB platform, Keogh said, VW has "a whole host of engines that we could put in there" — up to 300-hp V-6s — so, "I don't think drivetrain is an issue."

If a pickup like the Tarok gets the green light, it would be built in Puebla, Mexico, where Volkswagen builds MQB-platform vehicles and could ship it to North and South America. With Golf production shifting from Puebla back to Germany, Keogh said "there's room" to build it.

Would a Tarok-like pickup be a gamble? Certainly, Keogh said, but that's fine.

"At the end of the day, there is no 100 percent decision in the world," he said. "That's the market receptiveness side of the equation. The other side is, of course, the business model. What does it take to produce it? What's the price point we can hit? What's the capacity? What's the utilization? What's the investment? How do we depreciate the investment?

"We think we can make that work, from our initial study. Now we've got to see what the market says."

[Fonte: Auto News]

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2020 Ford F150 Refresh, Specs, New Preview, Release Date

2020 Ford F150 Refresh, Specs, New Preview, Release Date

The clean, straightforward design of the 2020 Ford F150 is let down only by the turbo model’s excessive add-ons.

2020 Ford F150 Redesign & Style

The 2020 Ford F150 SUV is in its last year before a redesign, but thankfully not a rethink. It’s spacious, quiet, comfortable, and capable, mostly thanks to its standard all-wheel-drive system and chunky flat-4 enging. The 2020 Ford F150 offers a…

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2020 Ford F-150 Concept, Changes, Interior

2020 Ford F-150 Concept, Changes, Interior

2020 Ford F-150 Concept, Changes, Interior – Not that extended earlier Ford revised their complete-dimensions F-150 giving it a whole new seem as well as a new pair of motors. Undoubtedly the one everybody was looking for is the 2020 Ford F-150 Diesel which is set up to improve the US truck marketplace. Though it may be not the very first diesel complete-size truck, it could be the first one to…

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If VW Makes a Pickup Truck for America, It’ll Probably Be Electric

Don’t expect a pickup from Volkswagen in the U.S. any time soon. If and when the time comes, however, it makes more sense to make it an electric truck, said Johan de Nysschen, chief operating officer of VW of America.

There are no plans for a pickup for North America in the short term. “It is not even on the discussion set for North America for the next five years,” de Nysschen told MotorTrend in an interview at the 2020 Chicago Auto Show. A business plan for a U.S. pickup hasn’t been assembled nor has a proposal to greenlight such a project been sent to the board. In short, with so many more crucial projects in the works, a pickup for the U.S. is simply not a priority, especially in Wolfsburg where final decisions on where to invest globally are made.

Should a pickup become a priority, electrification would help it stand out in the marketplace, especially in North America where Ford, Chevrolet, GMC, and Ram dominate the truck market. “The door is not open for a conventional approach,” de Nysschen said. “Electrification represents a new starting point for everyone.” The Detroit-based automakers are working on electric pickups—the GMC Hummer was just announced—as are Rivian and Tesla.

VW has previously teased possible pickups for America. It created the Tanoak concept based on the Atlas SUV, but the problem with bringing this model to market is the cost of using the Atlas as the basis for a lower-priced vehicle. Volkswagen’s partnership with Ford includes an agreement for the German automaker to use Ford’s next-generation Ranger pickup platform to make trucks for use in other parts of the world. Some at VW expressed interest in using it to make a version for the U.S. as well, but this part of the deal has been more sensitive. And there is the Tarok, a small car-based pickup sold in South America but would create a new segment in the U.S.

But now de Nysschen says with plans for a North American pickup so far in the future, he would prefer to see VW introduce an electric truck. That would dovetail with the massive investment VW is making in electric vehicles and the economies of scale that can be derived from having millions of vehicles coming from its MEB electric-vehicle platform. That architecture is scalable to make all shapes and sizes of cars, utility vehicles, and trucks.

