Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2014

Motiv Engines, LLC introduced the second-generation of its engine concept dubbed the MkII Clarke-Brayton Engine, which it intends to develop into a heavy-duty on-highway engine fueled by liquid natural gas (LNG). We have taken what we learned from our first engine and applied it to the new design.

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Engine Concept Design Exhaust 345

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2009

The award will allow a team of MSU engineers and scientists, led by Norbert Müller, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, to begin working toward producing a vehicle-size wave disc engine/generator during the next two years, building on existing modeling, analysis and lab experimentation they have already completed.

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Michigan Engine Universal Hybrid 316

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Ballard Power Systems and MAHLE Group, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, are progressing the development of a new fuel cell system concept for long-haul trucks, with MAHLE taking delivery of a 120kW module at the company’s hydrogen test center in Stuttgart, Germany. Fuel efficiency is also key for a manageable heat rejection system.

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Concept Fuel Concept Engine Maintenance 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2021

Achates Power was recently awarded a $5-million contract from the US Army to expand the family of opposed-piston engines for military vehicles. The project, awarded in late-2020, builds upon the success of the Advanced Combat Engine (ACE). Earlier post.)

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Power Powered Vehicles Exhaust 418

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2010

Hawthorn is looking for funding and support to build a prototype. Tags: Concept Engines Transmissions. This is exactly the market that has been affected least by drive train innovations in the last decades and would benefit the most from CVT technology. FPCVT website.

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Concept Engine Connected Connect Concept 247

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2014

An OEM can adopt our idea to any internal combustion engine with an even number of cylinders to any truck, SUV or car they currently build, regardless of its transmission or configuration. The technology can be easily adapted to existing engines, making the implementation very cost effective.

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Engine Fuel Concept Engine Gasoline-Electric 257

Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2012

In March, ETI commissioned the first project in the £40m Heavy Duty Vehicle (HDV) Efficiency Program—a £3-million effort with Caterpillar on the concept engineering of a range of innovative and efficient land vehicles. This project builds upon the HDV Efficiency Focus Area feasibility study completed in 2010.

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Mariner 2010 Concept Engine Oil 231