HDi FAP 120 kW (163 bhp) internal combustion engine, with a displacement of 1,997 cm 3 , was introduced this year and complies with the Euro 5 standard. It features a new generation ECCS (Extreme Conventional Combustion System) combustion chamber; a variable-geometry low-inertia turbocharger; and a high-pressure pump with a maximum pressure of 2000 bar combined with a common rail and solenoid injectors with 8 apertures. MORE

Enhanced safety architecture and features: These safety MCUs follow a development flow and an architecture aligned with ISO 26262 and IEC61508 standards for easy integration into systems needing safety. Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) and Continental are collaborating on the first 65 nm ARM Cortex safety microcontrollers with Flash technology in volume production. MORE

The Electric Car Corporation Plc (ECC) today announced the launch of the UK’s first 4 seater, ‘all electric’ production car. Called the Citroën C1 ‘ev’ie’, this is the first all electric, 4 seater car, to offer the purchaser the comfort, performance and a full range of standard safety features expected from a petrol car. It is priced at £16,850 and is available directly from ECC ( www.eccplc.com ). MORE

It uses the latest generation ECCS (Extreme Conventional Combustion System) combustion chamber design, a variable-geometry low-inertia turbocharger, a high-pressure injection pump allowing a maximum pressure of 2000 bar in the common rail and solenoid injectors with eight apertures. This high-voltage battery pack comes in addition to the standard 12V battery under the bonnet, which carries on performing its normal duties. Peugeot’s 3008 Hybrid4. Click to enlarge. MORE

The engine complies with the future Euro V emission standards. The ECCS technology (Extreme Conventional Combustion System) ( earlier post ) applied in the 2.2 Torque curve for the HDi 240. Click to enlarge. Citroën has introduced the new 3.0-liter diesel V6 DPFS HDi 240 engine for the C5 and C6. Improvements in the engine offer a reduction in fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions by between 12% (in the C5) and 15% (in the C6) compared to the outgoing 2.7L version it replaces. MORE

Infineon’s multicore architecture introduces methods to meet the newly introduced ISO 26262 Automotive safety standard. Further implemented safety techniques include, for example, safe internal communication buses, a Bus Monitoring Unit, and both error detection code (EDC) and error correction code (ECC) on all memories. Infineon Technologies AG introduced its new 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) multicore architecture. MORE

The architectures will need to be compliant with applicable standards, requiring collaboration on a local and global scale. Define requirements and develop use cases for emerging mobile devices with a particular focus on the automotive industry, bringing them to standards bodies, industry consortiums and solution providers. The ECC aims to build a cooperative platform for the edge computing industry. MORE

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. Synthetic biology company Intrexon Corporation has formed Intrexon Energy Partners (IEP), a joint venture with a group of external investors, to optimize and to scale-up Intrexon’s gas-to-liquids (GTL) bioconversion platform. MORE

The increasing use of heterogeneous radio standards and the growing networking capabilities of vehicles between each other and the traffic infrastructure (Car-to-X communications) require new ways towards realizing a flexible and reliable communication architecture in the vehicle, BMW notes. Currently, there are a growing number of new radio standards, for both digital broadcasting (e.g. MORE

The Electric Car Corporation Plc (ECC) today announced the launch of the UK’s first 4 seater, ‘all electric’ production car. Called the Citroën C1 ‘ev’ie’, this is the first all electric, 4 seater car, to offer the purchaser the comfort, performance and a full range of standard safety features expected from a petrol car. It is priced at £16,850 and is available directly from ECC ( www.eccplc.com ). MORE

The new HDi FAP engines comply fully with the new Euro 5 standards and offer enhanced performance in terms of versatility and responsiveness and also in terms of acoustic comfort, while offering optimized fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions, with improvements of around 5 g/km compared to earlier versions. liter HDi FAP Euro 5 engines that appeared in 2009, Peugeot is applying its Extreme Combustion Chamber System (ECCS) technology here. MORE

The RH850/P1x-C Series has a full complement of functions to support functional safety and comply with ASIL D, the highest safety level stipulated in the ISO 26262 functional safety standard for road vehicles. Error check and correct (ECC) functionality detects and corrects data errors affecting memory, such as flash memory, and the internal buses. MORE

Because that’s what ev’ie is – a C1 that just happens to have had its internal combustion engine removed and replaced with an electric powertrain by The Electric Car Corporation (ECC). The £16,800 purchase price of the ev’ie, more than twice the price of most versions of the standard C1, is a daunting proposition, as it’s a lot of money for a city car. In fact, ECC calculates that London-based owners could save up to £6,500 a year. MORE

Along with the demand for greener cars, there is a major push for compliance with the ISO 26262 functional safety standard for automotive body modules, given the critical nature of the functions they enable such as exterior lighting and wind shield wipers. The MPC5748G is a Freescale SafeAssure functional safety solution, defined and developed from the ground up to address the ISO 26262 standard. MORE

liter HDi FAP diesel engine has been designed to meet the requirements of the new Euro 5 emission standards. liter HDi diesel engines that were launched earlier, Extreme Combustion Chamber System (ECCS) technology is much to the fore. liter HDi comes as standard with a diesel particulate emission filter (FAP) with a service life of 112,000 miles. The Peugeot 308 CC will be the first model in the Peugeot range to benefit from a new 1.6 liter 112 bhp (84 kW) diesel engine. MORE