![Start-Stop Technology [SST] Could be the Next Logical Step in Helping Consumers to Adopt Hybrid Vehicles](https://i0.wp.com/www.greenoptimistic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/stop-start.jpg?resize=238%2C178&ssl=1 "Light Hybrid Vehicles May be The Next Best Thing")
Mazda Claims Its New Skyactiv-3 Engine Matches EV GHG emissions
Mazda is said to be working on a gasoline engine to be as environmentally efficient as electric cars. Its latest high compression engine technology...
A New "Open Rotor" Jet Engine That Could Reduce Fuel Consumption
NASA and GE Aviation are testing a new "open rotor" jet engine with a different design that puts the fan blades on the outside...
General Motors’ 100 mpg Car – The Platinum Anniversary That Could Have Been
In 1992, I built my first PC, the same year Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Works hit the market. Bill Clinton became President of the...
EATR Robot Powered by Vegetation and a New, Efficient Steam Engine
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.
MG Launching Small Turboboosted Engines for Fuel Efficiency and Power
There are a number of ways to increase fuel efficiency, turboboosting, as used in the new Ford EcoBoost engine lineup, adds power, but also...
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Given to Research That Could Improve Fuel Economy
With vehicle emissions standards becoming more and more stringent, automakers are focusing on improving the fuel economy of their fleets.
The internal combustion engine has...
Justin Capra: The Green-Hearted Creator of The Jetpack and Several Alternative Inventions
After presenting Vasile Karpen and his wonderful but yet not understood invention of the battery that's been running for 60 years, now it's time for another brilliant Romanian green-hearted genius: Justin Capra, the original inventor of the jet pack.
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Volvo’s New Engines Big on Fuel Economy AND Performance
This fall, Volvo will unveil a new line of engines that offer better fuel economy without sacrificing performance.
As concerns over vehicle emissions continue to...
German Engineers Develop Diesel Engine With Barely Detectable Emissions
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.
Ricardo HyBoost, “The Future of Hybrids?”
Do we really need a “new kind of hybrid?” Perhaps we do, since most people complain about two things in current hybrid vehicle technology.
First,...
