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Audi’s performance SQ5 diesel features electric compressor with mild hybrid system

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The new Audi SQ5 TDI diesel features a powerful V6 engine with a mild hybrid systems and an electric powered compressor to ensure that maximum torque is available to the sporty SUV at just above idle. The 48-volt main electrical system includes an electric-powered compressor (EPC) and a mild hybrid system. liters per 100 kilometers.

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Komatsu Europe introduces new 36t hydraulic hybrid excavator; 20% fuel savings

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Komatsu Europe International has introduced the new HB365LC-3, a 36-tonne hydraulic hybrid excavator. Compared to a standard PC360LC-11 excavator, the new Komatsu Hybrid excavator provides a 20% fuel savings. The hybrid components are covered by a 5-year or 10,000-hour warranty.

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Mercedes-Benz unveiling diesel plug-in hybrid preproduction models at Geneva show

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At the Geneva Motor Show this week, Mercedes-Benz is unveiling two new preproduction models that combine the new OM 654 four-cylinder diesel engine with the latest-generation 9G-TRONIC 9-speed hybrid transmission. This is made possible in the third hybrid generation also by the new lithium-ion battery, which can store 13.5

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Renault Energy’s Sport F1 hybrid Power Unit; competing with intelligent energy management, not just power

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Renault’s Energy F1-2014 hybrid Power Unit ( earlier post ), designed and developed for the FIA Formula One World Championship this year, is ready for the track; the 2014 season kicks off in Australia on 16 March. Exploded view of the parts of the power unit: 1.6l turbocharged V6 engine; battery; turbocharger; MGU-K; and MGU-H.

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Toyota goes all hybrid for Frankfurt Motor Show; Yaris Hybrid-R concept, fuel cell update

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Teaser sketch of Yaris Hybrid-R concept. At the upcoming 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Toyota stand will be devoted entirely to hybrids, the company says. Toyota’s hybrid portfolio, built over the past 16 years, comprises 23 models sold in 80 countries. Yaris Hybrid-R concept. Europe Fuel Cells Hybrids Motorsport'

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Porsche unveils 2017 version of 919 Hybrid Le Mans prototype

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Porsche unveiled the new 919 Hybrid at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza (IT). The 2017 model of the Porsche 919 Hybrid deploys a range of new innovations, particularly in the vehicle’s aerodynamics, the chassis and the combustion engine. The remaining 40% is generated by the exhaust energy recovery system.

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Audi’s new 3.0L diesel; ready for 48V mild hybrid system

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To optimize the air flow and the fuel mixture preparation, the intake ports (one each for swirl and the other for charging) and the exhaust ports have been modified relative to the predecessor engine. The first component is a large NOC oxidation catalytic converter (NO x oxidation catalyst). It stores nitrogen oxides until it is full.

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