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Peugeot Applying New 1.6L Diesel With ECCS in 308 CC

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liter 112 bhp (84 kW) diesel engine. liter HDi FAP diesel engine has been designed to meet the requirements of the new Euro 5 emission standards. The new four cylinder engine with a capacity of 1,560 cm 3 and eight valves, has a maximum torque output of 270 N·m (199 lb-ft) at 1,750 rpm, an increase of 12.5% This new 1.6

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Volkswagen Group of America gains 51 charging stations at IECC Silicon Valley Campus

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Volkswagen Group of America opened a large electric vehicle charge park at the Innovation and Engineering Center California (IECC) – Silicon Valley Campus. The IECC has two branches: Innovation Center California (ICC) and Engineering Center California (ECC).

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ORNL Researchers Modify Plug-in Hybrid Electric Traction Drive Power Electronics to Function as On-Board Charger; Mobile Power Generation and V2G Support as Well

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Gui-Jia Su, Senior R&D Staff Member, Lead Engineer of Power Electronics. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2009), pp. 3923 - 3929 doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2009.5316496. The PHEV’s traction drive system is used to charge the battery, power the vehicle and enable its mobile energy source capabilities. —Dr.

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Peugeot Introducing Lower Power Variant of New 1.6 HDi FAP Diesel; Series of Euro5 Engines Arrive This Year

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liter 82 kW (112 bhp) engine earlier this year on the 308 CC ( earlier post ), Peugeot will introduce in the second quarter of 2010 a lower-powered variant: the 1.6 These four-cylinder 1,560 cm 3 engines require only eight valves, yet at the same time offer improved levels of driveability and environmental performance.

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Synthetic biology company launches JV to commercialize gas-to-liquids bioconversion; isobutanol first target

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Intrexon’s natural gas upgrading program is targeting the development of an engineered microbial cell line for industrial-scale bioconversion of natural gas to chemicals, lubricants and fuels, as opposed to employing standard chemical routes. Prior to Intrexon, Groban was at LS9.). Prior to Intrexon, Groban was at LS9.).

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Volkswagen Group expands US ERL to become IECC; Type 20 BEV concept

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The new Innovation and Engineering Center California (IECC) will be the largest Volkswagen vehicle research facility outside Germany, and serve as the heart of an expansion of Volkswagen’s North American engineering resources. Type 20 concept vehicle.

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Georgia Tech researchers develop aluminum-foil-based anodes for all-solid-state Li-ion batteries

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Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering, is using an aluminum-foil-based anode in a solid-state Li-ion battery to create batteries with higher energy density and greater stability. The new battery system is detailed in an open-access paper in Nature Communications. mA cm −2 ).

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