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Ricardo Introduces Kinergy Flywheel Energy Storage System; FLYBUS and KinerStor

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Across all of these vehicle categories, Kinergy offers the prospect of enabling effective hybridization extending into market sectors where the use of conventional electro-chemical battery systems technology would be prohibitively expensive. The Ricardo Kinergy high-speed, hermetically-sealed flywheel energy storage system. Click to enlarge.

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CPT Brings TIGERS Technology to VIPER Project for Enhanced Energy Recovery

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The UK-based micro-hybrid specialist Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will contribute its TIGERS (turbo-generator integrated gas energy recovery system) technology ( earlier post ) to the recently announced Vehicle Integrated Powertrain Energy Recovery (VIPER) project ( earlier post ). The project is being led by Jaguar Land Rover.

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UK Research Consortium Awarded £5.7M Grant to Develop New Lightweight Materials for Cars and Aircraft

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million) grant to help develop new super-light materials solutions for building more fuel-efficient cars and aircraft. How to join different materials, such as aluminium and magnesium, with composites, laminates, and steel to produce hybrid materials and more mass efficient cost-effective designs? million (US$8.9

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Can the UK lead the green car charge? The Green Piece

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Prime Minister Gordon Brown welcomed the news as the Government embarks on the Building Britain’s Future scheme – a plan for recovery based on low carbon, high technology industries, products and services. So is Britain really in a position to be a green car leader?

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New advanced metals processing center opens at Brunel

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The AMPC, which was officially opened at the Brunel Center for Advanced Solidification Technology ( BCAST ) on 13 June, is funded by £15 million (US$20 million) from the UK government, providing the equipment and infrastructure to attract industrial match funding through people and resources from partners such as Constellium and Jaguar Land Rover.

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7th UK Low Carbon Vehicles Innovation Platform competition results in £56M in funding for projects

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The outputs will be low-cost, with a range of power outputs, and suitable for integration across multiple OEM vehicle platforms (led by Ashwoods Automotive Ltd). The development of a production-ready flywheel hybrid midibus by 2014, targeting a 15% reduction in fuel consumption.

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