Archive for category Efficient engines

Fiat’s MultiAir Engine Technology Applied to Future Chrysler Models

Posted by Ovidiu in Efficient engines on August 20, 2010

The Italian car manufacturer Fiat has acquired Chrysler and now remakes its name through much more efficient engines they had already applied in Europe for some time. For example, Chrysler will adopt Fiat’s MultiAir engine, which can get their fleet to acquire an average of 35.5 mpg by 2016, thus obeying federal standards in force.

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Better Place: Electric Car Battery Swapping Service Envisioning Worldwide Expansion

Posted by Ovidiu in Car industry, Efficient engines on July 16, 2010

You may have probably heard of Project Better Place before – it’s the business led by Shai Agassi that imposes itself a truly hard to get goal: to make a network of battery swapping and charging stations for the not-so-distant electric cars.

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TwinAir: The 0.9L, 85HP Engine Will Power the New Fiat 500

Posted by Ovidiu in Efficient engines on July 13, 2010

Now, along with the crisis, the purchase of Chrysler and the upcoming electric vehicle trend, Fiat is also focusing on making older technologies better. TwinAir is the name of their new engine project, it has 2 cylinders, 0.9 liters and an amazing 85 HP.

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New Engine Prototype That Mixes Gasoline and Diesel Gets 55 Percent Efficient

Posted by Ovidiu in Efficient engines on June 3, 2010

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have recently unveiled a concept engine that can be from 20 to 30 percent more fuel-efficient than classic models. It would also be substantially cheaper to produce, since the emissions are lower than those of conventional engines and expensive catalyst units are not needed any longer (in some cases, their price can reach that of the engine’s).

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Mazda Adding Start/Stop Technology to All Their Cars by 2015: EPA Opposes

Posted by Ovidiu in Efficient engines, Hybrid vehicles on March 25, 2010

Idling your car at a stoplight is always damaging your plans of saving fuel and the air quality. I know someone who lives close to a stoplight and he says the air is much more polluted there than in other areas.

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Transonic Combustion’s New Ultra-Efficient Engine Gets Up to 98 MPG

Posted by Cristi in Efficient engines on March 15, 2010

A California-based company called Transonic Combustion has recently developed a very efficient fuel-injection system that can put on hold the production of expensive gas-electric hybrids. With a cruising speed of 50 miles per hour, the test car was able to get 98 miles per gallon.

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German Engineers Develop Diesel Engine With Barely Detectable Emissions

Posted by Ovidiu in Efficient engines on December 9, 2009

Engineers from the Technische Universitaet Munchen (TUM) have shown an engine prototype whose emissions are very close to the Euro 6 standard, even though the Euro 5 norm has just been put into force three months ago for all new car models.

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Ford Developing Laser Powered Spark Plug for Future Engines

Posted by Ovidiu in Efficient engines on August 6, 2009

The auto industry is pursuing various ways to implement more effective fuel saving strategies. Some of them are based on the development of new technology, electric motors, batteries, etc and others are just improving classic petrol-fueled engines to run better. Following the second trend, engineers from The University of Liverpool, UK, in collaboration with Ford and UK-based GSI Group developed a prototype engine ignition based on lasers rather than on spark plugs.

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ETV Motors to Launch Jet Turbine-Based Prius with Higher MPG

Posted by Ovidiu in Efficient engines, Hybrid vehicles on July 29, 2009

Israeli start-up ETV Motors, located in Tel Aviv has invested about $12 million in this technology that combines a car, electricity and a jet engine. The prototype of a modified Prius will be ready next year for testing.

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EATR Robot Powered by Vegetation and a New, Efficient Steam Engine

Posted by Ovidiu in Efficient engines on July 21, 2009

Steam power is being revived as Robotic Technology Inc. develops the “EATR” as in Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot – basically a robot that can have a meal of gasoline, heavy fuel, kerosene, diesel, etc and biomass, thus never having to be recharged as long as it has some wood sticks around.

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