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2020 Ford Atlas Diesel Release Date, Redesign, Price

2020 Ford Atlas Diesel Release Date, Redesign, Price

2020 Ford Atlas Diesel Release Date, Redesign, Price– Relocating upcoming more than to certain achieve outcome in the completely equipped demonstrate in the new Investigating and Quest Net internet site net web page hyperlink up company van, and even the Detroit auto, show, Ford incorporated the truth is frightening essential entertainment with regards towards the concept in the total-sizing…

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(June 20) How to navigate COVID-19 stress & crisis (Christi Garner) A HISTORY OF ROCK (John Halchak)

A HISTORY OF ROCKETRY by John Halchak, RS-68, Space Launch System (SLS), V-2, Peenemunde, Robert Goddard Jun 20, 2020 from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM (PT) RSVP and Information: https://conta.cc/3f38EK1 Volunteers are needed for all AIAA activities, please contact cgsonwane@gmail.com e-Town Hall Meeting June 20, 2020, 1 PM - 3:30 PM (Add to Calendar) 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Building Resilience: How to navigate stress and crisis of COVID-19 by Christi Garner LMFT , Trauma Therapist and Educator www.traumaeducator.com 1 PM - 3:30 PM A HISTORY OF ROCKETRY by John Halchak, Senior Fellow Engineering department of Rocketdyne (now named Aerojet Rocketdyne) RSVP and Information: https://conta.cc/3f38EK1 Upcoming events on aiaa-lalv.org/events Event Calendar Join Mailing List https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/FnG0zoy Join AIAA Membership https://aiaa.org/membership ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A HISTORY OF ROCKETRY “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it” is the famous quotation of the philosopher George Santayana. For the engineer, knowing the mistakes of the past, including why they occurred, is a necessity to avoid repeating them. However, it also is important to know and understand past successes so that they may be stepping stones for future advances. Studying history also gives us a perspective of the present, helping us to understand why things are the way they are today and can point towards a path for change. This talk will be a broad overview of the history of rocketry, with some emphasis on the importance of materials in the development of the technology. The American rocket pioneer, Dr. Robert H. Goddard, used some surprisingly advanced materials concepts for his rockets, combining metals and ceramics to achieve performance goals. Unfortunately, Goddard’s paranoia combined with his inability to work with others, destroyed his legacy. In their V-2 ballistic missile of World War II, the Germans used a variety of materials, with wartime shortages necessitating some creative materials selections. The V-2, although ineffective as a weapon, had profound long-term consequences, as it jump started ballistic missiles and space exploration. The first American and Soviet rockets were essentially improvements on the German designs that also incorporated higher strength materials to reduce overall weight and increase performance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Halchak John Halchak is a retired Senior Fellow in the Engineering department of Rocketdyne (now named Aerojet Rocketdyne), located in Canoga Park, California. For 13 years, he was the director of the Rocketdyne materials engineering department. With over 51 years of experience in rocket engine materials and processes, he has worked on virtually every major program for that company, including such programs as the Atlas, Gemini, Saturn V- Apollo, Minuteman, Delta, Peacekeeper, Space Shuttle Main Engine, Waterjets, Aerospike, Space Station, NASP, RS-68, X-33, MB-60, and J-2X programs. In the course of his work, he has been a witness to, and a participant in, many of the historical events in the space program. He has had opportunities to accumulate information from many of the pioneers in rocket development, including some of the original German Peenemunde engineers. John has given presentations on the history of rocketry at professional societies, conferences, and universities throughout the United States. He is a graduate of Penn State's metallurgical engineering department, a registered professional engineer, a member of the Air Force Association, a Fellow of the ASM, and a recipient of the Apollo Achievement Award, the NASA Astronauts’ Personal Achievement Award, the Penn State David Ford McFarland Distinguished Alumni Award, a NASA Group Achievement Award (1995), the San Fernando Valley Engineers’ Council 2006 Distinguished Engineering Achievement Award, and the Rotary National Stellar Award for Achievement in Space Flight. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Building Resilience: How to navigate stress and crisis of COVID-19 Navigating stress and crisis are no longer topics only for first responders and front liners. We have all been impacted this year by pandemics, chaos, and uncertainty. In this presentation we will learn tools for building resilience in times of stress, mindful hacks to feel better today, stress busting techniques to use daily at home or at work to increase your ability to focus and recover from crisis and even tips on how to get better sleep. Practical tools and a place to ask questions while you learn about your body’s innate ability to heal, even in times like these. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christi Garner LMFT Christi Garner LMFT is a Trauma Therapist and Educator working closely with first responders and organizations in crisis response for 20 years. Christi provides you the skills that regulate the nervous system to help you restore balance in the face of stress and crisis. Tools to support you as well as to navigate the stress of crisis, to build resilience, to de-escalate, de-stress and recover so you can respond better in the moment and for the long haul. Being a leader in the field requires fortitude, together we will discover the tools to help you get there AND bring your team with you. www.traumaeducator.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions : events.aiaalalv@gmail.com | 949.426.8175 | aiaa-lalv.org Read the full article

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#NYIAS: And YOU Thought The Outside Was Good? Just Get A Load Of The Lincoln Aviator's INTERIOR...

