Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Since internal combustion engines will remain the primary mode of choice for mobility in the foreseeable future, both alternative (renewable) fuels and high-performance combustion concepts/ engines using fuels adapted for that purpose will be preferred for reducing the combustion impact on climate change.

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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% 25 city car as the test bed, Shell engineers formulated an ultra low viscosity 0W-10 motor oil. benefit on a combined cycle. Using GMD’s new T.25

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2009

million from the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program ( earlier post ) to complete its prototype development of a new gasoline-fueled wave disc engine and electricity generator that promises to be five times more efficient than traditional auto engines in electricity production, 20% lighter, and 30% cheaper to manufacture.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2009

have completed a final set of manufacturing drawings for the RadMax Diesel Engine, and have released them competitive bid. The companies are developing an improved axial vane type rotary engine known as the RadMax. Tags: Concept Engines Engines. Rad Max assembly. Source: REGI US. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2013

Scuderi’s business plan is to develop, to patent, and to license its engine technology to OEMs and engine manufacturers. Concept Engines Engines Fuel Efficiency Market Background' Earlier post.). The company has no publicly announced licensing deals for its technology as yet.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2009

Australia-based Revetec is designing what it calls the Controlled Combustion Engine (CCE)—a cam-drive gasoline spark-ignited internal combustion engine that is smaller, lighter, cleaner, less expensive to manufacture and that produces higher torque due to higher mechanical transfer than equivalent conventional engines.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2012

In March, ETI commissioned the first project in the £40m Heavy Duty Vehicle (HDV) Efficiency Program—a £3-million effort with Caterpillar on the concept engineering of a range of innovative and efficient land vehicles. —Chris Thorne, Program Manager for Heavy Duty Vehicles, ETI.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2009

The UK Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership is launching a Technology Challenge to provide a platform for promising innovations to be showcased to senior managers and directors of the component and vehicle manufacturers. The engine does not require high manufacturing tolerances and wear of the rotors is not a mechanical constant.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2009

The ETH Zürich team modified a two-cylinder, 0.75L multi-purpose engine to realize their HPE concept in hardware. The original engine was designed by Wenko Swissauto, and manufactured by Weber Automotive. The engine has a compression ratio of 9.0, The engine has two intake and two exhaust valves per cylinder.

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Green Cars News

MAY 3, 2009

China’s fourth largest car manufacturer Chongqing Changan Automobile Co and Orbital Corporation Limited have formed a joint development to work on a concept engine.

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Green Cars News

MAY 6, 2009

An engine that provides vehicle manufacturers with an immediate solution for low emission legislation will make its European debut at the Engine EXPO in Stuttgart. The split-cycle engine from the Scuderi Group offers high efficiency standards without the need for large investments to modify existing production processes.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2010

Further environmental benefits will be gained from its fast warm up (a few seconds, as opposed to several minutes for a conventional engine), cleaner combustion and lower manufacturing energy requirements, the company says. In addition, the process significantly reduces the development time and manufacturing costs for new engines.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

LAEN, which was an outcome of the report, will serve as the global hub where new ideas are demonstrated and shared, and promote liquid air as a potential energy solution among researchers, technology developers, manufacturers, energy producers and consumers, and government. Compressed Air Engines Concept Engines Engines'

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

In August, Garric Engines. reached an agreement in principal to utilize Cobra Design & Engineering, Inc. Petersburg, Florida for engineering, drafting, design and manufacturing management functions for prototype development and production. A detailed animation of the cycle is available on the Garric Engine website.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2009

The company intends to license its technology to engine manufacturers. The Scuderi Group expects further advancement of the technology once the greater engineering community begins working with the engine, making their own modifications that will most likely take the efficiency to even higher levels.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2009

The Reinhardt Turbine is designed to be compact, cost-effective and easy to manufacture. Andrews estimates that the manufactured cost per kW will be less than $10, so a 30 kW engine would cost around $300. “ 2007) A review of free-piston engine history and applications. Tags: Concept Engines. Mikalsen R.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2012

It took a lot of learning and refinement to figure out how to make such a simple engine as the X engine, which is 1) sealable, and 2) implements the HEHC cycle. The X2, which is still a research-grade prototype, is very similar in architecture to X1, Shkolnik said, but is generally a simpler engine to manufacture and to assemble.

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