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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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Schematic model of a wave disk engine, showing combustion and shockwaves within the channels. The wave disc engine, a new implementation of wave rotor technology, was earlier developed by the Michigan State group in collaboration with researchers from the Warsaw Institute of Technology. The Wave Disc Engine. Source: MSU.

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Renault Introducing New Fluence Sedan Line; Diesels All Less Than 119 gCO2/km, All-Electric Model in 2011

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From launch, and depending on market, Renault Fluence will be available with a range of engines. Two gasoline engines will each be available in two versions: 1.6 Renault Fluence, which goes on sale in Turkey from November, will have three main markets: Turkey, Russia and Romania. The new Fluence is 4.62 metres (181.9

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Europe Mandates Automatic Emergency Braking

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That last one works by holding the car within the local speed limit not by braking but by limiting the power the engine sends to the wheels. Formal requirements came long afterwards—in Europe in 2004 and in the United States in 2012. Some people, however, kind of like being nannied.

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