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Report: Mercedes pulls the plug on range-extended EV possibilities

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2024 Mercedes-Benz EQS The engine ran on the Miller cycle to improve efficiency at the near-constant-rpm operation a range extender is likely to experience, as well as a front-mounted exhaust system for packaging efficiency, according to the report. But in 2021 it aborted that plan. In that case, the small combustion engine was set to be a 1.5-liter

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Infiniti unveils I4 Variable Compression Turbo engine; targeting 27% improvement in fuel efficiency over V6 engines of similar output

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At the Paris Motor Show, Infiniti unveiled the new VC-Turbo (Variable Compression Turbo)—the first production-ready variable compression ratio engine. Infiniti engineers are targeting 27% greater fuel efficiency over similarly-powered V6 gasoline engines, depending upon vehicle application. Infiniti benchmarked the 2.0-liter

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