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SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

liter, 3-cylinder Range Extender engine with integrated electrical generator. Lotus Engineering will unveil its Range Extender engine at the 63 rd Frankfurt International Motor Show next week. This results in reduced engine mass (56 kg/123 lbs), assembly costs, package size and improved emissions and engine durability.

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JULY 17, 2010

liter direct-injection supercharged engine. liter engine, the HR12DDR, which aims to achieve the lowest level of fuel consumption in the world for gasoline-powered cars while delivering power output equivalent to that of a 1.5L engine and CO 2 emissions of 95 grams per kilometer (New European Drive Cycle). Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 8, 2009

The first registrant in the Challenge is Libralato Engines, developer of a novel rotary engine (cutaway shown) promising a 5.5% The LowCVP Technology Challenge is supported by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and with an associated media partner, Cleantech Investor. Libralato Engines.

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

liter engine will be one of the first on the market to combine gasoline direct injection (DI) with twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT) and E85 flex fuel capability. liter DOHC I-4 engine with twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT), direct gasoline injection and E85 flex fuel capability.

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APRIL 9, 2010

(MHI) has completed its first unit of the STG (Super Turbo Generating) System, a marine-use, high-efficiency, combined power generation system that utilizes waste heat and the exhaust gas from diesel engines. With the successful completion of the first unit, MHI plans to reinforce its marketing activities targeting newly-built vessels.

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APRIL 9, 2010

will publicly reveal the architecture of its High Efficiency Hybrid Cycle (HEHC) engine. The paper describes LiquidPiston’s third-generation engine prototype, which was first test-fired in January 2010. It provides an air-standard analysis of efficiency, including a comparison to conventional engine technologies.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The AVEC axial engine technology in a 60 hp (45 kW) application targeted at UAVs. Axial Vector Energy Corporation (AVEC) and Kirloskar Oil Engines (KOEL) have signed a binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a joint venture for the mass production of the Axial Vector axial-type, multi-fuel engines ( earlier post ).

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Faurecia, a leading global automotive supplier, has signed an agreement to acquire EMCON Technologies (originally Arvin Industries), a leader in the global exhaust emission control technology industry. EMCON serves worldwide passenger car, commercial vehicle and engine manufacturers. Tags: Brief. billion (US$3.5

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JUNE 25, 2009

liter gaosline engine combines turbocharging, direct fuel injection and VALVETRONIC for the first time. For its Technology Day 2009 in Germany, BMW focused on describing its work with aerodyanmics, engines and transmissions in the context of its EfficientDyanmics development strategy. Click to enlarge. Aerodynamic Test Center.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

CCTV reports that the Haw Tai Motor Plant, China’s largest Euro-5 diesel engine plant, has gone into production in Inner Mongolia. It’s China’s first clean diesel engine for autos. And could reduce energy consumption by a quarter, compared with gasoline engines of the same size. Tags: Brief. Click to go to original.

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MARCH 26, 2010

One of the obstacles to the more widespread adoption of diesel engines—especially in the face of increasingly stringent emissions requirements—is the requirement for a lean NO x aftertreatment system. Lean-burn gasoline engines will also benefit from this technology. In an accompanying Perspective in Science , James E.

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JULY 14, 2010

Cyclone Power Technologies has completed internal testing of its initial waste heat power generator ( earlier post ) and has shipped the beta unit to its customer, Bent Glass Design. The same engine was shipped in March 2010 to Robotic Technology as part of a project sponsored by DARPA, an agency of the US Department of Defense.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

liter gasoline engine designed for the North American market that features direct injection (DI) and Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing (Ti-VCT) for enhanced performance and fuel efficiency. liter Ti-VCT engine and PowerShift dual-clutch transmission for the North American market will not be marketed in Europe.

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MARCH 4, 2010

TSCi combustion minimizes heat loss to the cylinder walls and in the exhaust. Transonic is currently working with four OEMs on evaluating the system, Rocke said: one each in Asia, North America, Europe and the other in the heavy-duty engine sector. Source: Transonic. Click to enlarge. The TSCi system components. L/100km).

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JANUARY 15, 2013

The UK public-private partnership Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), Loughborough University, Johnson Matthey and Caterpillar have launched a new £4.5-million million) technology project to improve the effectiveness of Selective Catalytic Reaction (SCR) aftertreatment systems for NO x reduction in heavy duty vehicles (HDVs).

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

Ford is now offering EcoBoost engines in all of its high-performance nameplates—from Fiesta ST to Mustang—enabling a new kind of aftermarket tuning. liter EcoBoost engine and Fiesta ST’s 1.6-liter Ford Racing is also developing custom engine calibrations for the all-new Mustang 2.3-liter Click to enlarge.

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MAY 7, 2010

Liter engines starting in 2012. BorgWarner’s turbocharger technology will help this new engine meet the more stringent Interim Tier 4/Stage III B regulations without the need for exhaust aftertreatment or (DPF) Diesel Particulate Filters. Tags: Brief.

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APRIL 24, 2010

Since the end of 2006, Opel, Robert Bosch, IVK and FKFS have been working on a natural gas hybrid vehicle in a project supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and technology. Active-WG control is used for improvements at all engine speeds (< 5500 rpm). By adding an exhaust gas turbocharger to the base 1.0L

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AUGUST 6, 2009

BorgWarner VTG turbochargers are the first to help industrial diesel engines for the off-highway market meet new emissions regulations while improving fuel economy. diesel engines for agricultural, construction, forestry and OEM applications. diesel engines for agricultural, construction, forestry and OEM applications.

