They also allow the designer to specify how the wires are going to be bundled together — tape wrap versus wire loom, for example — and where and how the harness will be attached to the vehicle.

If you’ve dived under the hood of any car built in the last 40 years, you’ve likely noticed the bundles of neatly-wrapped cables making up the car’s wiring loom. [The Q] has built a tool for ...

Flexible tape or tubing. Split wire loom sleeving (shown at right), which is open on one side, allows the entry of wires at any point. Because of its sealed nature, non-split wire loom sleeving offers ...

includes operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. He regularly provides perspective on the state of the automotive Craig Jennings is the President of the Autodata Solutions division at J.D ...

Modern cars are extensively wired and microprocessor-controlled, resulting in a growing need for more reliable wiring and connectors. The parts of a typical automotive electrical system are shown at ...

Component supplier ZF says it has made dramatic advances in its steer-by-wire (SbW) technology that overcome the issues of steering feel and fail-safe redundance. Meanwhile, Peugeot’s Inception ...

There would be reason to be happy if North American auto industry production exceeds 16-million vehicles in 2014, but if it does, a new survey of suppliers by IRN, Inc. concludes that automakers ...

Mullen Automotive (NASDAQ:MULN) issued a letter to shareholders in which management reiterated that a reverse stock split was the only way to give the company the best possible chance of regaining ...

Finding used vehicles to certify will be more challenging in the next two years for dealerships participating in those programs, industry experts told Automotive News. Sales of certified used ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Steve Tengler covers automotive and its transformative technology. In the 1980 classic “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back ...