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Volvo Cars reveals triple-boosted 4-cylinder, 450 hp Drive-E powertrain concept

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Drive-E Powertrain Concept. Volvo has developed a concept 2-liter, 4-cylinder, triple-boost Drive-E concept engine that delivers 450 hp (336 kW). The 450 hp High Performance Drive-E Powertrain Concept is based on a set of technologies not usually found in a four-cylinder engine. Click to enlarge.

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FEV to show compressed natural gas light-duty concept engine with ATAC combustion system at 2011 SAE World Congress

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FEV) a leading developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, will exhibit a lean burn engine concept at the SAE 2011 World Congress that has been modified to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). FEV Inc., (FEV) Resources. Umierski, Th.

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Ballard and MAHLE working on new fuel cell system concept for long-haul trucks

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Ballard Power Systems and MAHLE Group, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, are progressing the development of a new fuel cell system concept for long-haul trucks, with MAHLE taking delivery of a 120kW module at the company’s hydrogen test center in Stuttgart, Germany. Fuel efficiency is also key for a manageable heat rejection system.

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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.

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Shell develops new concept synthetic lubricant for engines; up to 6.5% fuel economy benefit on urban cycle

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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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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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This led to a proposed concept of a Radial Internal Combustion Wave Rotor—the precursor to the wave disc engine. . Early concept of an internal combustion wave disc engine. Combustion starts in the central part of the channel, where the fuel/air mixture is rich and flame propagates to inner and outer end of the cell.

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Concept: Downsized and Supercharged Hybrid Pneumatic Engine for 30%+ Reduction in Fuel Consumption

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Before realizing the design of a hybrid pneumatic engine (HPE) in hardware, the researchers evaluated the different pneumatic engine modes (motor mode and pump mode) associated with both two-stroke and four-stroke implementations of the pneumatic concept. The hardware concept. Dönitz et al. Test bench setup.