Research in the Automotive Industry

Autor: C E Rossi
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Transport Engineering. 200:149-158
ISSN: 0265-1904
DOI: 10.1243/pime_proc_1986_200_174_02
Popis: Industrial research as a source of technological innovation has acquired a central role in companies in the 1980s. Large manufacturing companies have been developing research systems made of structures co-ordinated with and complementary to one another, in an effort to achieve a rapid and proper flow of innovation. This paper discusses the research system of the Fiat Group, with special attention being paid to the inter-disciplinary, integrated research project developed by the Fiat Research Centre in co-operation with the ‘Progetto Finalizzato Trasporti’ drawn up by Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche (CNR). Such a project implies the design and development of a research car aimed at becoming a reference for future projects for the energy saving cars to be produced in the 1990s.
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