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Elio Motors unveils engine prototype for 84 mpg highway 3-wheeler

Green Car Congress

100 km) three-wheeled vehicle with a target date of 2016, unveiled its engine prototype: a 0.9-liter, The Elio engine uses a cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system. Elio Motors, the start-up developing a $6,800, 84-mpg- (2.8l/100 liter, 3-cylinder unit developed by IAV.

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Can-Am Spyder First Drive: Embracing The Third Wheel

The Truth About Cars

As a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast, I cannot tell you the number of times I’ve wanted to sneak stories about two-wheeled transportation onto this website. So you can imagine my delight upon being informed that I had been tapped for a driving event that required a license featuring a cycle endorsement.

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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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Pinnacle has signed a licensing and joint development agreement with a major, as yet unnamed, Asian vehicle OEM, with lower power products targeted for two- and three-wheel applications in the developing country markets expected to be available in the first quarter of 2013. Click to enlarge. —Tony Willcox, Pinnacle Engines.

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