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MAY 1, 2009

The ChangAn CA18 FlexDI Concept Engine shown at Auto China 2008. Ltd, China’s fourth largest automotive manufacturer, have entered into a joint development contract for a concept engine. If the program is successful, Changan plans to take the FlexDI concept engine to mass production in a Changan vehicle.

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Concept Engine Corporation Concept Engine 150

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JUNE 6, 2009

Australia-based Revetec is designing what it calls the Controlled Combustion Engine (CCE)—a cam-drive gasoline spark-ignited internal combustion engine that is smaller, lighter, cleaner, less expensive to manufacture and that produces higher torque due to higher mechanical transfer than equivalent conventional engines.

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Engine Gasoline Production China 240

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MARCH 14, 2011

The compression ratio is adjusted so that it falls between a diesel and a gasoline engine compression ratio, resulting in higher combustion efficiencies. In addition to the design of new components, FEV considered the increased strain on various components, such as valves and valve seats.

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Congress Concept Engine Gas 2011 231

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

Scuderi Group, LLC has released the first video footage (with sound) of its split-cycle Scuderi Engine prototype running, on its own, in the laboratory test cell. The current naturally aspirated gasoline prototype is expected to reach efficiency gains of 5-10% more than any conventional engine on the road today. Source: Scuderi.

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Concept Engine Exhaust Concept Engine 220

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

The H-engine—basically two separate engines housed within the same engine block—comprises two switchable parallel piston banks, independently fueled by gasoline and CNG. Startup Eco-Motive has developed what it calls the first dual-fuel “H” engine; it recently received a patent (# 8807098 ) on the design.

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Engine Fuel Concept Engine Gasoline-Electric 257

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

million from the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program ( earlier post ) to complete its prototype development of a new gasoline-fueled wave disc engine and electricity generator that promises to be five times more efficient than traditional auto engines in electricity production, 20% lighter, and 30% cheaper to manufacture.

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Michigan Engine Universal Hybrid 316

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APRIL 20, 2009

The engine cutaway is an exact duplicate of the prototype undergoing testing and analysis by SwRI in San Antonio, Texas. Subsequent implementation of the Split Cycle will be a turbocharged split cycle unit, an air hybrid version of the engine, and a diesel-fueled version. Tags: Concept Engines. Sal Scuderi.

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Engine San Antonio Production Concept Engine 170