combustion Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:20:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Transonic Combustion's New Ultra-Efficient Engine Gets Up to 98 MPG https://www.greenoptimistic.com/transonic-combustion-engine-20100315/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/transonic-combustion-engine-20100315/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:51:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7001 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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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/transonic-combustion-engine-20100315/feed/ 1 7001 Engineair's Ultra-Efficient Compressed Air Motor https://www.greenoptimistic.com/engineairs-ultra-efficient-compressed-air-motor-20080206/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/engineairs-ultra-efficient-compressed-air-motor-20080206/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:34:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/02/06/engineair%e2%80%99s-ultra-efficient-compressed-air-motor/ Elegant minimalist design eliminates most of the working parts traditionally associated with internal combustion engine; offers nearly 100% energy efficiency for a variety of transport and stationary applications. by Mary-Sue Haliburton Pure Energy Systems News Copyright © 2006 Imagine a vehicle with nothing under the hood (or bonnet), no gearbox, no transmission, no carburetor or […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/engineairs-ultra-efficient-compressed-air-motor-20080206/feed/ 8 98 Ballard's Vision Of a Hydrogen Hybrid Car https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ballards-vision-of-a-hydrogen-hybrid-car-20080129/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ballards-vision-of-a-hydrogen-hybrid-car-20080129/#respond Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:27:51 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/01/29/ballards-vision-of-a-hydrogen-hybrid-car/ This is the Ballard vision of a hydrogen-electric car. I also think this would be the most efficient method of combining the silence and effectiveness of electricity with the power of an internal combustion engine ran on hydrogen.

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