#NYIAS: Lincoln Blows The Roof OFF BEFORE The Show Starts With The All-new Aviator — BEST Real-Life Snaps HERE!

Several States Consider Making It Legal For Cyclists To Roll Stop Signs

Waymo To Deploy 20,000 Self Driving Jaguar I-Pace EV Crossovers

Infiniti Ready To Get Serious About Performance, If Ghosn Allows It To

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2019 Toyota RAV4 actually looks pretty cool

Lincoln Aviator debuts as stylish 3-row crossover with a surprise

Mini Countryman Panamericana PHEV will tackle 16,000-mile trek

550-hp Jaguar F-Pace SVR revealed ahead of New York Auto Show

Tesla bonds, stock fall as Moody's downgrades the company

Car Throttle

Here's What's Inside One Of Mercedes' Complex Massage Seats

This Angular Lifestyle Machine Is The New Toyota Rav4

Waymo CEO Pledges To Fight Any Human Driving Ban, "Because 911s"

The Audi RS5 Sportback Is The Closest Thing You Can Get To An RS4 Saloon

Say Hello To The 542bhp Jaguar F-Pace SVR

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First look at Tesla’s latest Autopilot (2.5) computer in Model 3, S, and X vehicles

Tesla elaborates on details and potential cause of fatal Model X crash under investigation

Tesla (TSLA) stock loses over $4 billion in value in one day over a series of bad news

Porsche Mission E spotted racing on the Nürburgring track

Tesla Model X fatal crash is now under investigation over potential use of Autopilot and ‘post-crash fire’

Inside EVs

Engadget Drives Tesla Model 3

Check Out Results From Biggest Electric Car Winter Test Ever

Check Out A Glimpse Of Porsche Mission E On Nürburgring

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Uber Won't Renew Permit To Test Self-Driving Cars In California After Fatal Crash

The 2019 Cadillac XT4 Is Surprisingly Cheap

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The 2019 Audi RS 5 Sportback Can Hit 0-60 In Just 4 Seconds

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2019 Toyota RAV4: From Cute Ute to This

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Motor News: 2019 New York International Auto Show

It’s Spring and the 2019 New York International Auto show was in full bloom. The fourth generation Toyota Highlander 3-row crossover arrived with more dynamic styling. It rides on a new platform with V6 and revamped hybrid powertrains. New too, the Toyota Yaris becomes a more useful 5-door.

New York is the first public showing for the redesigned Ford Escape. Looking more civilized, power includes the first I3 with cylinder deactivation, and a hybrid.

Much more dynamic is its stable mate the new Lincoln Corsair. Replacing the MKC, while compact, it includes most of the interior refinement of the full-size Navigator.

Speaking of big SUV’s, Volkswagen’s Atlas Base Camp Concept looks ready for any wilderness walkabout.

They’ll only be 1,948 “production” Porsche 911 Speedsters. This latest open top icon sports 502-horsepower from a naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six.

The all-new Subaru Outback combines ruggedness, a more premium interior, and a new global platform. A turbo flat-4 returns, replacing last year’s optional six.

The all-new Hyundai Venue will be the brand’s smallest crossover. It’s upright shape and simple interior deliver a little “Bronco-style” vibe.

New York’s best-looking new car was the eighth-generation Hyundai Sonata. Its “Sensuous Sportiness” design could breathe new life into mid-size sedans.

Meanwhile, Dodge paid tribute to U.S. armed forces with Stars & Stripes Editions of the Challenger and Charger.

New York City has a Lux factor all its own, and auto makers exhibited plenty of prestige.

Alfa Romeo displayed Giulia and Stelvio Quadrifoglio NRING limited editions, recognizing the brand’s performance at the world-renowned Nürburgring.

Cadillac brought the new CT5 luxury-sport sedan, replacing both the ATS and CTS.

An updated Jaguar XE sedan made its New York debut as well.

Just like the NSX supercar, the very limited run Acura TLX and MDX PMC Editions will be hand assembled at Honda’s Performance Manufacturing Center in Ohio.

Mercedes-Benz made multiple global debuts at New York. The all-new GLS three-row utility arrives with top drawer luxury, the latest MBUX personal assistant, and new mirror folding “car wash” mode. 

Other world debuts included an updated Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe…

Along with the Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 4MATIC+ in both SUV and Coupe forms…its 302 AMG horsepower for the CLA…and A-class four-doors. 

