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UK Awards 24M to 6 Low Carbon Vehicle Projects

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Projects include the development of new engines for plug-in hybrid versions of Nissan, Lotus and Jaguar Land Rover cars, a lightweight electric bin wagon, development of lightweight materials for vehicle weight reduction, and new technologies using thermal energy to improve vehicle performance.

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CPT Brings TIGERS Technology to VIPER Project for Enhanced Energy Recovery

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The VIPER project will build on CPT’s involvement in the Ricardo-led HyBoost program ( earlier post ), which is similarly part funded by the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB). can be achieved over a broad range of vehicles in part by optimizing the control of heat energy from conventional gasoline and diesel engines.

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Jaguar bringing XE diesel to US in 2016

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The Ingenium engine family’s advanced modular design will provide gasoline and diesel derivatives and was started from a clean-sheet to deliver performance, efficiency and refinement without compromise. This advanced in-house powertrain will be manufactured at the new JLR Engine Manufacturing Center near Wolverhampton in the UK.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

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Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms." This is especially important for electric and hybrid vehicles which can be difficult to hear at lower speeds due to their drive mechanism.

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