Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2011

A collaboration between research teams at Shell and Gordon Murray Design (GMD) recently led to the development of an innovative concept engine lubricant capable of achieving a 6.5% improvement in fuel efficiency on an urban cycle, and a 4.6% benefit on a combined cycle. Using GMD’s new T.25 A hat-tip to Ray!).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2009

liter, 4-cylinder engine, the dual piston mechanism was able to adjust the engine from a CR of 9.6 Combining the high compression ratio with the Atkinson cycle, the engineering team demonstrated a 7.4% improvement in fuel economy in operation over the Japanese 10-15 cycle. Resources. and back again.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2009

This all provides for an extremely efficient handling of the gases, according to Libralato, with a significant reduction of exhaust emissions and improved fuel economy. The Libralato engine will function with any fuel; the company calculates that the engine can attain about 50% efficiency using diesel as a fuel.

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