Toyota Central R&D developing free-piston engine linear generator; envisioning multi-FPEG units for electric drive vehicles
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APRIL 22, 2014
Toyota envisions that a pair of such units (20 kW) would enable B/C-segment electric drive vehicles to cruise at 120 km/h (75 mph). In the latter approach, the gas spring chamber is responsible for returning the piston for the subsequent combustion event. A team at Toyota Central R&D Labs Inc.
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