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MAHLE Powertrain and White Motorcycle Concepts developing fully electric 3-wheeled motorcycle for police, emergency first responders

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MAHLE Powertrain is working with White Motorcycle Concepts (WMC) to develop a fully electric three-wheeled motorcycle suited to the requirements of police, emergency first responders and last-mile delivery fleets. The V-Duct applied in the WMC300FR 3-wheeled hybrid bike.

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Freescale Offers New Electronic Control Solution for Small Combustion Engines

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To meet these requirements, Freescale has combined a highly integrated analog device with a 16-bit microcontroller (MCU) to provide a cost-effective platform solution for small engine control. The demand for low-cost, two- and three-wheeled motorized vehicles is on the rise in emerging markets, such as China, India and Brazil.

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DOE to award up to $184M for advanced vehicle research and development in 8 areas of interest

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The successful market implementation of these materials in vehicles requires that they be low cost and available in sufficient abundance to make a compelling business case. For this reason the focus of this AOI includes the development of low-cost approaches to the manufacturing of both magnesium and carbon fiber.

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Pinnacle 4-stroke opposed-piston SI engine shows fuel economy improvements of between 30-60% at light loads, 12-30% at medium loads over conventional

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The company presented these latest test results in a paper at the SAE 2012 World Congress in Detroit. Pinnacle Engines’ 110cc production-intent prototype packaged for a motorcycle application. The results represent a light-load indicated efficiency improvement of 15-30% (up to 40.9%). Source: Pinnacle. Click to enlarge.

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