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Peugeot Applying New 1.6L Diesel With ECCS in 308 CC

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liter 112 bhp (84 kW) diesel engine. liter HDi FAP diesel engine has been designed to meet the requirements of the new Euro 5 emission standards. The new four cylinder engine with a capacity of 1,560 cm 3 and eight valves, has a maximum torque output of 270 N·m (199 lb-ft) at 1,750 rpm, an increase of 12.5% This new 1.6

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Georgia Tech researchers develop aluminum-foil-based anodes for all-solid-state Li-ion batteries

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Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering, is using an aluminum-foil-based anode in a solid-state Li-ion battery to create batteries with higher energy density and greater stability. The new battery system is detailed in an open-access paper in Nature Communications.

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Pierburg introduces air conditioning components specifically for EVs

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In vehicles with a conventional internal combustion engine, the a/c compressor is usually driven via a pulley and the V-belt but in electric vehicles, this mechanism is not available. Pierburg GmbH has developed an electric a/c compressor (eCC) that incorporates the supplier’s many years of experience in the field of mechatronic components.

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Spontaneous formation of hollow structures in alloy anode crystals can improve battery stability

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Flow of lithium ions into and out of alloy battery anodes has long been a limiting factor in how much energy batteries could hold using conventional materials. Our discovery could offer an easier, streamlined process that could lead to improved performance in a way that is similar to the intentionally engineered hollow structures.

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Peugeot Introducing Lower Power Variant of New 1.6 HDi FAP Diesel; Series of Euro5 Engines Arrive This Year

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liter 82 kW (112 bhp) engine earlier this year on the 308 CC ( earlier post ), Peugeot will introduce in the second quarter of 2010 a lower-powered variant: the 1.6 These four-cylinder 1,560 cm 3 engines require only eight valves, yet at the same time offer improved levels of driveability and environmental performance.

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NC State team develops new Si/C inverter; 12.1 kW/L & greater efficiency in a smaller, lighter package

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Researchers at the Future Renewable Electric Energy Distribution and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center at North Carolina State University have developed an inverter for hybrid and electric vehicles using off-the-shelf components made of the wide-bandgap semiconductor material silicon carbide (SiC). kW/L by 2020.

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Study identifies main culprit behind lithium metal battery failure; counters conventional wisdom

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—first author Chengcheng Fang, a materials science and engineering Ph.D. They promise twice the energy density of today’s lithium-ion batteries with graphite anodes, so they could last longer and weigh less. Schuller at UC San Diego, which is supported in part by the Office of Basic Energy Science, US Department of Energy.

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