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Aeristech Secures £500,000 to Support Development of Electromechanical Turbocharger

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UK-based Aeristech Ltd, recently secured £500,000 (US$760,000) with help from Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION), to further the development of its Hybrid Turbocharger Technology (HTT), a electromechanical turbocharging system designed to provide superior transient response—i.e., Bryn Richards, CEO of Aeristech.

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Update on DOE Co-Optima project to co-optimize fuels & engines; goal of 30% per vehicle reduction in petroleum

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Co-Optima’s premise is that current fuels constrain engine design—and thus engine efficiency. The project has two parallel thrusts: a near-term thrust on spark ignition (SI), with a 2025 commercial target, and a long-term thrust on advanced compression ignition (ACI), with a 2030 commercial target.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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Frank has spent more than 30 years in breakthrough vehicle development, during which he received two world records for vehicle fuel economy, designed nine generations of PHEVs, and was a four-time winner of US DOE Advanced Vehicle Design competitions. The designs can be greatly improved to be more cost-effective.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

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