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Ford now offering dual dry-clutch PowerShift and E85 options for new Focus in Europe

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The new gearbox uses the same state-of-the-art dual-clutch concept as the PowerShift transmission which is already available in European Ford vehicles with more powerful diesel and EcoBoost gasoline engines. —Graham Hoare, Executive Director Powertrain Development, Ford of Europe.

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Ricardo investigating potential for its split-cycle engine in large engine market

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In a poster-session paper presented at CIMAC Congress 2016 in Finland, Ricardo described the use of this split-cycle concept in high- and medium-speed engines for power generation to achieve efficiencies of 60% from units of 1–30 MW mechanical output.

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