Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2021

Achates Power was recently awarded a $5-million contract from the US Army to expand the family of opposed-piston engines for military vehicles. The project, awarded in late-2020, builds upon the success of the Advanced Combat Engine (ACE). to develop the Advanced Combat Engine for the US Army. Earlier post.)

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Powered Power Vehicles Exhaust 418

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Dutch start-up ECONAMIQ is developing a novel engine technology which saves up to 20% in fuel consumption. The “ECONAMIQ principle” uses flexible over-expansion in combination with cylinder deactivation technology to increase performance and efficiency without significantly changing the engine layout or architecture.

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Fuel San Jose 2019 Engine 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

The Vehicle Technologies funding is targeted at a wide range of research, development, and demonstration projects that aim to reduce the price and improve the efficiency of plug-in electric, alternative fuel, and conventional vehicles. Increased efficiency may be achieved using one or more proposed enabling technologies on a baseline engine.

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Fuel Hydrogen Vehicles Carbon Fiber 150