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Fiat 875cc TwinAir named International Engine of the Year 2011

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Fiat’s 875cc TwinAir engine ( earlier post ) was named the International Engine of the Year 2011. The other winners in this year’s International Engine of the Year awards were: Best Performance Engine. Click to enlarge. 1-Liter to 1.4-Liter. Volkswagen 1.4-Liter Liter TSI Twincharger. Liter to 1.8-Liter. Liter Turbo.

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SpaceX conducts Starlink tests in Romania to improve service

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SpaceX is conducting Starlink tests in Romania to improve services. SpaceX is working on the project with Romania’s National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM). The International Telecommunications Union (ITU)—a United Nations agency—developed and imposes the global rule.

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Ford investing £150M in Halewood plant to scale up EV portfolio

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Last year’s news that the plant, which currently produces transmissions for internal combustion engine vehicles, had won assembly of Ford electric vehicles’ power units brought an initial backing of £230 million (US$283 million) to deliver 250,000 units a year from 2024. billion (US$2.6 billion) annually.

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TECO 2030 aims to build hydrogen fuel cell gigafactory in Norway

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TECO 2030 is a partner in the project Green Hydrogen @ Blue Danube, together with players such as Siemens, Bosch, AVL and Verbund, where hydrogen generated from solar and wind power will be produced in Romania and transported on barges along the Danube to industrial buyers in Austria and Germany.

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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The WDG also can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 95 percent in comparison to modern internal combustion vehicle engines. In a gas turbine application, the team noted, positioning the combustion process internally in the wave rotor could simplify porting between the turbo-compressor and the wave disc “ enormously ”.

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Ford launches the 1.5L EcoBoost engine; first in Mondeo, Fusion following; computer-controlled clutch on water pump

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liter EcoBoost—the fifth member of the EcoBoost family—will commence initially at Ford’s facility in Craiova, Romania, later this month. liter EcoBoost was launched, winning the 2012 “International Engine of the Year” award. Production of the four-cylinder 1.5-liter liter V6 EcoBoost in 2009. Ford added the 2.0-liter

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OMV says it will stop oil and gas production by 2050 in transformation to net-zero

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Austria-based OMV, an international, integrated oil, gas and chemicals company, announced its intention to become a net-zero (Scope 1, 2 and 3) company by no later than 2050. The three European refineries in Austria, Germany, and Romania will continue to be run as one integrated system, optimizing plant utilization, and maximizing margins.

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