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European EAGLE project to develop gasoline engine with 50% peak efficiency; Renault to manufacture prototype

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European researchers have launched a new project to obtain a gasoline engine at least 20% more efficient than current engines and adapted for future electrified powertrains. At the present time the maximum efficiency of gasoline engines is around 40%. —Cédric Libert, who is responsible for the project at Renault.

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Cruze US diesel engine being co-developed with GM diesel center of excellence in Torino, Italy

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GM expects that the introduction of a diesel option for Cruze—one of the top-selling gasoline-powered cars in the United States in 2011—will fuel its diesel car sales. For Cruze, powertrain engineers at GM’s diesel center of excellence in Torino, Italy, are working with counterparts in Pontiac, Mich.,

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LiquidPiston unveils 70cc rotary gasoline engine prototype embodying HEHC; power dense, low-vibration

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Conference today in Pisa, Italy. The X Mini 70cc rotary gasoline engine. The X Mini utilizes a spark-ignition (SI-HEHC) version of the cycle with a lower compression ratio standard for gasoline engines—and hence somewhat lower efficiency than the CI implementations, Shkolnik said. The compact engine with a 4-lb (1.8

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UK government launches new clean air strategy; ending sales of conventional diesel and gasoline LDVs by 2040

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The European Commission is taking the UK to court—along with Germany, France, Italy, Romania, and Hungary—over its long-standing failure to meet EU limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO?). Ending the sale of new conventional diesel and gasoline cars and vans by 2040. These proposals are in addition to the government’s £3.5-billion

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Fiat to develop and produce new 4-cylinder gasoline direct injection turbo for Alfa

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Fiat will develop a new 4-cylinder gasoline direct injection turbo engine for Alfa Romeo in Italy for production at the FMA plant in Pratola Serra beginning in early 2013. Made entirely of aluminum, the engine will incorporate a 200-bar gasoline direct injection system, dual variable timing and a high-efficiency turbocharger.

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JATO: new car average CO2 emissions highest in Europe since 2014; slow EV uptake insufficient to counter fewer diesels and more SUVs

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Average emissions for Germany, Britain, Italy, and Spain increased, ranging from a rise of 0.8 g/km for Italy. This was in part caused by marked changes in attitude and regulations around the use of diesel fuels which has had the unintended consequence of pushing people to drive higher-CO 2 -emitting gasoline vehicles.

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EU project HyFlexFuel converted sewage sludge and other biomasses into kerosene by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); SAF

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For the future, it will be important to commercialize advanced biofuel conversion technologies, which utilize a broader and more sustainable feedstock base. Distillation of the upgraded HTL biocrudes yields drop-in capable fuels in the gasoline, kerosene and diesel range.

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