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Groups join forces on fuel efficient engine

Green Cars News

The development will be carried out in Changan’s petrol engine platform and has the objective of achieving a significant fuel economy benefit using Orbital’s FlexDI technology. Currently, FlexDI is only applied in non-automotive applications such as motorcycles, outboard engines and ATVs.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. They will buy a car and rent or lease the battery and the cost of leasing the battery will be the same as, or less than, the cost theyre paying today for petrol. People wont buy a full car.

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