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Infineon and Auto Electronics sponsored the Rev Up Fuel Efficiency Design Contest, where engineers took the "green challenge" to design a solution using Infineon products that enables or improves energy efficiency for automotive applications...
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The Automotive X-Prize (AXP) will be awarded to the team that produces a 100 mile-per-gallon (equivalent) vehicle, develops a feasible business plan to produce 10,000 units, and wins a series of stage races against similar vehicles. The Cornell Automotive...
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In Part 2 of our interview with Chak Man Yeung from NI Week, "Sunny" digs deeper into the University of Texas' solar "raycer". Featuring the National Instruments CompactRIO real-time programmable automation controller, the Samsung...
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Mahindra & Mahindra, one of the leading auto manufacturers in the Indian market, and FEV, a leading developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, developed a diesel-electric hybrid version of the Scorpio SUV. FEV contributed its expertise...
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Raser Technologies, Inc., in conjunction with its systems integration partner, FEV, unveiled components of a new advanced extended-range plug-in series hybrid electric vehicle powertrain and integrated drive system designed for full-size SUVs and pickup...
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Cyclone’s Green Revolution Engine represents true “thinking outside the box.” This is because it is not a new variation of the internal combustion engine, but rather, a highly advanced External Combustion Engine. Unlike IC engines, the Cyclone engine...
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The Cyclone Waste Heat Engine (WHE) is a self-starting engine that operates in a low pressure, low temperature range. This feature allows the engine to run on waste heat emanating from an external source, such as the exhaust from an internal (or external...
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As Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs), Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV), and Electric Vehicles (EV) continue to gain acceptance as a viable alternative to gasoline-powered vehicles, it is clear that HEVs will need light, compact, high-powered, high...
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A major source of outdoor air pollution is carbureted two-stroke engines, which power 100 million "two-wheelers" (e.g. motorcycles, scooters) and "three-wheelers" (e.g. tricycles, "tuk-tuks") across Southeast Asia. Nathan...
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Envirofit is clearing the air and saving fuel in the Philippines by retrofitting dirty two-stroke engines with clean, fuel-efficient direct injection technology. Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV? Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV...
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Research at the Energy and Engines Conversion Laboratory at Colorado State University focuses on Fuels, Energy Conversion, and Energy Distribution. Applications are concentrated in transportation, air quality, indoor air quality, village energy systems...
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AFS Trinity Power has developed two fully operational XH-150 SUV prototypes using off-the-shelf components that make it possible for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to achieve 150 MPG, go 40 miles in all-electric mode, and use gasoline for additional...
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This premium sports sedan's Q DRIVE configuration consists of a small gasoline engine that turns the generator, which charges the lithium ion battery pack, powering the electric motor and turning the rear wheels. This proprietary design allows consumers...
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The Jeep Renegade combines a lithium-ion battery pack with a small-displacement BLUETEC diesel engine, which together help it achieve a fuel economy of more than 110 miles per gallon. Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV? Send...
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E-Flex is GM's platform for electrically driven vehicles, using multiple propulsion systems that fit into a common chassis. The Saturn Flextreme Concept is one such iteration. Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV? Send us...