It looks like declining sales of high end luxury cars may shut the doors at Maybach, the high end subsidiary of Daimler. Increased luxury and technology content of Mercedes S-Class vehicles is expected to further draw customers away from the famed luxury marque. Daimler can't justify the expense...
Genetic Algorithm: A heuristic search technique used in computing and Artificial Intelligence to find optimized solutions to search problems using techniques inspired by evolutionary biology: mutation, selection, reproduction [inheritance] and recombination. 1. Automotive DesignUsing Genetic...
Why is it that every year just before Christmas a new gaming system is released and your child absolutely needs to have it? With new systems and upgraded games, it’s hard to keep up! The next time the topic of a new game console comes up, try waiting a few months — no one is going to die — and look...
The black market refers to any illegal trade of products or services. It gets its name from the fact that these transactions are made secretly, keeping law enforcement agencies “in the dark.” It is sometimes referred to as the “underground market”— or any private code that people might use to...
According to J.D. Power and Associates, the 10 automakers who ranked lowest in initial quality are listed below, along with the number of defects reported per 100 vehicles:33) Land Rover (170)32) Mitsubishi (146)31) Volkswagen (135)30) Mini (133)29) Jaguar (130)28) Dodge (130)27) Jeep (129)26) Kia...
The word “sleet” is generally associated with winter, but its exact meaning varies. For Europeans, sleet means half-melted snow that has not yet reached the ground. For Americans, however, it’s wet snow that’s already accumulated (to their dismay) on streets, driveways and fields. In other words,...
