Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

Rendering of the Ilmor 5-stroke concept engine. Ilmor Engineering will present a new cutaway version of the Ilmor 5-stroke concept engine at the upcoming Engine EXPO 2009, 16-18 June, in Stuttgart, Germany. The 5-stroke concept engine is a self-funded proof of concept.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2011

A collaboration between research teams at Shell and Gordon Murray Design (GMD) recently led to the development of an innovative concept engine lubricant capable of achieving a 6.5% improvement in fuel efficiency on an urban cycle, and a 4.6% benefit on a combined cycle. Using GMD’s new T.25

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2009

Researchers at ETH Zürich, with partners Robert Bosch GmbH, Wenko Swissauto and the Swiss Federal Office of Energy are developing a downsized and supercharged hybrid pneumatic engine that they say can deliver a fuel consumption reduction of more than 30% compared to a standard engine with the same rated power. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2009

Flight Design developed the concept engine over the past two years with Franz Aircraft Engines. The concept is based on a Rotax aircraft engine together with an electric booster. First flight tests of the new powerplant system will be made in 2009 using an existing airplane.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2009

Engineers from Honda R&D Co., presented a pair of papers at the SAE 2009 World Congress describing the development of a variable compression ratio (VCR) engine enabled by a dual piston mechanism. liter, 4-cylinder engine, the dual piston mechanism was able to adjust the engine from a CR of 9.6 and back again.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2009

The latest version, the X4V2, was designed as a development engine for the aviation industry, and in early 2008 it was independently tested by Orbital Australia. tested the engine under the standard air/fuel ratio of 14.5:1 1 and also at our desired air/fuel ratio of 15.2:1 The engine. 1 of 238g/kW-h (34.4%).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2009

The only entry criteria for innovations are that they reduce CO 2 emissions from passenger cars; could be commercially deployed in 3–5 years; are on-vehicle, and; are compatible or could be easily integrated into the existing transport, energy and fuel infrastructures. It is open for applications which will close on 7 September 2009.

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