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Concept: Downsized and Supercharged Hybrid Pneumatic Engine for 30%+ Reduction in Fuel Consumption

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Schematic of downsized and supercharged four-stroke hybrid pneumatic spark injection engine. The reduction in fuel consumption is obtained mainly through enabling the effective use of a heavily downsized engine, rather than from regenerative efficiency. The engine has two intake and two exhaust valves per cylinder.

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ECONAMIQ: Flexible over-expansion with cylinder deactivation can reduce ICE fuel consumption by up to 20%

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Hybrid electric vehicles could especially benefit from this new technology, since the rapid engine warm up and high efficiency cycle that ECONAMIQ offers uses less fuel during power-assisted operation or battery charging.

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Concept: Honda RD Developing Variable Compression Ratio Engine with Dual Piston Mechanism

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Honda R&D began developing the VCR mechanism due to what Masahsi Kato, who presented a paper on the control system of the dual piston mechanism, described as drawbacks to current approaches to improving fuel-efficiency in gasoline engines of downsizing and new combustion technology. Kadota et al. Ishikawa, K. Yamamoto, M.

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