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Feature: Should You Drive a Car or a Motorcycle?

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If you are wondering for yourself whether you should drive a car or ride a motorcycle, there are many things that you will want to bear in mind along the way. You can go for fuel economy or even zero emissions. One of the most important things for most of us on the roads is fuel economy. Environmental Impact. Extra Gear.

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Pike Research projects 138M electric motorcycles and scooters to be on the road worldwide by 2017

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According to a new report from Pike Research, the number of e-motorcycles and e-scooters on the road will increase from 17 million in 2011 to 138 million by 2017, the majority of which will be powered by lead-acid batteries. Electric motorcycles and scooters have strong appeal for many consumers. Source: Pike Research. million and 13.53

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Pinnacle’s opposed-piston scooter engine can meet NOx target with lean operation and ignition delay; little fuel economy hit

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Four engine control modes were evaluated with the goal of reducing NO x and minimizing fuel economy impact. They evaluated the contributions to total vehicle fuel usage and emissions production using steady-state flow data weighted by time spent at a respective load and speed from a tested world harmonized motorcycle test cycle (WMTC).

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Ricardo Software adds new advanced electrification features to software suite with release 2019.1

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Now available for download by customers, Ricardo Software’s 2019.1 Faster than real-time simulation and design and optimization tools provide models that can be used at all phases of the development process in order to study a range of applications including vehicle performance, fuel economy and emissions prediction. With the 2019.1

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Mitsubishi Mirage to Be Discontinued by 2025

The Truth About Cars

Despite fuel prices and an economy that seems poised to bolster the sale of value-focused cars, the United States is losing another one. Up until a few years ago, the model represented one of the best automotive bargains available in North America. But the days of a $13,000 economy car are over. The above hasn’t helped sales.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific will continue to drive PEV sales, as the technology will have only limited availability in the emerging markets of Latin America and Africa. Electric motorcycles breakout. Sales of e-motorcycles have been increasing, but the market remains a tiny fraction of the e-bicycle and e-scooter market (5.2

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Pinnacle Engine pre-production prototype opposed piston engine shows about 27% fuel consumption improvement across different scooter cycles compared to conventional engine

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FEV performed engine mappings in a dynamometer test cell to evaluate the fuel economy of Pinnacle’s TP90 scooter engine compared to a benchmark engine (N15) from Pinnacle’s Asian OEM partner. This combination of variable compression ratio and our operating mode gets us huge fuel economy wins. The work on the TP90 is for that partner.

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