ford laser spark Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:03:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Ford Developing Laser Powered Spark Plug for Future Engines https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-laser-spark-plug-20090806/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-laser-spark-plug-20090806/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:03:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4276 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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