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UK government and industry to invest >$1.5B in Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) for low carbon vehicles; technology roadmaps for 5 priority areas

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Business environment: The UK faces stiff competition from other countries that strategically support advanced manufacturing, the report advises. Strategic partnership is key to improve the business environment for the UK automotive sector. Downsizing and downspeeding including more sophisticated charge air/boost systems.

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Taking another look at methanol as an alternative transportation fuel for the US

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A recent white paper by Leslie Bromberg of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Wai K. Researchers at the US EPA investigating this approach concluded that the M85 and E85 engines could provide efficiencies comparable or higher than the diesel, in dedicated fuel, high compression ratio turbo charged/downsized engines.

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New Ford Mondeo to offer new high-power diesel, 1L EcoBoost, hybrid model, pedestrian detection technology

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Ford Motor Company announced that the all-new Ford Mondeo (which is badged as Fusion in the US) in Europe will offer a new high-power diesel engine in addition to a new 1.0L The new high-powered TDCi diesel engine follows the downsizing trend we’ve led with our EcoBoost petrol technology. Mondeo 5-door. Click to enlarge.

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The latter projects utilise what is know as Hybrid Battery Pack Configurations in which we take advantage of State Of Charge Drift in order to accomplish State Of Charge Manipulation which allows us to utilize our additional battery capacity. EVs are a smart and efficient choice for personal transportation.

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