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New PSA 1.2-liter 3-cylinder turbo takes International Engine of Year category award

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liter 3-cylinder Turbo PureTech engine ( earlier post ) was named best in the 1.0-liter liter category International Engine of the Year 2015 earlier this month. Some 100,000 units of the engine, which displaced the reigning category champion Volkswagen Group 1.4-liter PSA Peugeot Citroën’s new 1.2-liter liter to 1.4-liter

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Hyundai Unveils New 1.6L Gamma GDI, 3.3 Lambda GDI Engines; New Verna

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Gamma GDI (gasoline direct injection) engine; the latest edition of its 3.3L Lambda V-6 engine with GDI; and staged the world-premiere of its all-new Verna subcompact. is the smallest Hyundai engine yet to benefit from the application of Gasoline Direct Injection technology. Tags: China Engines Fuel Efficiency.

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Renesas unveils automotive gateway based on new R-Car S4 SoCs and PMICs for next-gen vehicle computers; support for ISO/SAE 21434

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The solution also improves development efficiency by enabling software reusability and including the new best-in-class PMICs designed to work seamlessly with the R-Car S4. The R-Car S4 solution allows designers to re-use up to 88% of software code developed for 3rd generation R-Car SoC and RH850 MCU applications.

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UCLA engineers develop new metabolic pathway for more efficient conversion of glucose into biofuels; possible 50% increase in biorefinery yield

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Here we design and construct a non-oxidative, cyclic pathway that allows the production of stoichiometric amounts of C2 metabolites from hexose, pentose and triose phosphates without carbon loss. Parsons Foundation Professor of Chemical Engineering and chair of the chemical and biomolecular engineering department.

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A Guide to the 2023 National Electrical Safety Code

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The revisions are designed to help the code remain relevant as new technologies start to be used and safer ways of working are discovered. Roles dependent on the NESC include: Utility company business leadership, operations management, engineering and line design, crew supervisors, and safety trainers. What Are the Updates?

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JATO: new car average CO2 emissions highest in Europe since 2014; slow EV uptake insufficient to counter fewer diesels and more SUVs

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In addition to the European car market recording tepid growth in 2019, CO 2 emissions have continued to increase, despite new regulation designed to curtail this, according to JATO Dynamics. However, in contrast to Toyota, the improvement made was due to the efficiency of its gasoline engines, rather than the adoption of electrified ones.

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ALABC lead-acid UltraBattery Civic hybrid surpasses 100,000 miles of fleet duty

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In the C3 Project, valve-release, lead-acid batteries containing high levels of carbon in the negative electrode are being designed, manufactured, and evaluated under laboratory-simulated test cycles. Ah (at a C1 rate) after 51,000 miles driven, which is a very minimal capacity loss when comparing an average 7.55

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