Design News has editors advocating for and against a bailout to
domestic automakers. Editor-in-chief John Dodge argues for a bailout
while Materials Editor Doug Smock is urging lawmakers to say NO. Check
out the coverage below, and weigh in with your thoughts and comments.
Bailing out GM, Ford and Chrysler: It's Easy to be Dubious Like many Americans, I have mixed feelings about a government bailout for the domestic auto industry and more specifically, General Motors (GM). At first I was for saving G.M. and while I still would vote that way, I have some reservations... Read More
Obama Should Tell Detroit's CEOs: No The auto lobby is pushing hard
for a federal bail out right now. As much as I support American
manufacturing, I think a federal bail out for GM, Ford and Chrysler
would be a tragic mistake...
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GM, Ford and Chrysler Should get Bailed Out
This is National Dump on American Automakers Week. Cash-less GM, the poster child for industrial vision-less-ness, is
bearing the brunt of the finger-pointing and accusations. So I thought
it might be interesting to look just how innovative GM is and relate it
to the bailout...
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Obama Should Tell Detroit's CEOs: No - Part II Thirty years ago, the American steel industry went through an experience similar to today's crisis in Detroit ... There were many cries of despair, in particular that we needed a domestic steel industry for national defense. But there was no bailout...
Read More Did Auto Execs Fly BACK to Detroit on Commercial Airliners? CEOs from the domestic auto makers took their lumps yesterday, but the
two-day dressing in the House hit a low point when Rep. Gary Ackerman
(D-NY) asked if any of them flew from Detroit to DC on a commercial
plane...
Read More Who Is to Blame for GM's Collapse? All of Us It's great that Chinese companies may want to buy Chrysler or GM. That's how the free enterprise system works...
Read More General Motors Scales Back Jets The mighty have fallen!! General Motors (GM) in response to a highly embarrassing moment this week is cutting the number of leased corporate jets to a mere three...
Read More Breaking News: GM to be Acquired by Chinese Concerns? A Chinese business daily is reporting that Dongfeng and SAIC are planning to buy GM and Chrysler at their historically low stock valuations. Read More
Stay tuned for more thoughts from John and Doug, and don't forget to weigh in on this Great Debate!
Almost every automaker has had to 'pick a side' when it comes to alternative fuel options and ways to divest from a reliance on gasoline. Fiat is looking to back compressed natural gas or liquid propane as an interim solution.
Designing and filling a new type of water bottle might take less engineering work, but the description will help kids understand how science, math, and engineering influence their lives even through things that seem mundane.
Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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