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Feature: Should You Drive a Car or a Motorcycle?

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If you are wondering for yourself whether you should drive a car or ride a motorcycle, there are many things that you will want to bear in mind along the way. You can go for fuel economy or even zero emissions. One of the most important things for most of us on the roads is fuel economy. Environmental Impact. Beating Traffic.

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Former CEO of GM China Group Phil Murtaugh joins Pinnacle Engines board; first engines launch in Asia this year

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By 2016, there will be 200 million motorcycles, cars and trucks sold each year globally, leading to great opportunities for improving the efficiency of the internal combustion engine. Recent testing by FEV has verified that the innovative, patented ultra-efficient Pinnacle Engine design provides 30-50% fuel economy.

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Pinnacle Engine pre-production prototype opposed piston engine shows about 27% fuel consumption improvement across different scooter cycles compared to conventional engine

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Fuel mass flow comparison shows Pinnacle engine ahead at just about all points in the map. FEV performed engine mappings in a dynamometer test cell to evaluate the fuel economy of Pinnacle’s TP90 scooter engine compared to a benchmark engine (N15) from Pinnacle’s Asian OEM partner. Click to enlarge.

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An Extreme Real World EV Driving (Charging) Test

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Electrify America’s charging network were the backbone of our trip Cost Comparison We charged 412.23 In 1966, Honda’s marketing slogan for its motorcycles was: “You meet the nicest people on a Honda.” miles per kWh. kWh over the 1,796-mile trip at an estimated retail cost of $203.

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DOE to award up to $184M for advanced vehicle research and development in 8 areas of interest

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This subtopic seeks research and development projects on novel lubricant formulations expected to improve the efficiency of advanced combustion regime engines by at least 10% (improvement based on comparison to similarly configured 2002 or later commercially available combustion engine). AOI 2: Lightweighting Materials.

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Pinnacle 4-stroke opposed-piston SI engine shows fuel economy improvements of between 30-60% at light loads, 12-30% at medium loads over conventional

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Comparison of ISFC (@42.9 Pinnacle Engines’ 110cc production-intent prototype packaged for a motorcycle application. For a comparison engine, Pinnacle used a 200 cc, conventional two-valve, air-cooled, carbureted model. MJ/kg) (4000 RPM) between 250cc Pinnacle and 200cc poppet valve engine. Source: Pinnacle. Click to enlarge.

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New study of emissions and health impacts from EVs in China, including massive e-bike fleet

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The team found that using concentration rather than intake is suboptimal for health comparisons. bus: 50, motorcycle: 1, e-bike: 1. 1 , equivalent to a gasoline car with a fuel economy of 5.6 E-bikes outperform cars, motorcycles, and buses on most emission metrics. For example, they noted, comparing PM 2.5

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