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Mercedes-Benz outlines synergies between F1 motorsport and production car engineering

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Mercedes-Benz has outlined areas of actual synergies between its F1 motorsport activities with Mercedes AMG Petronas and Mercedes-Benz Cars. Thomas Weber, Member of the Daimler Board of Management responsible for Group Research and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars Development. By 2009, it was at 25.3 kg and 70% efficiency.

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New Engines for Mercedes S-Class; First 4-Cylinder Engine Delivers 5.7 L/100km Fuel Consumption

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Mercedes-Benz is introducing four new diesel and gasoline engines for its luxury S-Class, including the first four-cylinder engine in its almost 60-year history, the S 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY diesel. The new diesel also features fourth-generation common rail direct injection, with a rail pressure of 2000 bar.

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New V-Engine Generation from Mercedes-Benz Feature 3rd Generation Gasoline Direct Injection and New Operating Modes for More Power and Torque and Lower Fuel Consumption

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Mercedes-Benz is introducing its newly developed V-series (V6 and V8) engines. Both the new V6 and the new V8 from Mercedes-Benz have aluminium crankcases, pistons and cylinder heads. As the first new operating mode, Mercedes-Benz engineers have developed “Homogeneous stratified combustion” (HOS). The new V6 engine.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For people looking for the most effective way to end our addiction to oil, PHEVs have made sense because carmakers can build them now, with todays technology and using todays infrastructure. Cost increments for a plug-in hybrid compact vehicle will be 10-20% more than a regular hybrid: $2000-3000 extra for a sedan; $5000 for an SUV.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A chemist and government researcher, Wang raised some $300,000 from relatives, rented about 2,000 square meters of space, and set out to manufacture rechargeable batteries to compete with imports from Sony and Sanyo. By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. On a trip to the U.S.,

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