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MARCH 8, 2010

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been using Pi Shurlok ’s OpenECU M460 and G850 control modules for the past year to support technology development programs in the areas of Advanced Engine Control and Hybrid Vehicle Powertrain Control. Tags: Brief.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

The mini-car (A car) segment is the fastest growing area of the new car market globally. In 2009 the A segment represented almost 10% of the total European passenger car market (up from 6.5% Two gasoline engines are on offer at launch with displacements of 1.0 Both engines come with a five-speed manual gearbox.

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I discovered a Mexican-market '06 Peugeot 407 in a Denver boneyard, earlier this year, and thought years would pass before the next time I'd hear the ghosts of André Citroën , Louis Renault , and Armand Peugeot singing La Marseillaise over a car graveyard. Plymouth's cheapest 1960 Valiant four-door had a $2,033 price tag.

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MAY 5, 2010

Axial Vector Energy Corporation (AVEC) has developed a new hybrid electric drive train comprising a small axial-type, multi-fuel AVEC engine ( earlier post ), an AVEC generator/motor and an all new electric clutch. If the batteries are low in charge, the AVEC engine starts, engages the generator and stays on until the batteries are charged.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

liter, 4-cylinder GTDi engine. Volvo Car Corporation is introducing an all-new four-cylinder 2-liter GTDi (Gasoline Turbocharged Direct Injection) engine in the Volvo S80, V70 and XC60. With new Volvo-developed turbocharging technology, direct injection and twin variable camshafts, the new Euro-5 gasoline engine—the 2.0

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JUNE 15, 2010

Alternative Fuel Technology, LLC has been awarded a Phase 1 SBIR contract (W56HZV-10-C-0200) from the US Army to concept design and demonstrate an ultra-high pressure, intensified fuel injection system for use with jet propellant (JP-8) fuel. James McCandless, Chief Executive Officer of Alternative Fuel Technologies, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Capstone Turbine Corporation released the CR200 Low Btu microturbine product; landfill gas applications are a key market for the Capstone CR200 200 kW. Capstone microturbines are capable of burning waste gases with methane contents as low as 30%, which can be challenging for competing combustion technologies. Tags: Brief.

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JUNE 22, 2010

The Capstone C30 Liquid Fuel microturbine is the only engine certified to the CARB emissions levels that went into effect for Model Year 2010 On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines to operate on diesel fuel with no exhaust aftertreatment, including urea injection or exhaust catalyst.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Based on a VW Passat family-sized saloon, the demonstrator currently incorporates a advanced, AVL-developed 2-liter gasoline engine already delivering a fuel consumption of 6.6 TGDI engine and close to the 146 g/km of the current Passat 2.0L common rail TDI engine. TGDI engine and close to the 146 g/km of the current Passat 2.0L

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MARCH 25, 2010

In celebration of its 25 th birthday, BMW Forschung und Technik (Research and technology) GmbH premiered the results of two projects designed to highlight ways of reducing fuel consumption and emission values: a prototype fuel-cell hybrid vehicle, and a concept for using an on-board reformer to produce hydrogen from conventional hydrocarbon fuel.

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APRIL 9, 2010

Global powertrain supplier BorgWarner has acquired Dytech ENSA SL, a producer of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) coolers, EGR tubes, and integrated EGR modules including valves for automotive and commercial vehicle applications, both on- and off-road. Tags: Brief. Euro-5 diesel. Terms were not disclosed.

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MAY 14, 2010

Thomas Built Buses, Daimler Trucks North American (DTNA)’s school bus manufacturer, now offers all of its school buses with BlueTec SCR exhaust emission control technology. The technology satisfies the EPA 2010 emissions standard, which took effect in the US at the start of this year. Tags: Brief. Thomas Built Buses, Inc.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

The world’s leading heavy-duty vehicle and engine manufacturing companies are urging the close cooperation between policy makers in Europe, the United States and Japan to develop practical and effective fuel-efficiency measurement metrics, methodologies and regulations which would then be used all around the globe.

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AUGUST 10, 2009

Additionally, suggested one of the speakers, advanced SIDI (spark-ignited, direct-injection) engines can take light-duty market share back from diesels in Europe based on the same trends. Bin 5 engine out is what we’ll need, and then to get it down to Bin 2. SULEV/Tier 2 Bin 2 is the target. That’s difficult, but doable.

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JULY 4, 2010

UK-based Aeristech Ltd, recently secured £500,000 (US$760,000) with help from Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION), to further the development of its Hybrid Turbocharger Technology (HTT), a electromechanical turbocharging system designed to provide superior transient response—i.e., Boost pressure is directly controlled by the ECU.

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JULY 16, 2010

Daimler will contribute its technological expertise to the joint venture—especially in the area of diesel engines and exhaust gas systems—so that the Chinese emissions limits ranging up to Euro 5 can be fulfilled. Tags: Brief. Foton Motor is a subsidiary of Beijing Automotive Industry Corporation (BAIC).

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MAY 13, 2010

The CNG Hybrid System leverages production technology already in service in more than 300 ISE Hybrid Systems on the road, such as the Siemens motors, generators, and inverters. Engine Platform. The performance gains of ISE’s hybrid technology provide better acceleration than conventional CNG, the company says.

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

The Sonata will feature an all 4-cylinder engine lineup, launching with a naturally-aspirated version of the new Theta II GDI 2.4-liter liter four-cylinder engine with a Gasoline Direct-Injection (GDI) fuel delivery system. liter Theta II turbocharged GDI four-cylinder engine and a 2.4-liter Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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