Remove Concept Remove Concept Engine Remove Motor
article thumbnail

Orbital Corporation and Changan to Develop Concept Engine

Green Car Congress

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.

article thumbnail

Concept: modular EV-hybrid features battery and engine swapping

Green Car Congress

The front-wheel drive traction motor (blue) and in-floor 5 kWh battery pack (green) are always present. The car can change between a rear engine-pack (red) and a larger battery-pack (green) to enable hybrid or full EV operation. Full hybrid system output (front motor and rear engine) is 150 hp. Click to enlarge.

Engine 287
article thumbnail

Shell develops new concept synthetic lubricant for engines; up to 6.5% fuel economy benefit on urban cycle

Green Car Congress

A collaboration between research teams at Shell and Gordon Murray Design (GMD) recently led to the development of an innovative concept engine lubricant capable of achieving a 6.5% 25 city car as the test bed, Shell engineers formulated an ultra low viscosity 0W-10 motor oil. benefit on a combined cycle.

article thumbnail

Flight Design to Present New Hybrid Propulsion System for Light Aircraft

Green Car Congress

Flight Design GmbH will debut a hybrid engine concept for light aircraft at the upcoming Aero show in Friedrichshafen, Germany (2-5 April). Flight Design developed the concept engine over the past two years with Franz Aircraft Engines.

Light 244
article thumbnail

Bladon Jets, SR Drives and Jaguar Land Rover Win Funding for Gas Turbine Electric Vehicle Project

Green Car Congress

Jaguar Land Rover is now part of Tata Motors. The ULRE will incorporate a Bladon Jets patented, axial flow gas turbine engine coupled to a high-speed generator utilizing SR Drives’ proprietary switched reluctance technology. ETV Motors. In mid-2009, Israeli startup ETV Motors Ltd. Earlier post.).

article thumbnail

Start-up Eco-Motive developing dual-fuel “H” engine; parallel, independently fueled piston banks

Green Car Congress

The H-shaped engine comprises parallel left-side and right-side vertical inline piston banks, each having a crankshaft and pistons, a cylinder head, and individual fuel feeds, but sharing a common power transmission system. The H-motor is fed by dual gas tanks on either side of the drive shaft. Concept Engines Engines Natural Gas'

Engine 257
article thumbnail

Concept: Downsized and Supercharged Hybrid Pneumatic Engine for 30%+ Reduction in Fuel Consumption

Green Car Congress

Before realizing the design of a hybrid pneumatic engine (HPE) in hardware, the researchers evaluated the different pneumatic engine modes (motor mode and pump mode) associated with both two-stroke and four-stroke implementations of the pneumatic concept. The hardware concept. Dönitz et al. Test bench setup.