efficient motor Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:13:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Shock Wave Motor Design 20% Lighter and Much More Efficient https://www.greenoptimistic.com/shock-wave-motor-design-20-lighter-efficient-20110315/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/shock-wave-motor-design-20-lighter-efficient-20110315/#respond Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:13:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=17526 An engine that uses shock waves has been invented by Norbert Müller at Michigan State University in East Lansing. He presented his baby at a DARPA-E meeting last week and showed how it can reduce fuel consumption and the car's total weight.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/shock-wave-motor-design-20-lighter-efficient-20110315/feed/ 0 17526 StARS: Start-Stop Hybrid System Reducing Fuel Consumption Up to 25% https://www.greenoptimistic.com/eureka-stars-start-stop-system-20090117/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/eureka-stars-start-stop-system-20090117/#respond Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:45:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1654 In the battle to have the most efficient engines, one of the biggest allies is the European Union and the laws they make to force the car companies to lower the harmful emissions. By 2012 they set a maximum of 130 g/km carbon-dioxide (CO2) emission.

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