And the limited edition Mercedes-Benz EQC Edition 1886 to mark the EV sub-brand’s first SUV.

A new EV contender is the Qiantu K50 by Mullen. This electric sports car looks production ready with 402-horsepower and 230-mile range.

The all-electric two-passenger Genesis Mint Concept is specifically designed for cities just like New York.

Kia spiced things up with the HabaNiro concept, an all-electric, autonomous, 4-seater with butterfly-wing doors. 

While the Korean brand hopes to entice more driving enthusiasts with the Stinger GTS. 

Audi celebrated ten years of its R8 V-10 supercar with a host of 20-20 updates.

The 2020 Nissan 370Z, and GT-R 50th Anniversary Editions celebrate a half a century since the Datsun 240Z made its U.S. debut in New York.

While the 2020 Nissan GT-R NISMO will be their most powerful production GT-R ever.

For tame drivers it’s the longer, lower, and wider third-gen Nissan Versa.

The Mazda CX-5 will finally be available here with a Skyactiv-D diesel option.

While GMC’s three-row Acadia arrived with added high tech and a new turbo engine.

And that’s it from the Big Apple and this week’s Motor News.

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2020 Volkswagen T-roc Cabrio Interior, Exterior, Price, Release Date

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2020 Volkswagen T-roc Cabrio Interior, Exterior, Price, Release Date

2020 Volkswagen T-roc Cabrio Interior, Exterior, Price, Release Date – Back 2014 Volkswagen introduced a concept that previewed the T-Roc, a compact crossover expected to be released in the later 2019. The car was just a rumour up to the factor when a VW expert mentioned that the vehicle is right and it will be introduced. When Europe gets it by the finish of the year, the US industry is heading to acquire it as the 2020 Volkswagen T-roc Cabrio. The concept was a two-door convertible crossover that was quite uncommon. Later on down the road most of us believed that the idea was a preview for the utterly new Q2. Nevertheless, this is not entirely the circumstance. The upcoming 2020 Volkswagen T-roc Cabrio is going to be a compact three-door crossover precisely aimed to contend with cars like the Ford EcoSport.

2020 Volkswagen T-roc Cabrio Exterior

While they have not introduced everything ever since the concept was noticed, we are confident that the hidden idea witnessed a while earlier is the fact is the 2020 Volkswagen T-roc Cabrio. Regardless of becoming heavily taken care of, it would appear that the T-Roc will acquire highly from the new Atlas. The front end is moving to feature a reasonably imposing grille, straight-cut front lights as well as a cumbersome entrance bumper. The edges are more than very likely going to be insured by black safety plastic-type material while the rear finish should be somewhat close up to the Atlas as correctly.

2020 Volkswagen T-roc Cabrio Interior

The T-Roc will feature an extended wheelbase that will be only 2 centimetres faster than the several-door Golf. This wheelbase is also moving to be used by the new Polo so the two may well, in fact, share a comparable title. Thanks to the added wheelbase, the 2020 Volkswagen T-roc Cabrio must have no issues helpful up to 5 many grownups on the inside the cabin in general convenience. The car will more than probably feature a similar interior to the Polo with the same materials and around similar reduce degrees.

2020 Volkswagen T-roc Cabrio Engine

Until now it appears that the car is not merely proceeding to share its engines with the Polo and also with the much larger Golf. The base model is anticipated to boast a 1.0-litre turbocharged a few-cylinder mill supplying about 115 horsepower. A greater 1.5-litre new generation TSI device with special to 170 horse power is also a serious opportunity. Some rumours also proposed a GTI model for the T-Roc. Although this could be fantastic with a 2.0-litre turbo-three sports 242 horsepower, it is remarkably not going. Nicely, taking into consideration most of its rivals hover correctly around 110 to 120 horse power, it would not make sense for VW to release a sporty model.

2020 Volkswagen T-roc Cabrio Release Date And Price

The very early rumours recommend the T-Roc is going to use close to the similar platform as the Q2. Even if this is more than likely the instance, this doesn’t signify the two are proceeding to be the same. Either Audi and VW mastered to discuss their solutions, and their cars are interestingly not the same as each other well. The T-Roc development model is expected to boast the identical wheelbase as the Q2, but this is precisely where most of the parallels will conclude. The price is still not known, but the car is anticipated to expense no more than $20,000 for a base variation. This is because it will necessarily be a several-door Polo crossover which is a lot less expensive than that.