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Honeywell Global Turbo Forecast projects 49M turbocharged vehicle sales, $12B revenue per year by 2019

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In addition to improving fuel efficiency, downsized turbocharged engines also reduce harmful exhaust emissions. Continued pressure to improve the driver experience and meet future industry requirements is spurring the positive trend seen in this year’s forecast, which include double-digit growth in both North America and China.

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Honeywell Transportation Systems Forecast: turbocharged vehicles to account for 48% of annual global sales by 2021; electric boosting emerges

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As the region continues to shift from larger naturally aspirated engines to smaller turbocharged ones, Honeywell is working to provide more twin-scroll turbo technology support, which extracts more energy from four-cylinder exhaust profiles. Turbocharged diesel engines will continue to be in demand on light-duty trucks.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet.

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Space Station Incident Demands Independent Investigation

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The drama continued as the station crossed the Pacific, then South America and the mid-Atlantic, finally entering Russian radio contact over central Europe an hour after the crisis had begun. By then the thrusting had stopped, probably when the guilty thruster exhausted its fuel supply.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

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We are not tied to any particular brand; our retrofit kit will work with any combine harvester model available in the farmer's fleet. In one month they need to earn enough for the upcoming six, so they are exhausted. And by the end of 2021, our system will be available in the United States and South America.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

Cars That Think

We are not tied to any particular brand; our retrofit kit will work with any combine harvester model available in the farmer's fleet. In one month they need to earn enough for the upcoming six, so they are exhausted. And by the end of 2021, our system will be available in the United States and South America.

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