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Ford E85 Direct Injection Boosting Study: A Less Expensive Alternative to Diesel

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The resulting higher BMEP levels allow downsizing of the engine at equivalent vehicle performance. The MIT team spun off a startup— Ethanol Boosting Systems , LLC (EBS)—in 2006 to commercialize the concept. Tags: Engines Ethanol Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Systems. Earlier post.) Bromberg, J.B.

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Lotus Omnivore Engine Shows Up To 10% Better Fuel Economy Than Spray-Guided GDI Engines; Achieves HCCI At Extremely Light Loads

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A multi-cylinder version is practical for a wide variety of vehicles and offers greatest benefit to C and D class passenger cars which can take advantage of the low cost architecture and significantly improved fuel economy and emissions. Fuel system. Wet sump with plain bearings and electric oil pump. Lubrication system.

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Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 team unveils 2014 challenger and PU106A Hybrid Power Unit; new fuel and lubricants

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liter, normally-aspirated V8 engine used from 2006 to 2013 is replaced by a turbo 1.6-liter The fuel flow rate of the new ICE must not exceed 100 kg/hour; this maximum rate can only be achieved above 10,500 rpm. Per the regulations, the Mercedes team downsized their internal combustion engine (ICE) to a 1.6 The F1 W05.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Ford Chairman and CEO Bill Ford at 2006 Shareholders Meeting ) GM top 12/31/07 [GM Vice Chairman Bob] Lutz, 75, is undergoing a green conversion in the twilight of his career. "I I believe strongly that this country has to get off oil," he says, sitting beside a massive V-16 engine on display in his office. Red Herring ).

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