Transonic Combustion's New Ultra-Efficient Engine Gets Up to 98 MPG
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.
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.
Ford Developing Laser Powered Spark Plug for Future Engines
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.
ETV Motors to Launch Jet Turbine-Based Prius with Higher MPG
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.
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.
HCCI Engine: No-Spark Gasoline Engine as Efficient as Diesel
If you ever had a diesel car, you know that it's more fuel efficient than the gasoline counterpart. That's because diesel engines use compression to ignite the fuel, and gasoline engines use a spark to do that. Practically, diesel engines could work without any electricity - at all.
BMW Develops Hydrogen Powered ICE Based on Diesel Technology
It's a known fact that diesel engines are more efficient than the gasoline ones, and that is because they work a little differently on the ignition side. Diesel engines compress the fuel to a point where it heats and explodes, a process known as self-ignition. On the other hand, diesel engines are still polluting the atmosphere.
BMW's New 116D (Diesel) as Efficient as Today's Hybrids
German vehicle constructor BMW is trying to show us that it can produce not only fast, luxury and fuel-greedy vehicles, but also very fuel-efficient cars.
BMW's 1 series is offering the greenest diesel experience from BMW. The 2 liters four-cylinder diesel...
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...
Revolting: 114 mpg Avion Sports Car Rejected for Fuel Being "Too Cheap"
There was a sports car built in 1984 by Craig Henderson and Bill Green from Bellingham, Washington, and at that time it was able to set a record of 103.7 mpg for Guinness Book(in European terms, that's 2.27 liters/100km). Now they're reviving it with the help of the X-Prize Competition.
