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Bosch showcasing wide range of future commercial vehicle technologies at NACV; automated, connected and electric

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At the North American Commercial Vehicle Show (NACV) in Atlanta this week, Bosch is showcasing its portfolio of automated, connected and electrified technologies for commercial vehicles. At NACV, Bosch will debut its 15-inch freely programmable cluster, the largest digital cluster available for the commercial vehicle industry.

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Achates Power continues development of opposed-piston technology for US Army vehicles

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The family of engines strategy uses a common power cylinder system across several different engine variants to address a range of power and torque requirements in order to serve multiple military vehicles with a common architecture. to develop the Advanced Combat Engine for the US Army. —John S.

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Achates Power developing light-duty two-stroke opposed-piston diesel engine: the OP4

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The OP4 light-duty opposed-piston diesel. Achates Power, which is developing a family of two-stroke, compression-ignition (CI) opposed-piston (OP) engines, has designed and is developing a light-duty diesel concept engine, the OP4. Diesel Engines Fuel Efficiency' Click to enlarge. kW, compared to 4.1

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DOE to award $55.8M for advanced vehicle technologies; $35M for fuel cell and hydrogen

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Area of Interest (AOI) 6: Electric Drive Vehicular Battery Modeling for Commercially Available Software. Developing a simulation model database of commercially available cells to enable wider evaluation and adoption of computer aided engineering tools for the design of battery packs and cells. turbomachinery.

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UK LowCVP Launches ‘Technology Challenge’ to Accelerate Low Carbon Vehicle Innovation; Libralato Engines First Registrant

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The Technology Challenge is designed to address these challenges by identifying the ten most promising innovations and who will receive assistance to progress their concept and in pitching this to an ‘Innovation Executive’, an audience of leading directors and technical experts from the automotive industry assembled by the LowCVP.

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Liquid Air Energy Network forms in UK; focus on transportation and energy storage

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Detailed modeling of this approach undertaken through the Technology Strategy Board-funded “CoolR” project has suggested that efficiencies of more than 60% are possible, compared to around 40% for current diesel engines. Compressed Air Engines Concept Engines Engines'

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Dalian team proposes jet controlled compression ignition to control PCCI phasing in a hybrid pneumatic engine

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However, the control of combustion phasing is one of the crucial issues in determining whether the diesel PCCI engine could be commercialized or not. The utilization of compressed air power on engine cool starts and low-load conditions could significantly reduce the overall emissions. … —Meng et al.

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